Todays Thought

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. 

-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)

DO IT ANYWAY

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Sunday Task Complete

Finally replaced a 'temporary' solution for hanging the dog leashes with my favorite pugilistic drunk octopus hooks. Which meant I needed a sea shanty to celebrate.

🎵 “Eight Arms Nailed to Wood” 🎵

Verse 1
There’s a thing on the wall where the lanterns rot,
Eight bent arms round a rusted knot,
One dead eye and the other burns,
Like it’s drowned men twice and never learns.

Chorus (Low, Slow, Crew Growl)
🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
Eight arms twitch in the tavern air,
Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…

Verse 2
It don’t blink, it don’t sleep, it just waits,
Like a tide that remembers your mistakes,
Smells of brine and barroom sin,
Like it fought the sea — and almost won.

Chorus

🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
Eight arms twitch in the tavern air,
Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…

Verse 3
They say it crawled from a shipwrecked curse,
Dragged up screaming in a sailor’s hearse,
Now it guards the coats of the lost and damned,
With iron limbs and a drunkard’s hand.

Bridge (Whispered, then rising)
It boxed the tide and it strangled fate,
Lost three arms to the harbor gate,
Now nailed in place but still wants war,
That wall-born beast with a thirst for more.

Final Chorus (Full Crew, Heavy Stomp)
🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
🎶 Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…
Eight arms twitch in the tavern air,
Ho… hang yer coat, if ye dare…

Outro
So drink yer rum and mind the door —
That octopus hook’s still keepin’ score 🐙🍺

Todays Thought

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. 

-William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965)

Archeology

https://youtube.com/shorts/J0JfMzmv2Mc?si=vbs6O3r9xnBv2Wm9

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