tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post8694284803558166213..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Class Actiontruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-60312634589896849752009-03-16T21:07:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:07:00.000-07:00I don't dance like folks dance on MTV. It makes me...I don't dance like folks dance on MTV. It makes me cringe. It doesn't make me happy to do something obscene in public. I like square-dancing because I like the people I can dance with. These are people who value getting it right and doing it for the good and the beautiful in all. I like that it's totally working-class and a "dumbing down" of 18th century aristocracy. Yeah, it makes us working-class, red-neck, back-woods trailer-trash types pretty noble. These are people who are free and royal in themselves. <BR/><BR/>I'm really badly home-sick. I'll certainly get back. Maybe after apple picking....Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-43913810974733501872009-03-16T20:43:00.000-07:002009-03-16T20:43:00.000-07:00"In one of our (for me, anyway) excruciating conve..."In one of our (for me, anyway) excruciating conversations involving much blushing, he told me that square dancing was like meditation. 'It's a way to forget about everything except what's going on right now. You have to pay attention to what the caller says, and let your mind and body make sense of it naturally, without trying too hard.'"<BR/><BR/>Therein lies the secret, Dag-Man --<BR/><BR/>Truly. Square-dancers -- yogis -- Buddhists -- all those who focus on the right-here, right-now, have it pegged.<BR/><BR/>As did Cyndi Lauper, with her "Girls Just Want To Have Fun." <BR/><BR/>That's pretty much all it is. Having fun is, well, pretty much all life is all about. The rest of life's detritus is best taken care of by those who sit around and soberly care about it. And, in fairness, we need that. <BR/><BR/>*bracing self from accusations of not taking life seriously enough, not parsing life's nuances properly, not having a clear understanding, etc. ad nauseam*Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-63568049022958754332009-03-16T20:30:00.000-07:002009-03-16T20:30:00.000-07:00I'd always assumed it was a shortening of Aimee Se...I'd always assumed it was a shortening of Aimee Semple McPherson's Foursquare Church. Who knows where she got the idea. Maybe some Masonic influence.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-8677542045445875762009-03-16T18:09:00.000-07:002009-03-16T18:09:00.000-07:00it's "square" to be a patriot? I'm not so sure. Di...it's "square" to be a patriot? I'm not so sure. Did you know that this turn of phrase, along with expressions like "on the level", and "past master" likely has its origin in Freemasonry: a "square" was, presumably, someone pious about his lodge's fraternal rituals. Fully public patriotism, on the other hand, is still cool to many of us, as is square dancing.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-6268052920387352782009-03-16T16:01:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:01:00.000-07:00I can't make out the details. Maybe it's gang colo...I can't make out the details. Maybe it's gang colors for those in the know. <BR/><BR/>I don't blame him for what he's doing. It's the people who failed themselves by failing the nation. We live with this until such time that we can remedy it by electing a serious person to do the nation's needed business at the top federal level. Maybe by then we'll know better what we truly care about.<BR/><BR/>I know it's "square" to be a patriot, but that's the way it is out here in the recesses of my evil mind. Yeah, I see colors, man, and patterns, like an acid trip. But it's a square dance. I'm very uncool.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-78397637729661980102009-03-16T15:33:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:33:00.000-07:00Obama might make a good caller, but what the heck ...Obama might make a good caller, but what the heck is that on his right lapel and left coat pocket?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.com