Warren Hellman...quote! Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival...

Millionaire philanthropist at peace with Bluegrass Festival!

In a mellow moment a scant few days ago - during the laid-back run of the ever-popular three-day "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival"  in historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisdco - word filtered back to the financial backer (& selfless founder) - Warren Hellman  - that city officials were anxious to have a pow-wow with the easy-going music lover (and all 'round Patron of the Arts) to chat  about the future of the festival.

Say what?

Hold onto your horses, dudes!

The sly round-about overture orchestrated by a posse of green-eyed monsters downtown at City Hall  - not only inspired the following quote of the day - but triggered a large guffaw or two.

“If the conversation has anything to do with changing the Bluegrass Festival, I have a two-word response for them," Hellman chuckled to all within earshot.

"It’s not Happy Birthday, either."

Ba-dump!!!

And, how was your week?

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Snobs...quote!

 

If a man becomes a snob

it's probably because he's become disenchanted

with the common masses

he crosses paths with daily

Julian Ayrs

Chocolate Buddha

A Collection of Poems

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Judge not...quote!

Any man that jumps to conclusions
without checking the facts first
Or, passes judgment
before hearing both sides of the tawdry tale
is not worthy of befriending
or giving the time of day
And, deserves a thousand lashes
with a limp noodle


Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems
&
Truisms

http://www.julianayrs.com

Don't try...quote!

Don't try

To try is
to stutter at doing

Julian Ayrs
Chocolate Buddha
Collections of Poems


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Being...quote!

What man is content to sit and think

or to simply be

Julian Ayrs

Divine Grace

Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

What people think...quote!

I used to worry about what people would think
Then, it suddenly dawned on me one day
They usually don't

Julian Ayrs
Chocolate Buddha
Collecction of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

A Mother's love...quote!

There is no substitute
for a Mother's love

Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

Strangers & Friends...quote!!

Be wary of strangers

&
Cautious with friends

Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems
(& Truisms)

http://www.julianayrs.com

Friends...quote!

Friends are usually the last to know
Who you truly are

Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

Fame...quote!

The other day when I cruised into the drive-thru bumper-to-bumper at the fast-food joint - Jack-in-the-box - the perky little server started to hand my order over to me, when her eyes suddenly went wide.

"Don't I know you?" she asked, with an incredulous tone in her voice, as her body slipped into a frozen mode behind the counter.

Yup, I'm familiar with that creeping paralysis wherever I go these days!

Within seconds, the hapless employee recognized me.

What good fortune to have crossed paths with a celebrity!

When I jokingly mentioned the incident to a friend, his response was priceless.

"If they recognize you at take-out at Jack-in-the-box you must be famous."

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Politics...quote!

When people ask me if I am a Republican or a Democrat

I tell them I'm Canadian!



Julian Ayrs

Political Pundit

(U.S.A. transplant)



http://www.julianayrs.com

Good Samaritan...with ulterior motives!

Drats!

Yesterday morning I hopped into my vehicle and there wasn't enough juice in the battery to turn the engine over.

Upon closer inspection, I was able to determine I left my parking lights on.

Duh!

I lifted the hood, nonetheless, and thought I would double-check the wiring to make sure the connections weren't loose.

As I was doing my butch handy-work, a white male cruised up - at which point - I relayed my dilemma.

"Do you have cables," he softly asked.

When I nodded in the affirmative, he paused a beat, then half-whispered through the open window:

"Would you like to get su**ed?"

Well, that wasn't exactly the kind of jump start I was looking for!

Billy Crystal said it best:

"Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place."

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Wisdom...quote!

Knowledge

when acquired through life experience

has the capacity to endow an individual with wisdom
when spiritually reflected upon

Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems


http://www.julianayrs.com

UCLA Cafeteria...food servers need a philosophy to follow!

Yestersday morning, I spied a server on the counter at the UCLA cafeteria hastily slapping food down on the plates - in an assembly-line slapdash fashion - with little regard for the customers who deserved better.

Obviously, the young Asian student was trapped in a part-time job she hated to make ends meet, and was just biding her time 'til the end of the shift when she'd be free as a bird once again.

After I witnessed her bad attitude and further established a total lack of excellence in her approach - or any striving for it in her work - a thought crossed my mind.

If I was a server, I'd have a philosophy to follow, to ensure I never slipped up

Unlike sloppy Josephine, I'd treat each meal like it was a plate of food I was specially-preparing for myself.

With a compass like that to guide me throughout the day, just imagine the welcome culinary delights I'd turn out.

Booker T. Washington said it best:

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way

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Consumer...quote!

The customer is not always right
But, it's good business practice to let him or her think she is!


Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

The Superior Intellect...quote!

The Superior intellect is ever mindful
of the consequence of grovelling with fools


Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

West Hollywood...African-American Postal Clerk's dumb quote of the day!

Anti-American protest in Iraq

As I plucked up my stamps at the post office on San Vicente in the heart of WeHo, I made an off-handed remark to the Afro-American clerk that I am Canadian.

I noted it was a plus - because in the eyes of most Nations - Canucks are considered pretty neutral in the scheme of things.

"They generally don't have to worry about being held hostage, or kidnapped, like Americans do," I said off-the-cuff.

She stood back and glared at me.

"You think Americans get held hostage or kidnapped?"

Whoa nellie.!

What rock has she been snoozing under?

I diplomatically pointed out that due to the situation in Iraq and Iran - and elsewhere in the Middle East - there was some animosity towards Americans. After all, many view the presence of troops in Iraq, as an Imperialist occupation.

My jaw literally dropped when she hit me with this zinger.

"What? They love Americans in Iraq," she insisted with the utmost sincerity.

Oh boy!

I wished her a nice day as I turned on my heel and dashed out the door.

Then, the doddering old fool dozed back to sleep at the counter.

Some folks don't have a clue.

Or is it just denial?

Einstein said it best:

"Two things are infinite: the universe & human stupidity; I'm not sure about the universe."

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Kabir...Karma quote!

Kabir - respected Master and inspired Prophet - once said on the subject of Karma and the issue of reaping what you sow:

"If you plant cactus, how do you expect to grow mangoes?"

Blog Action Day...Mahatma Gandhi on "hunger" and pauperism in the world!

"I suggest that we are thieves in a way.

If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else.

It is the fundamental law of Nature, without exception, that Nature produces enough for our wants from day to day; and if only everybody took enough for himself and nothing more, there would be no pauperism in this world, there would be no man dying of starvation."

Mahatma Gandhi

The face...quote!

The face is a reflection of the inner self

Julian Ayrs
Chocolate Buddha
Collection of Poems