The Loon Chapter of Humorists Anonymous
has a membership which is nominated
because of each member's addiction to:
Absurdity, Cartoons, Comics, Fun, Humor, Idiocy, Irony,
Jokes, Laughter, Parody, Satire, Spontaneity & Wit.
Intermittent gatherings have occurred at the Finnish Reading Room,
which has thus far served as headquarters. Regularly scheduled
meetings will be possible upon the completion of the Procrastinators
Anonymous building, a work in process, apparently. The meetings will
be held in the St. Urho Memorial Corner of the FRR.
WE HAVE ONLY SEVEN STEPS:
STEP 1. When in charge, ponder.
When in trouble, delegate.
When in doubt, mumble.
(by Jim Loren)
STEP 2. Expect Nothing
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
Become a stranger to need of pity.
Or, if compassion be freely given out
Take only enough.
Stop short of the urge to plead
Then purge away the need.
Wish for nothing larger than your own small heart
Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold.
Make of it a parka for your soul.
Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise.
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
(By Alice Walker)
STEP 3. Attitude for a Political Year
THE PEACEFUL LIFE
I used to flit about hoping
To brush up
On what everybody
Said was special.
Well, I saw the big shtoonks
Kicking the cans off
The little shtoonks - and!...
Charging them for the service.
Now, I admit that's a
Pretty good setup.
But if you don't mind I think
I'll lie this one out in my own way.
(By Kenneth Patchen)
STEP 4.
Pray to God but row toward shore.
(Russian Proverb)
STEP 5.
Always spend a penny
as if you were spending a dollar
and always spend a dollar
as if you were spending
a wounded eagle and always
spend a wounded eagle as if
you were spending the very
sky itself.
(By Richard Brautigan)
STEP 6.
I don't want to know about it.
Tell it to somebody else.
They'll understand and make you feel better.
(By Richard Brautigan)
STEP 7. KARMA REPAIR KIT: Items 1-4
1. Get enough food to eat;
and eat it.
2. Find a place to sleep
where it is quiet,
and sleep there.
3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
until you arrive at the silence of yourself;
and listen to it.
4.
(By Richard Brautigan)
lee@bajuniemi.com
Box 8194
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States
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