"No pleasures free from pain..."

                                                     big bobcat looking for a dinner guest

well the death of tom t hall signs off one of the best song writers in the business...below is one                 my favorite songs of his...not exactly politically correct...which is what I like about it...

He was an old-time cowboy, don't you understand His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tan His toes were pointed inward from a-hangin' on a horse He was an old philosopher, of course
He was so thin I swear you could have used him for a whip He had to drink a beer to keep his britches on his hips I knew I had to ask him about the mysteries of life He spit between his boots and he replied
"It's faster horses, younger women, Older whiskey, and more money"
He smiled and all his teeth were covered with tobacco stains He said, "It don't do men no good to pray for peace and rain. Peace and rain is just a way to say prosperity, And buffalo chips is all it means to me."
I told him I was a poet, I was lookin' for the truth I do not care for horses, whiskey, women or the loot I said I was a writer, my soul was all on fire He looked at me an' he said, "You are a liar."
"It's faster horses, younger women, Older whiskey, and more money"
Well, I was disillusioned, if I say the least I grabbed him by the collar and I jerked him to his feet There was something cold and shiny layin' by my head So I started to believe the things he said
Well, my poet days are over and I'm back to being me As I enjoy the peace and comfort of reality If my boy ever asks me what it is that I have learned I think that I will readily affirm
"It's faster horses, younger women, Older whiskey, and more money" 

now for some critical thinking...which must be attended to with some education...which is why                   I highly recommend some DVD's by Professor Patrick Grim entitled "Questions of Values"                          I came across a DVD with 2 movies by director Michael Powell one of these is "Age of Consent"                  with James Mason (of "Lolita" fame) and Ms. Helen Mirren (famous in her own right)...the story is               is about an artist who is looking for inspiration and visits Australia and meet a girl/woman who                  inspires his artist desires...she spends a lot of time revealing a lot of flesh...very inspiring! in a very             natural way...                        The question that interests me is whether this lass is "available"...

"No pleasure free from pain; in all our joys                                                                                              Something of trouble ever comes between." Ovid