I’ve Been Thinking of Someone
women are to be adored, and perhaps understood
The weather in this little northern town has been pretty good today, for England in May that is. Ergo I took a myself for a walk, and that turned into 11 miles of physical effort, mental introspection, and spiritual enlightenment.
While I was walking I thought of a woman I know.
I don’t know her as well as I would like.
This song is for her.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a man will never find the Goddess of the moon by searching for her
music from a friend
The past is over, nothing reminds me of you.
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I’m a guy.
I’m a bit older.
I’m very English.
My tastes are solid, maybe staid, and perhaps a bit inflexible. Art, Cars, Clothes, Food, Music… I seem to be one of those guys who thinks he knows what he likes and is reluctant to try something new.
Sometimes the new is surprising and apposite. As luck would have it, it just so happened that a friend sent me a couple of albums by a guy I’d never heard of; Ben Taylor. I liked his dad.
A track has the lyrics;
She always wants what she can’t have
Life is so cruel
She’s always good when she’s so bad
What can’t she do?
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the killer line is;
She’s always thinking of someone, that’s how it goes…
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Story of my life. All the women I have known always seem to be thinking of someone else.
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Sometimes, just once, I’d like to know someone who wasn’t always living in the past. Who wanted to show me their colourful shoes, just because it’s me, and not because they really belong to someone else.
Letting yesterday affect today will only destroy the excitement of tomorrow. ~ Michelle Cruz-Rosado
Sometimes, it’s more than I can take. Life goes on regardless. The best is yet to come.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
let me be your teddy bear
Lonely Little Bear
Marmaduke and I are pals, but as you can tell from his recent pictures he misses his girl, so he’s thinking of joining a lonely hearts club.
He’s an affectionate and loving little bear.
He’s also a very handy teddy bear.
And, Marmaduke can cook.
He sings better than Presley, (at least Marmaduke thinks he sings better than Elvis Presley).
Please listen responsibly.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Forgotten Modern History
In December seventy years ago the French decided they would stay in Indochina. This set off a chain of misery which did not end when the Americans were defeated by Vietnamese communists in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. French occupation of Vietnam ended with their defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The Vietnamese Cambodian war then went on until 1991.
Billy Joel ~ We Didn’t Start The Fire
Please listen responsibly.
Perhaps we should all learn a little more forgotten history.
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Don’t Worry Be Happy
Every motivational writer says that true happiness is a state of mind.
Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute to the full, with joy, grace, and consideration for others. Happiness is loving and being loved.
So, don’t worry, just be happy.
Please listen responsibly.
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
on the beach
If I could, I would spend all of my time on the beach. My local beach, or in Australia, California, Miami, Texas, or the Windies… just so long as there is the sea and the sky. Lighthouses, a cool villa, and a gorgeous woman would be good too. I would settle for a hut to sleep in. To be honest, I can do without the guy playing the guitar.
Chris Rea ~ On The Beach
please listen responsibly
On The Beach is also the title of a novel by Nevil Shute, which was turned into a chilling movie starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. (I think Ava Gardner has such a look of a dirty vamp about her.)
please watch responsibly
If your girl talks about the 2000 Armand Assante movie, it’s cool if you not only know about the earlier film, but also the book.
As for my beach. It’s lonely, cold, and grey down by the sea today.
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Jack Collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
you’re not just a number
When men have a cold it’s like the biggest medical disaster ever inflicted on the human race. Well, today I have a cold, and I’m feeling thoroughly miserable. Autumn’s shadowy fingers are crowding around the garret, the sky is grey, and so is the sea. All I want to do is sleep. I don’t feel quite human, more like a number standing in line waiting for I don’t know quite what.
The hot California desert calls, and so does the open road, and neither of them are going to see me today. Anyhow, there’s no way I’m alert enough to drive a Seven until this cold had gone. When I’m well, do I drive down through France our head West?
Chris Rea ~ Auberge
This music video is as weird as I feel right now. I may have a fever. I have a fever, it’s 101. Man-flu strikes again.
Please listen responsibly.
When driven with real bravery, a Lotus / Caterham 7 is the fastest point-to-point car you can get on English country roads.
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jackcollier7@talktalk.net
self-knowledge
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I owned a book,
and it had never been opened.
So all I knew of books was that there were words on the cover,
and some more words on the spine.
And then, one day,
I opened the book and started to read the words inside.
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Vincent ~ Don McLean
Please listen responsibly
We can only go so far in making our life the way we would wish it to be.
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poem and musing by jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Extremes of Behaviour
Why Do I Go To Extremes?
Most people like to know where they stand. It’s part of human nature to want the people you know to be same person today that they were yesterday, and to be able to rely on them to be that very same person tomorrow.
In general your friends want to be able to depend on you. Usually the people you come into contact with will become wary and suspicious if you suddenly turn into a crazy person, especially if you often become that crazy person. This goes doubly if you’re male and the friend in question is a woman.
Call it mood swings if you like, but if there’s a sudden and expected change in the way you feel and behave, especially when you’re angry and unhappy, you’re going to hurt someone. You will probably cause emotional distress to several people, they may never trust you again, they may become distant and feel threatened by you. If it’s bad enough you may sadden, offend, upset, devastate, and cause anguish to someone you love, and they may just walk away from you.
I know, because I’ve been there.
If you want your relationships to thrive and survive in the urban jungle, then find the cause of your mood swings, and then find yourself the cure. It may be hard, you may be crazy, but very few women are looking for a lunatic.
Billy Joel ~ I go to extremes
Please listen responsibly.
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jackcollier7@talktalk.net
The Urban Spaceman’s Guide To Survival
Today, a funny song and a serious lesson for all the real men out there.
There’s one thing about being successful with women the urban warrior must never forget ~ she is always right, and nine times out of ten you will be wrong, (in her eyes anyhow). There is no mileage in arguing with your girl, even if you do have the craziest name in English Popular Music.
Please listen responsibly.
Humour doesn’t always translate across the sexes, what women find really funny men often don’t, and visa versa.
As an example of dual standards, a girl told me a joke yesterday, about the 5 things a woman looks for in the ideal man ~ who, of course doesn’t actually exist, so she gets 5 men instead. It was even more sexist and less funny than this woman in the moon joke. Guys, if she tells you an unfunny sexist joke that gets at you and all men, don’t even pretend to laugh.
It’s always OK for a girl to tell sexist jokes that get at you and all other men, whereas it isn’t ever OK for a man to be misogynist. A man should never tell jokes that make fun of women, it’s just not worth the cheap laugh.
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These opinions are mine and mine alone
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
