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CLINIC

PATIENT

DIAGNOSTIC

Patient refers to it as stargate-three-six

A Violator.4

Delusions.4

 

TOOLSET

INFORMAL FALLACY

 

—Right!—Absolutely.

—Well, okay!

—Not major.

—NOTHING LESS!

Moxie's

Disease

 

False Hustle — When people try to reduce life to a single dimension, they fail to see what's real — Children have an expectation, "Oh, I'll get over it." — That's the first thing they try to beat out of kids — any trust or hope in life.

 

NOTES TO MYSELF

PSYCHOLOGICAL AGE

CLASS

[passive aggression] - Ostracism & Feigned innocence - Sometimes announcing what you don't mean to say may mean the opposite. (For instance, "I'm not judging you.")

The Age of Self-Expression, ages 8-11

Murder

 

 
 
 
 
 

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

["In two years, my TV won't be able to receive any more broadcasts, because all the TV stations will be broadcasting digitally."] "Then you'll have fun watching TV!"

—Not major.

—I'll figure something out.

"Okey-dokey."

—NOTHING LESS!

—Within reason – So I like a challenge – After the fact? – It's a distraction.

[Belch, spit, fart, hawwwwkkkk, redux, redux]

—Well, okay!

—That'll break it up!

"Tai Chi, huh?"

—NOTHING LESS!

—You should eat more cheese ... The Chinese never get stiff joints.

"I'm just trying to enjoy the park."

—Well, okay!

—It's just unbelievable to someone of my age.

"If you have something to say to my daughter then you can come to me, because YOUR stuff is blocking the sidewalk and she has every right to rollerblade."

—Well, okay!

—That's two things I have to do.

"Just ducky!"

—Not major.

—What a life!

"Just park!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—All things come to those who wait.

"I didn't even wash my hair today!"

—Well, okay!

—The old-fashioned way!

"It's simple, is it not? Even for you."

—Not major.

—Does anybody know — Are you supposed to tip the guy who fixes your computer?

"Everyone deserves love, even you."

—Not major.

—Everything's easy if you understand what's going on.

"Even a woman should be able to grasp basic economics."

—NOTHING LESS!

—It's all the things they never talked about when I was little.

"It's not rocket science."

—Well, okay!

—In your back yard.

"It's not brain surgery."

—Well, okay!

—It'll take a little while.

"To the Nikko Hotel, nice and straight."

—Well, okay!

—I'm fixin' to.

"I'd let you in if you weren't driving a Japanese car."

—Well, okay!

—Sounds like you just about had it.

"He's with me — I don't know if I'd call him my friend."

—NOTHING LESS!

—All the way to the end.

"Oh, you know, I've seen this stuff before."

—Well, okay!

—Not a moment too soon.

"I've seen what it's all about."

—Right!

—Symbolically.

"Oh, no one ever attacks me."

—Right!

—You just have to get up and get on with it.

"There's nothing good on TV?"

—Absolutely.

—It's just ridiculous to inflict this on people.

"That's Julie Brown."

—Well, okay!

—You can tell.

"Julie Brown, did she ever go places!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—You just go step by step.

"That's Ben Kingsley."

—Well, okay!

—Living history.

[Name dropping]

—Not major.

—Impressive, huh?

"A little school up in New Hampshire."

—NOTHING LESS!

—People like being self-reliant.

"Two of the cutest girls on the entire planet!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—One of these days I'll get one.

"Did you notice I'm wearing flowers?"

—Absolutely.

—Now especially.

"Did you notice Curtis wore the same clothes for three nights?"

—NOTHING LESS!

—The pride of ownership.

"That's like comparing apples and oranges, Sir."

—NOTHING LESS!

—I'm sorry they're not emeralds.

"I don't know — I haven't noticed."

—Well, okay!

—Maybe that's your dark shadows.

"You're history!"

—Well, okay!

—How chic – I'm going to call it the Fellini Room.

"And his paintings are crap."

—Well, okay!

—It's very hard to find something you like.

"Are you the red Jeep over there?"

—NOTHING LESS!

—From now on I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the ride.

"Sounds like you need some non-escalating verbal self-defense: taxi1010.com, because one bad website deserves another ..." [Link from ~annahplanet]

—Well, okay!

—Don't throw us in the briar patch! ... By the way, rubber duckies are out.

"Gives you power, doesn't it?"

—Right!

—I'm pregnant.

"That's not an option."

—Right!

—That's not true.

"Shit is what makes this world go round."

—Well, okay!

—All right! Now we're getting somewhere.

"And you don't care what that makes you."

—Well, okay!

—You can't tell.

"We have read your website."

—Right!

—From beginning to end.

"If you add pictures to the Internet, you get the Web." [Kodak advertisement]

—Right!

—Wait 'til they see us!

[Someone treating you like a pariah for asking a simple question about a dog's injured ligament: "Did the doctor say anything about its source?"]

—Right!

—Maybe some other kid.

"If you want to get into this perverse and very inaccurate accounting of every penny, I will be happy to provide you with the list I have kept over the years."

—Not major.

—It's just not common knowledge, I guess.

"You guys in government are lazy and overpaid."

—Right!

—Those were the days!

"If you really cared about my welfare, you would give me my check."

—Well, okay!

—What do you think you're doing wrong?

"Check out the laws of this country."

—Right!

—As we go.

"I bet if I wasn't a white male, you would give me a check."

—Right!

—When did you start thinking that I am discriminating against you?

"Cheap shit."

—NOTHING LESS!

—You better be good or you'll get nothing.

"Shit happens."

—Not major.

—You have to learn to take the good with the bad.

"Oh, man, they were saying really bad shit about you."

—Right!

—That doesn't mean it's true.

"Let's stay away from all that shit."

—Not major.

—I'm all for that.

"You're in good shape — except for your brakes."

—NOTHING LESS!

—Just for the hell of it.

"We're slow on Saturday; if we're slow, you guys are slow, I guess."

—NOTHING LESS!

—That's the one thing schools promote: deep sleep.

"I guess it's going to be slow today."

—NOTHING LESS!

—It goes this way, it goes that way ... It all evens out.

"How can you drive all day with this kind of road rage?"

—Not major.

—If you lose things, you can get new things!

"Just drive!"

—Well, okay!

—Won't that be fun?

"Suit yourself."

—Well, okay!

—Not too difficult.

"The service in this place sucks."

—Well, okay!

—Is it my fault?

"You must think you're hot shit."

—Not major.

—Just keep it up.

"Shut up, hippie."

—Well, okay!

—Go empty.

"Your college sucks."

—Well, okay!

—No big deal.

"A little more straight talk wouldn't hurt."

—NOTHING LESS!

—Dogs know everything.

"Life sucks — Get it straight!"

—Right!

—Especially if you like dogs.

"Telling the truth sucks!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—A person who helps people is never at a loss.

"Hey, buddy — You have more than twelve items!"

—Not major.

—What do I care? — My father's a lawyer.

"Nobody's perfect."

—Absolutely.

—Without thinking.

"Clean up your own act."

—NOTHING LESS!

—That's another conversation.

"Hey, don't go! I need an animal act."

—NOTHING LESS!

—You've reached that level!

"Hey! Slow down, man!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—Why wait?

"Do you know what the word slow means? Try it once in a whole!" [From an irate police officer]

—Not major.

—Let go!

"SLOW DOWN!"

—NOTHING LESS!

—I'm an American!

"Slow down!" [After you've already stopped for them to cross the street - You're not actually moving]

—NOTHING LESS!

—The bus stop with a jerk and you got off.

[Someone playing possum on the living room sofa]

—Right!

—"Astronomers Sleeping — Please Be Quiet."

"I'm not unpredictable."

—Right!—Absolutely.

—In more ways than one.

"What is there, an echo? — I just said that!"

—Well, okay!

—Don't cheat me.

"Oh, I thought you said you had a ride."

—Right!

—That's a novel thing to say.

"By no means am I perfect."

—NOTHING LESS!

—And I don't care what you say.

"So, how much did you spend for the girl? I hope she hasn't dried up your bank account yet."

—Well, okay!

[See Icarus and the Gutter Snipe]

"Do I get credit for this?"

—Absolutely.

—I see your technique.

"I hope you give me credit for that."

—Well, okay!

—You can imagine what's coming.

"No need to give me credit."

—Well, okay!

—We'll figure something out.

"I just can't believe you have an imperfection."

—NOTHING LESS!

—It's called suffering for your family.

"You'll be fine." [Cute girl humoring a flirtatious guy]

—Well, okay!

—That's right.

"I know that's in your history."

—NOTHING LESS!

—You know, pretty women always like it when you open the door for them.

"It's okay — I'm not judging you."

—Well, okay!

—The stars come out at night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

REFLECTIONS

 
 
 
 
 

24-AUG-1999.

A Wolf in Shark's, er, Sheep's Clothing

WHITE LIES from either a wolf in sheep's clothing, or a sheep in sheep's clothing — If you meet anybody in sheep's clothing, just say,

"—Right!"

It's the kind of response that allows your emotions to shine most brilliantly, conveying, "Fuck you!" on one extreme, and "—Absolutely" on another. When someone inquires, "There's nothing good on TV?" just say, "—Absolutely." What are you, TV Guide?

Here's a good example. Let's say you've just taken your car in for an oil change, and in the confusion of getting your goodies out of the car, you tell the mechanic you need a ride in their shuttle bus. Moments later, you race back to your car for your umbrella, and when you return, you discover the shuttle bus has left without you! The mechanic claims, "Oh, I thought you said you had a ride."

"—Right!"

In the "PATIENT" box near the top center of this page, notice the different directions you can move after you've met a VIOLATOR. (Click the Violator.# link four times to get back to this page.)

You can say, "—Well, okay!" if some sheep begins to act crazy.

You can say, "—Worse!" if the sheep suddenly attacks you.

You can say, "—Not today," if the sheep tries to pretend it's a beggar.

You can say, "—Right!—Absolutely," if you decide it's a wolf.

Any one of these characters is acting in a way that can rob you of your right to have a little whimsy in your life, for instance, when you're in the express line at the grocery store trying to buy fourteen Hershey Bars. "Hey, buddy — You have more than twelve items!"

"—Right! 

 —Not major."


24-AUG-1999.

IGNORING

Everybody has experiences with which they resonate
(for instance, baseball),
and topics with which they don't resonate
(for instance, ballet).

If someone is ignoring you,
they're simply not resonating with certain experiences,
and it's good they're not faking it.

Try saying something off-the-wall,
such as, "I'm pregnant."


02-MAR-2007.

 

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As follows

CODE WORDS: act, attacks, blocking, brain, Brown, check, comparing, country, credit, cutest, deserves, drive, ducky, echo, even, except, fine, [hawwwwkkkk], hippie, history, hope, I'd, imperfection, items, Jeep, judging, Kingsley, lazy, makes, [name], New Hampshire, notice, noticed, okey-dokey, option, overpaid, paintings, [pariah], park, perfect, perverse, [possum], power, rage, rocket, seen, shit, slow, straight, sucks, suit, surgery, Tai Chi, thought, TV, unpredictable, web, website

 

XXXVI
Eridanus
"River Eridanus"

—Not major.