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CLINIC

PATIENT

DIAGNOSTIC

Patient refers to it as stargate-six-four

A Blowhard.4

Give-And-Take.2

 

TOOLSET

INFORMAL FALLACY

 

—Probably—Something.

—Oh, yeah!

—Wild moments.

—Pretty amazing.

Moxie's

Disease

 

Dementia Praecox —
Once you have established someone is crazy, you can pretty much just say, "—Probably," to everything they say.

 

NOTES TO MYSELF

PSYCHOLOGICAL AGE

CLASS

[fast & loose logic] - Crazy, Paranoid or Affected, they play fast and loose with logic - If you're smart, they call you insane or crazy - They speak in clichés, leaping from one inappropriate metaphor, or forceful comment, to another, without stopping - Usually when you feel uncomfortable, there's a reason - Someone wants you to - The way they do it is by hitting you in the imagination.

The Age of Detachment, ages 16-19

Separation

 

 
 
 
 
 

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

"How long, Sawyer? How long can we play house?"

—Wild moments.

—I'll give you two weeks' notice.

"It has to come from the heart."

—Wild moments.

—That's the best I can do, I think.

"You're all heart."

—Probably.

—Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

"You're sweet."

—Something.

—The secret cheating ways to play ... See Kiss Student.

"The problem with crazy ... Is the vast volumes in which it comes. The only crazy site I've ever looked at for more than 5 minutes was taxi1010. I kept coming close - so close! - to grasping the logic of the place that I was teased to look a little further. Everywhere else is like this blog, just pages and pages and pages that might as well say 'crazy' over and over again for all the good it does me to look at them." [Further mention of taxi1010 at Portal of Evil - by Theocrat 12/30/05]

—Wild moments.

—A song goes round the world.

"You Chinese think you own everything — Get off my road!"

—Pretty amazing.

—There's very few left.

"Doesn't make any fucking sense!" [Viciously]

—Wild moments.

—What are you going to do?

"My toaster has been talking to me."

—Wild moments.

—Maybe they do ... Everyone's got things but us ... They break, too, you know? ... It's like Jack Nicholson visiting you.

"Crazy comebacks."

—Probably – Something.

—Like a bolt action in a rifle.

"There's a thesis right there. [At this website] I spent about five days winding my way through the obsessive links and trying to figure out the guy's modus operandi. It never happened. I mean, he's crazy as a loon, but he also seems to be entirely sane."

—Probably.

—If you sit in a hammock and read a book, that's one thing ...

"It kinda makes you wish you had schizoid tendencies, just so you could have your own self-imposed system of order to make sense of everything."

—Wild moments.

—If you hurt yourself, that's something else.

"Are you still watching that stupid show on 'Heart?'"

—Probably.

—Some small thing.

["Those are pictures of Virginia stabbing me in the heart."] "Virginia doesn't have a heart."

—Pretty amazing.

—Imagine having two of them.

"She doesn't have a heart." [Your girlfriend]

—Oh, yeah!

—What a society girl, huh?

[Dramatic laughter]

—Oh, yeah!

—It's funny, huh?

[Uproarious laughter]

—Oh, yeah!

—It takes all kinds, huh?

[Malevolent laughter just the moment you stop to adjust your belt]

—Oh, yeah!

—You will not look now! [Darth Vader voice] See? You're not looking.

[Vicious mock laughter]

—Oh, yeah!

—But you have to keep your eye on the sparrow.

"It stinks! — It's a fucking latrine."

—Wild moments.

—Everyone has bad days.

"Love stinks, baby!"

—Wild moments.

—It's not a bad thing to do.

"Grovel, Paris, grovel!"

—Pretty amazing.

—Too many things at once.

"Are you a member here?" [From an eight-year-old]

—Oh, yeah!

—For hundreds of years, for thousands of years!

"Well, I haven't ever seen you here before."

—Pretty amazing.

—Getting up there, guy!

"Were you invited?"

—Oh, yeah!

—From the middle of nowhere.

"Did you graduate?"

—Oh, yeah!

—Living dangerously, huh?

"Do you have a degree?"

—Wild moments.

—It's in the toilet.

"What did you get your degree in?"

—Wild moments.

—Having fun!

"That explains it." [Sarcastically]

—Oh, yeah!

—I try everything.

"I'm the only one — I keep saying something wrong."

—Pretty amazing.

—In just the right way.

"I think you're doing really good — Keep it up!"

—Wild moments.

—It doesn't take much, does it?

"Keep dreaming."

—Wild moments.

—Is that legal?

"Keep trying!"

—Wild moments.

—Lay low!

"As I thought ... your site identifies a long-standing pathology."

—Pretty amazing.

—I guess we'll see you on CNN Financial News.

"You gotta take what you can get."

—Oh, yeah!

—What time does the train pull out?

"You gotta love Mel Torme."

—Pretty amazing.

—It could be something from childhood.

"You gotta have dog food."

—Wild moments.

—What would Jesus do?

"Did you forget anything?"

—Probably.

—It's like flotsam on the surface of the sea.

"Do you put toilet paper on so it unrolls outside or inside?"

—Wild moments.

—It's not my fault if I'm rich.

"I'm confused ... as usual."

—Wild moments.

—It's that time of year!

"Typical."

—Wild moments.

—This is my year of surprises.

"This is right up your alley."

—Wild moments.

—You can't ask for more than that.

"The people who work there don't like it if you call it an alley."

—Pretty amazing.

—The truth comes out.

"Oh, you're just like a member of the family!"

—Probably.

—Not your mother, I hope.

"Huh?" [Feigning innocence]

—Wild moments.

—And?

"You know, I should put my car up, huh?"

—Oh, yeah!

—You've got a date with destiny.

"You're just here to look, huh?"

—Oh, yeah!

—Where have I been?

"Getting tired of looking at all those cars, huh?"

—Pretty amazing.

—My karma ran over my dogma.

"No good, huh?"

—Pretty amazing.

—It started somewhere.

"Easy as that, huh?"

—Pretty amazing.

—People have been very kind to me, and told me what to say to nitwits.

"That's why you should have one in your garage."

—Pretty amazing.

—Sometimes love works.

"They've still got a lot of bounce to them."

—Pretty amazing.

—It's nature's way.

"We don't wear shoes in this house."

—Wild moments.

—But less.

"How's your house?"

—Pretty amazing.

—I'll have to build a bigger box.

"What a great day! Can't beat this!"

—Pretty amazing.

—Not lately.

"Beat you to it!"

—Wild moments.

—You can see the magic moment arriving, can't you?

"Yours is probably faster, anyway."

—Wild moments.

—Rich is the night, cocoa hue; tender delight, Afro blue.

"What does your husband do that drives you nuts?"

—Wild moments.

—It's better than being asleep.

"Are you nuts?"

—Probably.

—I didn't mean to insult you.

"Are you off your rocker?"

—Oh, yeah!

—It's camel time! No one's on time!

"Are u a virgin?"

—Oh, yeah!

—It's gorgeous ... I have no idea ... I don't know why they stick things where they stick 'em.

"Are you a virgin?"

—Oh, yeah!

—They lie!

["What is a nightclub?"] "Oh my god, you don't know what a nightclub is? You must be a virgin."

—Oh, yeah!

[See Icarus and the Gutter Snipe]

"Are you faithful?"

—Oh, yeah!

—Don't tip anyone off.

"Are you on glue?"

—Probably.

—You just think you're the only one.

"Are you sniffing glue?"

—Pretty amazing.

—People who do what they damn well please are lunatics!

"Popo Power is Putrid!"

—Probably.

—Like you!

"Hey, look at the freak!"

—Pretty amazing.

—A singing nerve!

"What a freak."

—Oh, yeah!

—Starved for affection.

"I don't know if you're being cute or crazy now."

—Wild moments.

—And aren't you lucky?

"You're crazy!"

—Probably.

—But you don't know on which side.

"You used to thrill me, baby."

—Wild moments.

—I'd like to run through your hair — barefoot!

"You used to be sort of a funny, charming, likable guy."

—Pretty amazing.

—You're kind of a burnt biscuit, aren't you?

"She used to be beautiful."

—Pretty amazing.

—Did it bring back memories?

"What's 2024 times 18 minus 100?"

—Something.

—There are three kinds of people — those who can count and those who can't.

"What's it cost to bring up a web site?"

—Something.

—It's fwee!

"It doesn't cost you anything?"

—Pretty amazing.

—A cut above the crowd, as they used to say.

"It's a cut above where you come from."

—Probably.

—Just like Rome – It's going.

"How much does it cost for a personalized tag like that?"

—Something.

—Stifle your artistic impulses!

"You got a bottle of wine? $4.79?"

—Something.

—It's that attention to detail — something small that's really expensive.

"Go that way if it makes you happier."

—Probably.

—That's quite a range, isn't it?

"Do you like lavender and sage?"

—Pretty amazing.

—What about your friends?

"How much does it cost?"

—Something.

—Youth must be served.

"Everything is always under development."

—Probably.

—It's different stages.

"Is it all under control here?"

—Oh, yeah!

—Underneath it all.

"Under where?"

—Pretty amazing.

—I made you say, "underwear!"

"Am I the only person who can't figure out this verbal self defence site??? The answers don't make sense.??" [Link from one of the msn groups, entitled PSYCHOPATH]

—Wild moments.

—That's an old one for around here.

"I suspect this site makes perfect sense only after consuming a few of those funny biscuits they sell at 'alternative gatherings.' Any other time - what the?! Very odd."

—Probably.

—I must have grabbed it and eaten it in my sleep.

"Thanks for validating my reality!! I thought it was just me. LOL."

—Pretty amazing.

—Okay! Another adventure in stupidity.

"I'd spend more time reading this site, but I'm worried that it would start to make sense to me: Taxi 1010" [Link from www.indexcards.com]

—Wild moments.

—Why take a chance?

"You're really sweet. I enjoyed tonight, too. But you know, we both have our lives."

—Wild moments.

—Someone nice gave me that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

REFLECTIONS

 
 
 
 
 

22-MAY-1999.

Quietly Understated Illumination Zone

Surfing along, you may have been exposed to more material than you realize, so in the grand tradition of schools throughout Western Civilization, let's take a peek backward (or onward or inward!) — Please take out a sheet of paper and use your EMOTIONS to respond to the following stimuli:

A. People who can't say or even think the word, "shit," are at a terrible disadvantage in our modern progressive society.

B. "Straight arrow, huh?"

C. "Remember, only one person can win, so please give a big round of applause to our third runner-up (It's you, honey!)"

D. "We're calling to tell you you've won the Pulitzer Prize."

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

F. Some people present the world in a descriptive manner, allowing the listener freedom of action. For instance, "It's really raining!" Other people present the world in a proscriptive manner, suggesting particular behavior. For instance, "You better wear your raincoat!" If you hear a proscriptive insult, you have a wonderful opportunity to bounce it right back: "Let's stick to the facts here."

G. When a lady therapist telephoned to learn my qualifications for teaching Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense, I told her I was tainted by driving a taxi. Her voice changed, and she suddenly started pretending I had called her by saying, "Well, why don't you give me a call after the first of the year?"

H. It's very hard for nice people to show their teeth, or to snarl at mean people, even though it's the kind thing to do. If a mean person sees you can defend yourself, they sometimes accuse you of trying to start a fight. What can you say to temper their flames?

I. Just because someone asks you to take a quiz doesn't mean you have to take it seriously. All questions on this page can be answered by saying, "—Probably," "—Something," "—Oh, yeah!" or "—Wild moments." Pretty amazing.


18-MAR-2008.

 

Thick
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As follows

CODE WORDS: above, alley, beat, biscuits, bounce, cost, crazy, degree, enjoyed, explains, faithful, faster, forget, freak, garage, gotta, graduate, grovel, happier, haven't, heart, house, huh, invited, keep, [laughter], lavender, lives, member, minus, nuts, pathology, putrid, road, rocker, sage, sense, stinks, sweet, tendencies, thesis, toaster, typical, under, unrolls, used, usual, validating, virgin, winding, wine

 

LXIV
Phoenix
"Fire bird"

—Pretty amazing.