The Shakespeare Lebowski

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/27/you-know-who-was-into-karl-marx-no-not-aoc-abraham-lincoln/   Karl and Abe laughed at each others' letters...it was fun reading dialectics. ..the stupid Proletariat and the hated Bourgeoisie would not know.... what was going to hit them.. or what smoking that Pot would result in...but they both smoked away with grinning smirks ..Yes Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx used Weed.. communicated with each other and admired each others work. BOTH SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION. AND ABE WAS A CHAMPION WRESTLER WHO ONLY EVER LOST ONCE IN 300 BOUTS.. Here's a Section of a Poem written by Karl Marx... The hellish vapors rise and fill the brain, Till I go mad and my heart is utterly changed. See this sword? The prince of darkness sold it to me. – For me beats the time and gives the signs. Ever more boldly I play the dance of death.[p.12] I could Analyse more from Marx the Poet but Old Abe was a [Published]Poet too- giving a kind of Ethnic Style comp...

 New Movie out 'The Requin' [2022] about a Great White Shark in Vietnam. Wonder what a 'ReQuin' means? so did I.. it's a sort of language variant of the French 'Requiem' and REQUIEM   apart from being the Classical Music in 'Lebowski' is the Nomenclature given to Members of the Shark Family.. which include 'Carpet Sharks' and 'Big Nose' Sharks [see wiki etc] [I already covered this in My 'Ancient FishGods' Post] 'Kane' is the Polynesian 'Creator' God who seems to use a lot of Subordinates to do His bidding... One of these.. is  Kamohoali’i – The Chief Shark God Native Hawaiian people are spiritually connected to sharks via mythology (gods and demigods) and ancestral ties (‘aumākua). Ancestral shark gods (manō kumupa’a) were worshipped by many Hawaiians.  These gods were able to take on many physical forms, including human . https://bigislandpulse.com/community/history/hawaii-island-sharks/ [pic wikipedia common...

  Meerschaum Pipes are made in Turkey  Herman Melville owned a Meerschaum and was seldom seen without it. These days Smoking is a Taboo subject with many People and Pipe Smokers are something of a rarity.  LEE VAN CLEEF was a Meerschaum Smoker having started the habit when in the US Navy as a young Man and continuing the usage throughout His Career which is probably best known for 'Spaghetti Western' Characters 'Angel Eyes' and suchlike. In the 1952 Movie 'High Noon' VAN CLEEF Plays One of the Baddies 'Jack Colby' but He was originally offered the Part of  'Harvey Pell' the Deputy Sheriff played by Journeyman Actor LLOYD BRIDGES[Who once even appeared in a 'Three Stooges' Short] but turned it down after refusing to have Plastic Surgery on His Nose which the Producer STANLEY KRAMER thought would make Him appear 'less menacing' the arrogance of KRAMER is astonishing. http://www.westernclippings.com/heavies/leevancleef_charactersheav...

                   [Pic; mrpinballmachines.com] Pin Ball 'WYS-ard'? in 'the Playroom'?.. From a Jungian perspective, the wizard may be analyzed as an archetype representing the integration of the shadow, the wise old man, or the magus—an individual who has transcended ordinary understanding and embraced higher knowledge. https://wordsdefined.com/define/wizard Perhaps some confusion with 'Warlock' here? The most commonly accepted etymology derives  warlock  from the  Old English   wǣrloga , which meant "breaker of oaths" or "deceiver". [wikipedia] whatever...                                                                               Far out...!  THE GANG'S ALL HERE!.. https://tattmag.com/aztec-tattoos/   https://...

Hocus-pocus  is a reference to the actions of  magicians , often as the stereotypical  magic words  spoken when bringing about some sort of change.  It was once a common term for a magician,  juggler , or other similar  entertainers .  In extended usage, the term is often used (pejoratively) to describe irrational human activities that appear to depend on magic [wikipedia] Sesame is a reduplication of the  Hebrew   šem  'name', i.e. God, or a  kabbalistic  word representing the  Talmudic   šem-šāmayīm  ("shem-shamayim"), 'name of heaven'. [8] Sesame is connected to Babylonian  magic  practices which used  sesame oil   Open Sesame! Abracadabra is now more commonly used as a  magic word  in the performance of stage magic. The word is one of a limited set of words that can be typed in its entirety using the left-handed side of a QWERTY keyboard. not forgetting! The  Sator Squa...