Stargate16 - negative anticipation, Capricornus "Sea goat"

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INFORMAL FALLACY

—Oh, huge!

—Says who?

—Different times.

—Too early!

Moxie's

Disease

Jumping the Gun — Catching you in the midst of some outlandish act, such as asking someone out on a date, they try to get you to change horses midstream.

NOTES TO MYSELF	PSYCHOLOGICAL AGE	CLASS
[negative anticipation] - "You cannot personalize things because ninety percent of the time it's ignorance on their part. If you respond to ignorance with negativity, it's a lose-lose situation." —Mimi Fox, guitarist.	The Age of Domination, ages 0-3	Challenges

Exactly what someone said [or did]
... usually not very original.

•

The thoughts of a "bad child"
... to free your mind again.

ATTACKS	BRIDGE	SILENT BACKUP
"When does your flight leave?"	—Too early!	—Don't tell anyone my secret.
"Do you remember what flight it is?"	—Too early!	—That's not something you have to worry about.
"Is your worst half coming to the party?"	—Says who?	—It's unknown.
"I usually take 280."	—Different times.	—Without anyone knowing why.
"Staying out of trouble today?"	—Too early!	—Are you lucky!
"Is this a new leaf, or are you in trouble?"	—Oh, huge!	—Okay, boss!
"Don't get shot today."	—Too early!	—That's what retired is, right?
"How much did you make today?"	—Too early!	—I haven't figured it out yet.
"Today is not my day."	—Says who?	—The little star.
"We had sex before, so what's the problem now?"	—Different times.	—It's not what you do that brings success, it's what you don't do. [Also see, Peer Pressure]
"I guess we can't go dancing!"	—Says who?	—The first step is to slow down.
"Is this line open?"	—Too early!	—Diplomatic, huh?
"Icarus, if you need my help, let me know. I will recommend other girls for you. I know one chick who would probably be suitable for you. Both of you would be a very compatible match." [Pulls out a picture of a really fat girl]	—Oh, huge!	[See Icarus and the Gutter Snipe]
"Why don't you take Kathy Jo, here — She'd love to go?"	—Too early!	—Someone might.
["Is it okay to call you Arthur?"] "No, it isn't."	—Too early!	—It's a wonderful opportunity for somebody.
"And I suppose my work isn't as important as yours?"	—Says who?	—You're your own Walt Disney!
"It's not nice to talk like that."	—Says who?	—It's pretty silly if you can get fresh.
"Do you like it?" [The bitter tasting Chianti with too much tannin]	—Too early!	—It's an acquired taste.
"You don't like?"	—Different times.	—What good is it?
"Aren't you a stewardess? Isn't that just like being a waitress in the sky?"	—Oh, huge!	—It costs nothing to qualify.
["Where are you from?"] "You sound like Immigration."	—Different times.	—Whose cousin?
"How come you didn't tell me this before?"	—Too early!	—So it's no one you know.
"Thanks. For a while there, I was afraid my career was in a stall like yours."	—Oh, huge!	—Do not pass Go.
"I don't like you, okay?"	—Too early!	—Let's let it go. Let's wait.
"Nothing's impossible."	—Says who?	—There's nothing to do, anyway.
"Are you staying for dinner?" [You're hanging out with friends, and you don't know what they're doing]	—Too early!	—If I get hungry, I'll eat.
"You don't have a minute, huh?"	—Says who?	—I'd just like to see it.
"You don't like the walnuts?"	—Different times.	—All those things.
"Why does he look like that?" [Handicapped child]	—Oh, huge!	—Such a miracle.
["What's happening, brother?"] "I ain't yo' brother!" [White guy to a black guy]	—Too early!	—It's just something you have to learn.
"I like you, you know."	—Different times.	—That's the best thing to do.
"Now if you don't do that, what happens?"	—Oh, huge!	—The same.
"You're probably the kind of person who would espouse partial-birth abortion as a form of birth control."	—Says who?	—That's creative.
"How many Savings & Loans can say that?"	—Oh, huge!	—Wouldn't it be nice not to be rich? To just be a peasant digging a ditch?
"I call him dumb-ass; you know, term of endearment."	—Different times.	—It's just if you're nursing.
"You'd like that a lot."	—Oh, huge!	—I have my own rules.
"You don't want her to grow up like Al, do you?"	—Oh, huge!	—Still waters run deep.
"Do you do it because you like it or because you have to?"	—Oh, huge!	—If you have the time.
"Come on, Ridgey, you can walk!"	—Too early!	—In a lot of ways.
"He's a rat!" [Spoken in a voice loud enough for you to overhear]	—Oh, huge!	—Getting healthy.
"He looks like a rat."	—Oh, huge!	—Hate me, hate my dog!
"Oooo, Watch out! That's a terrible thing to say!"	—Oh, huge!	—Totally insensitive.
"I'm surprised you'd like a movie like that."	—Different times.	—They're artists – We don't understand them.
"It's true — all these misfits."	—Says who?	—Vox Clamantis In Deserto.
"It's just like anything else."	—Oh, huge!	—It's all jungle.
"I don't like patients who are headed for trouble."	—Oh, huge!	—If you let kids get into trouble, if they can get out of it, they do real well.
"Richard, you really are a rat, you know?"	—Oh, huge!	—Yeah, a gutter snipe.
"That's not like you."	—Says who?	—Misspent youth.
"That's just like you."	—Oh, huge!	—It's not like a car where you leave it off.
"Do you like the opera?"	—Different times.	—If you can.
"Do you like dinosaurs?"	—Oh, huge!	—You don't?

REFLECTIONS

04-JUL-1999.

The Sun, the Moon, the Tides,
and the Cathedral

A cathedral symbolizes a person's body. When someone acts like they know what's going on inside your mind and body, they are violating your cathedral. They are simply guessing about your ideals, they have no idea what sweets and bitters you really like, what experiences you have had, or what you wish, and they have no business laying their hands on you. Especially when they are right, they are wrong.

My head is the sun —
It makes light.

My spine and my lungs are the moon —
They make tides.

My fingers and toes are stars —
They have will.

Then that's being yourself —
That's what kids are like.

One of my dogs is a brindled Scottie named Paris who hangs out with me at Bette's Oceanview Diner. Paris has long grey hair and if you don't look carefully, you might mistake him for an otter. "Oh, my God!" some lady exclaimed this afternoon as we pushed through a crowd of shoppers, "He looks like a rat!" Actually, he does, and I didn't think anything of it until later, at the Point Isabel dog park, when I happened to mention the incident to one of my close friends. "Oooo, Watch out! That's a terrible thing to say!" Alex said.

"—Oh, huge!" I said.

"So what did you say?" Alex said with a gleam in his eye. "Well, actually I didn't say anything," I started to say. "You see, I had already walked past her, and I couldn't quite tell if she had been describing me or Paris. Now if she had been talking about Paris, ...."

24-MAY-2007.

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CODE WORDS: 280, before, both, brother, chick, dancing, dinner, endearment, espouse, flight, half, happens, isn't, leaf, like, minute, misfits, noisy, nothing's, open, rat, Ridgey, savings, she'd, terrible, today

XVI
Capricornus
"Sea goat"

—Says who?