August slipped away into a moment in time

 Of all hidden things, 

I sing, 

waiting

for evening’s grace

Frank Bruno

 For Frank Bruno was becoming World Champion was his life's ambition 

He had three goes at it and lost 

To "Terrible" Tim Witherspoon 

To Tyson in their first match 

To Lennox Lewis

 Apart from these men, unbeaten World Champions, Frank only had one other Loss in his career, to James "Bonecrusher" Smith, a tenth round KO 

(note - Witherspoon was not Undefeated at the time Frank fought him - Tim had two professional losses at this point, to Pinklon Thomas, and to Larry Holmes)

 Frank had beaten all the other men he went up against, a record of 36-4 at the time of his loss to Lennox (Lennox being his 36th fight and 4th loss) 

He just could not beat those three men who stood between him and the belt 

Most men would have given up but Frank's heart was so big 

He went on to have three more fights and won them all 

Then he got his fourth shot at the belt against Oliver McCall - went the distance, all 12 rounds - and won on decision 

Frank Bruno was now World Heavyweight Champion 

After this it would have been fairer on Frank if he had the chance to have some title defence fights - win a few as defending Champion

 However Tyson had just come out of prison and wanted his belt back - the match was arranged and Frank lost his new belt to Tyson in their second fight, their rematch

 Frank retired with a record of 40-5 and never fought again .

 August rain: 

the best of the summer gone, 

and the new fall not yet born. 

The odd uneven time.

Woman Just Slept with Another Man 

 

Comments full of the Beta males who have been "cheated on" or "betrayed"

You feel less of a man because she cheated on you - no - she "cheated" on you because you are less of a man Look at the Alphas - they are the men the women are "cheating" WITH Remember the man she has just been with has a larger penis than you He has more girth and has stretched her wider than you do - he made her feel it He is longer than you - he has been to a place inside her where you have never been - he goes deeper than you and she asked him for this "go deep - go where my husband can never go - then you should cum" that's what she has just can back from - that is what the "signs" are telling you she is not "yours" for you to be "cheated" on - she does not belong to you - she belongs to herself - she has chosen to share herself with another man - a a better man than you Her body, her choice Deal with it

 Those late August mornings smelt of autumn 

from day-break 
till the hour when the sun-baked earth 
allowed the cool sea breezes 
to drive back the then less heavy aroma 

of threshed wheat, 
open furrows, 
and reeking manure.

 Every time I see the lightening

Every time I hear the thunder
Every time I close the window
When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting
I can feel that you are so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart

  Upon the hill 

Drifts the noon’s single cloud, 

white, 

glaring, 

still

 Rust-colored 

the tall straggling briar, 

not one Rose left

 

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d

 

Hot summer streets

And the pavements are burning
I sit around

Trying to smile
But the air is so heavy and dry

The city is crowded
My friends are away
And I'm on my own

It's too hot to handle
So I got to get up and go

 These brown summer grasses?

The only remains

of "invincible" warriors ...

—Matsuo Basho

 

Laziness kills Ambition 

Anger kill Wisdom 

Fear kills Dreams 

Ego kills Growth 

Jealousy kills Peace 

Doubt kills Confidence 

reverse those 

Ambition kills Laziness 

Wisdom kills Anger 

Dreams kill Fear 

Growth kills Ego 

Peace kills Jealousy 

Confidence kills Doubt 

 A few friends, but they are in cities.   

Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup 

Summer night

 

The summer night is like a perfection of thought

When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting

It's hot here at night

Lonely, black and quiet
On a hot summer night

For all the dreams and schemes
People are as they seem
On a hot summer night

These silent summer nights

even the stars
seem to whisper.
—Kobayashi Issa

Forbearing the night

with its growing brilliance:
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The moon still appears,
though far from home:
summer vagrant.
—Matsuo Basho

On a hot summer night
dreams and reality
merge.
—Takahama Kyoshi,

Summer Afternoon

 

summer afternoon; 

to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom

Summer

 These silent summer nights

even the stars
seem to whisper.
—Kobayashi Issa,

These brown summer grasses?
The only remains
of "invincible" warriors ...
—Matsuo Basho,

Forbearing the night
with its growing brilliance:
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The moon still appears,
though far from home:
summer vagrant.
—Matsuo Basho

On a hot summer night
dreams and reality
merge.
—Takahama Kyoshi,

Every time I see the lightening
Every time I hear the thunder
Every time I close the window
When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting
I can feel that you are so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart

It's hot here at night

Lonely, black and quiet
On a hot summer night

For all the dreams and schemes
People are as they seem
On a hot summer night

Hot summer streets
And the pavements are burning
I sit around

Trying to smile
But the air is so heavy and dry

The city is crowded
My friends are away
And I'm on my own

It's too hot to handle
So I got to get up and go

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom

summer afternoon; 

to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language

The summer night is like a perfection of thought

 Across rocks and meadows

Swarms of new flies

 

over the green fields wilted down

under your blaze, these

thirsty unruly plants grow a jungle domesticity

to protect their fruit

 

God of the idle heat, 

in this glaring road

you dominate all

August - Song by Taylor Swift

 

Salt air, and the rust on your door
I never needed anything more
Whispers of, "Are you sure?"
"Never have I ever before"

But I can see us lost in the memory
August slipped away into a moment in time
'Cause it was never mine
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
'Cause you were never mine

Your back beneath the sun
Wishin' I could write my name on it
Will you call when you're back at school?
I remember thinkin' I had you

But I can see us lost in the memory
August slipped away into a moment in time
'Cause it was never mine
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
'Cause you were never mine

Back when we were still changin' for the better
Wanting was enough
For me, it was enough
To live for the hope of it all
Cancel plans just in case you'd call
And say you meet me behind the mall
So much for summer love and saying, "Us"
'Cause you weren't mine to lose
You weren't mine to lose, no

But I can see us lost in the memory
August slipped away into a moment in time
'Cause it was never mine
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
'Cause you were never mine

'Cause you were never mine, never mine
But do you remember?
Remember when I pulled up, and said, "Get in the car"
And then canceled my plans, just in case you'd call
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
"Meet me behind the mall"
(Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car")
(And then canceled my plans, just in case you'd call?)
(Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all)
("Meet me behind the mall")

 Medical textbooks from the Middle Ages contained a chart called "The Sphere of Life and Death."

 Doctors used it to predict health outcomes based only on a patient's name. 

The sphere was based on numerology, the Zodiac, the moon and starts. 

It's pseudo-science compared to modern metrics. 

But humans have always craved certainty. 

Diagnosis, prognosis, genetic predisposition. 

They're all ways of placing ourselves on the sphere.

 We ask science to protect us from the simplest fact of life: it's full of surprises. 

We trust science to predict the future. 

But even so, surprises are the only thing we can count on. 

Sometimes surprises are good. 

They lift you up and make life exquisite. 

But then there's the other kind of surprise, when the bottom drops out. 

However desperate you might be, don't look to the stars. 

Because they can't help you now.

 

 When the worst of our fears are realized, when everything we’ve counted on has disappeared, something still drives us to try to fix the past, or to find our future, when the only thing that needs our attention is the present. 

And its infinite possibilities.

 God of the idle heat, in this glaring road

you dominate all.

And over the green fields wilted down

under your blaze, these

thirsty unruly plants grow a jungle domesticity

to protect their fruit.

Of all hidden things, I sing, waiting

for evening’s grace

As we stood there

Older than men

And younger than the boys

We were as still as the wind

That blows 

on a hot August night

The Wild Boys are calling

On their way back from the fire

In August moon's surrender to

A dust cloud on the rise

Eye Of The Tiger

 People talk about how Sly and the producers wanted to use Another One Bites The Dust

 Whether Queen pulled out last minute or just never agreed in the first place gets debated 

It makes more sense to have an original song written for the film 

Sly chose Survivor to write this 

Then he used them again when they did Burning heart for Rocky 4 

As Eye Of The Tiger was the subtitle to Rocky 3 this makes more sense 

Did Queen get asked to write a song or songs for the film

 They wrote a song for Flash

 Then an album for Highlander 

Emilio Estevez asked Jon Bon Jovi for permission to use Wanted Dead Or Alive for Young Guns 2 

Jon refused

 Which worked out best for the same reason Queen refused

 So Jon wrote the original song Blaze Of Glory 

Which is the subtitle of the film

 Same story as this Jon ended up doing a whole album for Young guns, as Queen did with Highlander

 Was AOBTD really going to be The song for the film 

When having a song called EOTT specially written, with lyrics that are about boxing and the film and Rocky himself would be so much better

Saturday August 9: 

Sturgeon Moon

 summer’s lease 

hath all too short a date

 August is the border between summer and autumn;

 it is the most beautiful month 

 

Youth, 

it passes 

While age 

is collected