tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post5415372773449379975..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Getting old.Blue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-62850885768597380242022-01-06T17:04:03.692-08:002022-01-06T17:04:03.692-08:00Funny how all the nonconformists end up looking so...Funny how all the nonconformists end up looking so much like each other.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-74893724870337908122022-01-06T16:52:51.578-08:002022-01-06T16:52:51.578-08:00Just read about getting older and face tats…I agre...Just read about getting older and face tats…I agree with the authors about their feelings of disgust/horror.<br /><br />It has been my observation as a classroom high school teacher that this kind of self disfigurement is possibly a couple if things: it is the accepted “look”. For the family. I.e. mom and dad, cousins and other relatives, OR this look for the kid is pushing someone’s buttons….a passive/aggressive way of getting back at an authority figure.<br />In any event, NOT reacting to this and going on with your life, including your personal belief system and moral code and having a positive outlook is the best revenge.<br />Young adults who feel powerless or have no control over their lives have time tested outlets for their frustrations. Music, dress, language, hair, and attitude among themselves separates them from their elders. If, in the future, it impacts their ability to get a job or makes them more recognizable by law enforcement, tough cookies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-4506722377726537612022-01-05T18:48:23.471-08:002022-01-05T18:48:23.471-08:00I think you are certainly correct Richard. Rejecti...I think you are certainly correct Richard. Rejection of belonging, extreme alienation, I can't help but feel sad when I see a person on this type of path.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-19957859711780327892022-01-05T17:51:38.097-08:002022-01-05T17:51:38.097-08:00While uninked myself, I’ve seen a lot of skin art ...While uninked myself, I’ve seen a lot of skin art in my job, including yakuza and Polynesian tattooing. Been to a few museum shows about the cultural and artistic traditions, have an expert friend in the field. Connection to a group and doorways to spiritual connection mark these older traditions. The people you showed and are talking about are cementing their status as outsiders with those facial tatoos, it is a total rejection of belonging, or a statement about their feelings of not belonging. That is why it feels so wrong.<br /><br />The comment you appended had some really insightful things to say.island guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159498316695030022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-66582773542057313012022-01-05T05:43:32.310-08:002022-01-05T05:43:32.310-08:00That was a very interesting response to your rant
...That was a very interesting response to your rant<br />Makes me want to read Logans Run again... <br />PxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-54544759196078655092022-01-04T21:17:58.834-08:002022-01-04T21:17:58.834-08:00“Almost cut my hair” is the generation gap. “I cu...“Almost cut my hair” is the generation gap. “I cut off my dick” is something else.<br /><br />What a line. I wish I had written that.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-55154299879627981492022-01-04T13:16:24.695-08:002022-01-04T13:16:24.695-08:00Awesome piece!! Top to bottom, every word.Awesome piece!! Top to bottom, every word.Ken Sealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813240773920337414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-73345021067177941562022-01-04T12:33:27.803-08:002022-01-04T12:33:27.803-08:00You have time….. I am still way ahead of you!You have time….. I am still way ahead of you!Sanoguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911933705954807512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-26776836564325170302022-01-04T09:41:40.521-08:002022-01-04T09:41:40.521-08:00One more year Mike. I am 64.One more year Mike. I am 64.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-58285635155700181332022-01-04T09:40:18.484-08:002022-01-04T09:40:18.484-08:00the best rant!!!!!!the best rant!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-51142583392174602642022-01-04T08:44:22.936-08:002022-01-04T08:44:22.936-08:00You are not officially old until you qualify for M...You are not officially old until you qualify for Medicare… a few years yet for you, I believe!Sanoguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911933705954807512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-35972240649683382292022-01-04T08:22:49.165-08:002022-01-04T08:22:49.165-08:00I'm pretty much with you on this. PCness and w...I'm pretty much with you on this. PCness and wokeness are the worst traits of the naive young, the ultra-liberal, the victims (in their opinion). I'm about as liberal as you can get financially, ecologically and politically, but PCness and wokeness just aren't helpful. They distract from the real issues of the day - climate, gun violence, racism, education, poverty, broken immigration system and voters' rights. To name a few...JeffNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-53298948605836493812022-01-04T06:24:56.883-08:002022-01-04T06:24:56.883-08:00Written beautifully, intelligently and with unusua...Written beautifully, intelligently and with unusual antiwokness. Love it. Happy New Year !Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10987760049234586572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-91950137182034034642022-01-04T06:09:07.135-08:002022-01-04T06:09:07.135-08:00Why wouldn't I?Why wouldn't I?Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-76197554813409301422022-01-04T04:50:30.292-08:002022-01-04T04:50:30.292-08:00Robert did you really write this?Robert did you really write this?Julie Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259967081312275376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-64756153229925194972022-01-03T22:03:50.579-08:002022-01-03T22:03:50.579-08:00Robert I just read the "Heron" and it do...Robert I just read the "Heron" and it does not get much better than your eclectic combinations.<br />The lead article we remember when you had to pay dearly to see an ink covered body or a fat lady and today <br />that has become a norm.<br />Remember I am sure when every parish in Brooklyn had candles<br />lit Hodges was in a World Series 0/23 slump.<br />Very good! I had forgotten he about <br />his "glove hand" <br />I always felt he had<br />a Stoic demeanor <br />shielding the raging<br /> 🔥 of his competitive nature.<br />My heart aches and "Maybe if we build the field they will come.....😘🌹Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-37984585402404757052022-01-03T21:14:32.850-08:002022-01-03T21:14:32.850-08:00Brilliant essay on wokeness and slavery!! Not to m...Brilliant essay on wokeness and slavery!! Not to mention the brilliant bit on tattoos. I totally agree with everything you wrote!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-92076233219009743442022-01-03T21:13:28.801-08:002022-01-03T21:13:28.801-08:00You know what I hate more than face ink is those d...You know what I hate more than face ink is those disks people where in their ears like earrings. And the absolute worst is when they take them out and have those floppy gross holes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com