"One of the smallest , independent kingdoms in the ciberuniverse. Nothing fancy. Population? Just me, myself and my jaguars, my movies and my books (and, at this very moment, YOU). Hided and secret like Skull Island or Opar, the ancients in Guelyland use to read the scrools of a minor god called Voor-Hes.
Most of the treasures of Guelyland are made of paper, plastic and vinyl.Guelyland dreams with expanding in deep more then in surface. The music of Nik Kershaw has been heard here. There are apes, lots of apes in Guelyland. Woody Allen and Bob Hope visit it quite often. Here we love books (the Kingdoms Library is both celebrated and secret) Here we are atheists but very tolerant and think of god a bit too often and much. Guelyland is, the stuff my dreams are made of..."
“The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen.”
Almost since I can recall memories I have her name in my mind. For many the best actress of Hollywood, period. For me with at least two unforgetable films: All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (Robert Aldrich, 1962).
The First Lady of Film, "The Fifth Warner Brother". 1.60 cm. of pure tornado. Here, Guelyland made this video in tribute to the talent and fury of Ruth Elizabeth Davis... and her eyes.
We love our books here in Guelyland. But there are some that really can makes us say WHAT!! because of their particular bizarre subjects. I guess there is nothing enough written about tastes or hobbies. Here the selected pearls:
Yes! Everything has a meaning and says something about yourself. True story!
How! Oh, how!! How? Well, here is how!
What's wrong with a bit of megalomania if you have what it takes? Here two reading suggestions for those who think BIG and won't stop until they get enough.
Now, for people who things completely different, the shy type, the overcrowded one.
I noticed that cooking books are doing very well nowadays. Why waste the energy of your motor? Why waste the craft of "our friend The Atom?
For the "Oriental" guy with a selective taste, the one that knows what he wants and has already decided.
Now, if you are the "sofisticated" type, for the little swinger in you!
And here is how you keep your protection protected, you healthy collector swinger. When one is not enough.
On the other side...
You have to start young and the sooner the better. What a better way then knowing your steps on the dancefloor on your next Bar Mitzvah. Disco is not dead, you schmuck!!
In space or by the sea. Experience man! Listen to the wise. Never leave home without yours.
Now for the one that would like "to boldly go where no man has gone before" I Think "Commander X" is the man you gotta dig.
But if you are going not far far away but to the nearest forrest and on your own I got this little number for you. Later, don't say I didn't warn you.
Yes! They can be very dangerous.
But at the end of the day we all are animal lovers, here in Guelyland. Be original! Rosana knows how and will tell you everything about it.
I know , you don't go out and walk them. After all it's a boa you are talking about. She ate too much? Doesn't hug you hard enough? The Rossis, those are the guys you gotta read.
And yes, then there are the normal ones. The ones that have enough love with a dog. But dogs have needs too and so their shakras. "Doga: Yoga for Dogs". Do i need to say more?
And now, this is for the Little Princess of the house...and her horse. These days you need security and it nevercan be too much.
Back to the spiritual stuff. Just for you, the psychic oriented animal lover. He is trying to tell you something and you have to learn how to listen to them. So much to hear and so little time. I know, and here is how.
And what if your furry friends is carrying a message from The Big Bearded Guy in The Sky. You just can't afford to miss it. After all you are a believer and HE works in misterious ways...
But after all, nine lives can't last forever and you have to let them go. Andrew Kirk and Jane Moseley were thinking exactly the same thing: "DEAD PET, SEND YOUR LITTLE BUDDY OFF IN STYLE"
This one is good too. And, hey! What about the family? If you can do it for him you surely can do it for them as well.
But why dispose of the corpse if your beloved friend can still "be with you" keeping you company and being useful at the same time. Come on! You know you want it.
But what if you go first? Well, let THEM decide. Lots of choices. And since you would do the same for them, they are sure you won't mind. Or do you?
And after so many books... and paper. What a better way to impress your guests in those deep daydreaming moments."Wow, he was thinking of me even here!" they will say and they will be right. Elegance knows no limits... or smells.
Well, back where we started: smells with that great artist that was The Petoman (the famous french fartomaniac that carried the smoking torch of the 12Th Century english flatulist Roland The Farter). Our Petoman could make sound effects like thunderstorms or a canon fire, and play "O Sole Mio" o "La Marsellaise" with the help of an ocarina "down under". His audience included Edward, Prince of Wales and Sigmund Freud. He even let her winds be heared in the famous Moulin Rouge "back" in 1892. One minute of silence for the champions of that lost invisible art... Hey, it was not me!! And keep reading books, any book!
In 1939, when tattooed girls were not everywhere, Harold Arling and Yip Harburg wrote this funny song. The version that you are about to check is a mix I did from four very different movie renditions of this happy tune. They are: Robin Willians (The Fisher King,1991) Groucho Marx (from the 1939 At the Circus), Kermit the Frog (The Muppets Show, 1976)and little Virginia Weidler (The Philadelfia Story, 1940).
"Lydia, the Tattooed Lady"
(Music by Harold Arlen and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg)
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
and a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is The Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it, The Wreck of the Hesperus too.
And proudly above waves the red, white, and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world,
if you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
or Washington crossing The Delaware.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
When her muscles start relaxin',
up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of them all.
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
with a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' The Trilon.
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on.
Here's Nijinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
for he went and married Lydia!
I said Lydia...
(He said Lydia...)
They said Lydia...
We said Lydia, la, la!
No ha mucho que me ha sido dado encontrarme con las ideas del autor, activista e historiador Howard Zinn (New York, 1922 - California, 2010) y ahora tengo en mis manos este documental del año 2004 narrado por Matt Dammon y co-dirigido por Deb Ellis y Dennis Mueller.
Es la segunda visita de Zinn a Guelyland y no me parece reiterativa e injustificada sinó mas bien muy necesaria. Que, de entre las personas con que me cruzo en el mundo real, sólo un amigo de nacionalidad norteamericana tenía conocimiento de su existencia. El documental completo ha sido tomado del canal de YouTube de Tavo de Armas quien ha tenido la generosa iniciativa de subtitularlo al español. Es un mensaje claro, simple y valiente que merece ser reflexionado también por los guelylanders de habla hispana.
From the german movie Faraway, So Close! (Win Wenders,1993)
In this scene Otto Tander as the former angel Cassiel and Willen Dafoe as Emit Flesti (Time Itself ?). So, they are in a hurry and on the road:
Emit:
- Can you hear me? Cassiel:
- Ja! Emit:
- Let me explain a couple of things.
Time is short. That's the first thing.
For the weasel, time is a weasel.
For the hero, time is heroic.
For the whore, time is just another trick.
If you're gentle, your time is gentle.
If you're in a hurry, time flies.
Time is a servant if you are its master.
Time is your god if you are its dog.
We are the creators of time...
the victims of time and the killers of time.
Time is timeless.
That's the second thing.
You are the clock, Cassiel.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
Elías Canetti
"Compraré libros hasta el final de mi vida, creo que es también parte de la rebeldía contra la muerte"
Carl Sagan
"We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact."
Paul Lutus
"Religion is designed for stupid people. Science is designed for stupid people who are embarrassed by their stupidity and want to learn."
Desmond Morris
“Human beings are animals. We are sometimes monsters, sometimes magnificent, but always animals. We may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels but in reality we are risen apes.”
Matt Dillahunty
"Faith is a 'give up.' It's the point at which you stop seeking truth and just say 'Ya know, I can't figure out how to get any further, so I'm just going to go ahead and accept this answer because it feels right' or 'I don't want to keep looking.' It's not a path to truth; I would encourage people to actually go around and think about how you find out whether or not something is true in every other aspect... I guarantee you don't use faith for finding truth outside your religious claims."
...Ou, yeah!
Ayn Rand
Every argument for God and every attribute ascribed to Him rests on a false metaphysical premise. None can survive for a moment on a correct metaphysics. For instance, God is infinite. Nothing can be infinite, according to the Law of Identity. Everything is what it is, and nothing else. It is limited in its qualities and in its quantity: it is this much, and no more. “Infinite” as applied to quantity does not mean “very large”: it means “larger than any specific quantity.” That means: no specific quantity—i.e., a quantity without identity. This is prohibited by the Law of Identity. Is God the creator of the universe? There can be no creation of something out of nothing. There is no nothing. Is God omnipotent? Can he do anything? Entities can act only in accordance with their natures; nothing can make them violate their natures . . . “God” as traditionally defined is a systematic contradiction of every valid metaphysical principle. The point is wider than just the Judeo-Christian concept of God. No argument will get you from this world to a supernatural world. No reason will lead you to a world contradicting this one. No method of inference will enable you to leap from existence to a “super-existence.”
Umberto Eco
"El libro es como la cuchara, el martillo, la rueda, las tijeras. Una vez se han inventado, no se puede hacer nada mejor"
Ayn Rand
What is mysticism? Mysticism is the acceptance of allegations without evidence or proof, either apart from or against the evidence of one’s senses and one’s reason. Mysticism is the claim to some non-sensory, non-rational, non-definable, non-identifiable means of knowledge, such as “instinct,” “intuition,” “revelation,” or any form of “just knowing.”
Oscar Wilde
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months"
Gotta admit that...
Jerry Seinfeld :
"A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking."
Harold Bloom
"Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you."
Lemony Snicket
"A good library will never be too neat or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them."
THOUREAU
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
André Gide
"Follow those who seek the truth. Beware of those who find it."
QUEVEDO
"Retirado en la paz de estos desiertos, Con pocos, pero doctos libros juntos, Vivo en conversación con los difuntos, Y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos."
HARRISON FORD
"I like the quality of an idea. But for that the idea must be tested."
James Randi
"I am frequently approached following lectures and loudly asked if I am a Christian and/or whether I believe in God -- the assumption being that I understand what the questioner means by both terms. My answer has always been that I have found no compelling reason to adopt such beliefs. Infuriated by such a response . . . [they] usually turn away and leave ringing in the air a declaration that there is just no point in trying to reason with me and that I will be 'prayed for.' "I have no need of this patronization, nor of such a condescending attitude, and I resent it. I consider such an action to be a feeble defense for a baseless superstition and a retreat from reality." - From Randi's book The Faith Healers, page 303. Another quote: "I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a basic superstition and that there is no evidence for the existence of any god(s). Further, devils, demons, angels and saints are myths; there is no life after death, no heaven or hell; the Pope is a dangerous, bigoted, medieval dinosaur, and the Holy Ghost is a comic-book character worthy of laughter and derision. I accuse the Christian god of murder by allowing the Holocaust to take place--not to mention the 'ethnic cleansing' presently being performed by Christians in our world -- and I condemn and vilify this mythical deity for encouraging racial prejudice and commanding the degradation of women." -- from Skeptic magazine (1995 Vol.3 No.4 p.11)
BERTRAND RUSSELL
"Si yo sugiriera que entre la Tierra y Marte hay una tetera de porcelana que gira alrededor del Sol en una órbita elíptica, nadie podría refutar mi aseveración, siempre que me cuidara de añadir que la tetera es demasiado pequeña como para ser vista aún por los telescopios más potentes. Pero si yo dijera que, puesto que mi aseveración no puede ser refutada, dudar de ella es de una presuntuosidad intolerable por parte de la razón humana, se pensaría con toda razón que estoy diciendo tonterías. Sin embargo, si la existencia de tal tetera se afirmara en libros antiguos, si se enseñara cada domingo como verdad sagrada, si se instalara en la mente de los niños en la escuela, la vacilación para creer en su existencia sería un signo de excentricidad, y quien dudara merecería la atención de un psiquiatra en un tiempo iluminado, o la del inquisidor en tiempos anteriores."
RICHARD DAWKINS
"La razón por la que la religión organizada merece hostilidad abierta es que, a diferencia de la creencia en la tetera de Russell, la religión es poderosa, influyente, exenta de impuestos y se la inculca sistemáticamente a niños que son demasiado pequeños como para defenderse. Nadie empuja a los niños a pasar sus años de formación memorizando libros locos sobre teteras. Las escuelas subvencionadas por el gobierno no excluyen a los niños cuyos padres prefieren teteras de forma equivocada. Los creyentes en las teteras no lapidan a los no creyentes en las teteras, a los apóstatas de las teteras y a los blasfemos de las teteras. Las madres no advierten a sus hijos en contra de casarse con infieles que creen en tres teteras en lugar de en una sola. La gente que echa primero la leche no da palos en las rodillas a los que echan primero el té."
BLAS PASCAL
“Los seres humanos nunca hacen el mal de manera tan completa y feliz como cuando lo hacen por una convicción religiosa." "Para quienes no ansían sino la luz, hay luz bastante. Más para quienes tienen opuesta disposición, siempre hay bastante oscuridad"
CARL SAGAN
“¿Por qué no puedes convencer a un creyente de nada? Porque sus creencias no están basadas en evidencias, sino en una enraizada necesidad de creer."
EPICURO
“¿Dios está dispuesto a prevenir la maldad pero no puede? Entonces no es omnipotente. ¿No está dispuesto a prevenir la maldad, aunque podría hacerlo? Entonces es perverso. ¿Está dispuesto a prevenirla y además puede hacerlo? Si es así, ¿por qué hay maldad en el mundo? ¿No será que no está dispuesto a prevenirla ni tampoco puede hacerlo? Entonces, ¿para qué lo llamamos Dios?."
Thomas Szasz
"Si hablas con Dios estás rezando; si Dios te habla a ti tienes esquizofrenia".
Richard Dawkins
"Todos somos ateos respecto a la mayoría de dioses en los que la humanidad ha creído alguna vez. Algunos de nosotros simplemente vamos un dios más allá".
Albert Einstein
"Era, por supuesto, una mentira lo que leíste sobre mis convicciones religiosas, una mentira que ha sido sistemáticamente repetida. No creo en un Dios personal y nunca lo he negado, por el contrario, lo he expresado claramente. Si algo hay en mi que puede ser llamado religioso es entonces la admiración sin límites a la estructura del mundo hasta donde la ciencia ha podido revelarnos por el momento". "No puedo imaginarme a un dios que premia y castiga a los objetos de su creación, cuyos propósitos han sido modelados bajo el suyo propio; un dios que no es más que el reflejo de la debilidad humana. Tampoco creo que el individuo sobreviva a la muerte de su cuerpo: esos no son más que pensamientos de miedo o egoísmo de lo mas ridículo".
William S. Burroughs
"Hay varias fórmulas básicas que han mantenido a este planeta en la ignorancia y la esclavitud. La primera es el concepto de nación o país. Se dibuja una línea alrededor de un territorio y se le llama país. Lo que significa que hay que poner policía, control de aduanas, fronteras, ejércitos, y también problemas con las otras tribus del otro lado de la línea. "
Steven Weinberg
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
El Marqués de Sade
"Pienso que si existiera un Dios, habría menos maldad en esta tierra. Creo que si el mal existe aquí abajo, entonces fue deseado así por Dios o está fuera de sus poderes evitarlo. Ahora, no puedo temer a un Dios que es o malicioso o débil. Lo reto sin miedo y me preocupan un comino sus rayos."
Philip K. Dick
"La realidad es eso que no se esfuma cuando dejas de creer en ello"
"YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO SEE A MOVIE FOR THE FIRST TIME"
AND THEN...
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The Ram
"I just want to say to you all tonight I'm very grateful to be here. A lot of people told me that I'd never wrestle again and that's all I do. You know, if you live hard and play hard and you burn the candle at both ends, you pay the price for it. You know in this life you can loose everything you love, everything that loves you. Now I don't hear as good as I used to and I forget stuff and I aint as pretty as I used to be but god damn it I'm still standing here and I'm The Ram. As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here. "
Chuang-Tzu once dreamed he was a butterfly. When he awoke, he no longer knew if he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man, or a man who had dreamed he was a butterfly . . .
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