Carpe Diem Day is February 26th? ⏰🛫⌛🌞🛬⏰

What a coincidence that it is 'Carpe Diem Day', as I fly out of Australia at noon tomorrow (the 26th) and arrive in Americia at around 6am the same day ... hopefully:-)

I'll be eating a bowl of this for breakfast tomorrow for my Vegas trip

 Carpe Diem Day

I won't be putting another post up until I get back to Australia around St. Patrick's Day.

And I'm looking forward to seeing flamingos and doing a tour of this brewery;-)

Can't wait to taste the Blue Moon:-)

Cheers 🍻

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Poetry is Not for Me, but is it for You? 🌹🥀

After watching the TV series and reading the book 'PLUM' I couldn't help but think of the C.D. Lewis poem 'Walking Away', which inspired me to pick up my book of C.D. Lewis poems (which doesn't include that poem) and see if I could get back into it.

Paul Kelly says good poetry is like
a companion that follows you for life

Musician Paul Kelly Argues That Poetry "Enhances and Heightens Life", as I Slog Through a C.Day Lewis Book of Poems Considering Walking Away from Them?📖🖋🃏

But no, I couldn't, so I posted the book off to a Clunes bookshop for someone to buy who really does like poetry, unlike I do.

Clunes is the Bookshop Capital of Australia?🔖📖📚🌏

I dislike poetry as much as I love football, I realized after watching and reading PLUM.

PLUM by Brendan Cowell

You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover ... Especially if it's a Movie/TV Series Tie-in Cover?📕👍👀👎

Straight Talking English Podcast:
Cecil Day Lewis' 'Walking Away' 

The Great Political Films: There Will Be Blood

I never realized until last week that the Daniel Day Lewis movie 'There Will Be Blood' was based partly on Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil!'.

Daniel is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925–2009).

I've not read 'Oil!', but I did recently read Upton Sinclair's novel 'The Jungle' -

Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' is One of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die? 🐮🤠🐄

I found a podcast about poems called 'Read Me a Poem' when looking for a reading of 'Walking Away'.

'60 Yard Pass'

And thought to myself I bet there are no Charles Bukowski poems to be found here, but there were quite a few and I wondered if the anonymous requester of '60 Yard Pass' wasn't my old Sharkie mate Brendan Cowell?

I've got a feeling that someone with his love of poetry would be a regular to this site.

“Nirvana” by Charles Bukowski

“Nobody but you” by Charles Bukowski

Maybe I should just shut up about my disliking of poetry and go watch some football?-)

Saved by a Poem?

“The Courage of Shutting-Up” by Sylvia Plath

The Role of the (Tattoo) Artist?🎭🛸🃏🦈

Poetry and the Gift of Forgetting?

God Forbid ... Close Encounters, Drugs and NDEs? 🛸🪦👻🙈🙉🙊👽

I'm not a "religious" person in the traditional sense of the word, because I don't believe in the dogma and obvious myths contained in most religions, but I do think that there is a baby in the bathwater once you get past the BS (Official Belief Systems).

And I like to listen to a variety of podcasts about all kinds of Belief Systems, even modern day "Angel ladies" like Julie (who seem a bit too off with the faries for me) and even former "Angel ladies" like Doreen Virtue (who has really gone round the fundamentalist Christian bend lately IM{not so}HO).

Spiritual Narcissism?

I even listen to podcasts about UFOs, which to my ears are just full of so much BS at times, that it's just not funny ... it's hilarious;-)

But I do think that there is a baby in the bathwater in there somewhere as well.

Some of my recent podcasts on my Apple Podcast playlist

Close encounters of the religious kind: how God
and UFOs have both begun religious movements

One interesting podcast I stumbled across recently examines a lot of the subjects covered above and is called 'God Forbid'.

The 'God Forbid' Radio/Podcast show

It's a national Australian radio show, which airs a few times a week on the ABC.
I only started listening recently when I saw that Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka, Professor, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington, specialising in UFO and UAP religions was a guest on the show, which was uploaded to Apple Podcasts on February 14th (Valentine's Day AKA Ferris Wheel Day;-) this year in Australia.

I'm about to head off on the biggest overseas trip of my life with my youngest son and won't be back in Brisbane until St. Patrick's Day ... if all goes well ... ironically -

One Month Until I'm in Vegas with The Sharks? 🎲🏈🏉🦈

Speaking of St. Patrick's Day ... Diana Walsh Pasulka, Ph.D.?

Signs From The Universe - Are You Seeing Yours? 🌸🚏🍒🎂🤑

Close encounters of the religious kind

I guess David Bowie could have made it into my post from yesterday, as well -

Although today in America is still 'Twin Peaks Day'.

It's a funny old world alright:-)

February 24th is Twin Peaks Day?📺🦉

Religion, drugs, and the power
of mind-altering substances

Coffee's a drug too, right?-)

February 24th is Twin Peaks Day?📺🦉

On a personal note, February 24th is my late brother's birthday and the date my divorce was officially finalized.

But it turns out that today is also 'Twin Peaks Day'," a celebration that draws fans of the iconic TV show “Twin Peaks” to Snoqualmie Valley, Washington. The celebration offers a chance to step into the enigmatic world of Twin Peaks and experience its charm firsthand!

The event commemorates the arrival of FBI Agent Dale Cooper to the fictional town, marking a key moment in the series. Fans gather to immerse themselves in the show’s mysterious world, enjoying various themed activities and discussions."

2Twenty2 Day

Ironically, 'Twin Peaks Day' falls just 2 days after Kyle MacLachlan's birthday of 2/22, or 2Twenty2 Day -

Kyle MacLachlan in JOE VS CAROLE

2Twenty2 Day is Steve Irwin's Birthday as Well as California Day? 🐊2🎂22🐍

And 'Cherry Pie Day' is just 2 days before Kyle MacLachlan's birthday of 2/22:-)

Cherry Pie Day?🍒🌄

The elephant in the room was cherries?

Signs From The Universe - Are You Seeing Yours? 🌸🚏🍒🎂🤑

UPDATE: February 24th, 2025

16. Mindy Tautfest—
from NDE to UAP

Look what dropped onto my Apple Podcast playlist this morning on 'Twin Peaks Day' in Australia, a new podcast episode from Mike Clelland (The Owl Guy):-)

I guess the owls aren't what they seem?-)