Pauley's Tavern and Pool Hall

Daydreams to cope with sometimes take on lives of their own....

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al·le·go·ryˈ (aləˌgôrē) noun

plural noun: allegories

   "A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one."

   “An Allegory is a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons and actions in a narrative, are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself.

The underlining meaning has moral, social, religious or political significance of abstract ideas as charity, greed and envy.

Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.”

   Yes, I looked it the f*ck up and with that you know what is needed to be known to understand what the Pauley’s Tavern and Pool Hall book series is about.

  Oh I should add that the censor is pretty much off most of the time. PG this story is not. PG13 neither. R yes; but beyond that?

Shhh....

Now some background info on the place ”The R*tards" go to play.

(Pauley’s term of endearment for his patrons that don’t act their age, especially when sh*tfaced.

Think about what "r*tarded" means, then how it's used in every day language to be an insulting description.

Just like calling a child a "b*stard", some words should be questioned as too f*cked up to use like they're whatever.

"Wh***" is another one with an edge, and yes these words among others will be questioned, but you as readers decide the fate of these words as they apply to your personal vocabularies.)

   Pauley’s Tavern and Pool Hall is a sort of 'speak-easy' name for The Iron Horseshoe Tavern established back in 1974 by Paul "Pauley" Kelly.

It’s called this to keep what are now known as 'hipster' invaders away, and its whereabouts only known by word of mouth.

Is it elitist?

Perhaps.

Or it is about self preservation and preventing as long as possible, their haven from being taken over by those that do not honor tradition, nor would uphold Pauley's Code of Conduct.

  New folks are welcome, as long as they can respect the School House Rules and don't complain when Lucy gets unplugged; otherwise foos are getting their a*ses expelled!

   Over the years The Tavern has become a home away from home club house for old timers and mostly blue collar roughneck man children with its latest motley generation currently in their 30’s, give or take.

Some married with children or divorced with visitation on the weekends.

They have bills to pay, money to save, jobs to not f*ck up in order to do both.

Occasionally these a*sholes may brawl and Pauley’s shotgun Grace taken out to dance, with Jukebox Lucy playing the soundtrack; but overall the place is mellow on a weekday afternoon.

   The crowd that made The Tavern its watering hole is loyal and there is a sense of kinship between the boozer drunks.

Stories this tavern has no lack of thanks to the antics of the patrons, which also include my own.

   I wrote myself in as a character using my real name because all this stemmed from a daydream I had, to keep me company while I went for long walks with detours, in my new town of residence;

Boyle Heights, California.

   Though home for me will always be my beloved

East Los Angeles, Califas

   One day I thought of a man that didn’t exist to help me move on and let go of the past, by focusing on the existing hope of the present and lessons learned.

  Perhaps it was my way to prepare myself mentally for the future because I don't have much to my name other than my imagination.

 “Mikey, Jacob, Bobby, Joe, Paul, Davey, Alex, Dennis and Lou”

   Names of made up men that are a close knit pack of pals I will never forget.

They all represent an aspect of the men I have known, both in the good and bad; but they are human, even if fictional.

They are part of the details to the symposium full of zanies.

   This story experiment at times is a sort of open love letter to men that have shown their integrity even as they also try to get things right.

These men are strong but also weak.

Happy but still stressed.

Hopeful but discouraged at times with what they feel is out of their control.

It’s a mix we all endure, but with them; I feel how unequal men still are when it comes to expressing their feelings on it all.

How do I know?

I'm a daughter of one that expressed them regardless.

   The women in this saga also are shown going through their own life roller coasters and attaining their triumphs for they too are strong and capable.

It’s just with them, the way their stories are told is different.

How different?

The goal is to show we could use a little bit of understanding from the fellas.

With their stories, I hope to tell men that not all of us are their enemies or psychos, that more often than not, there was an issue with communicating and emotions go on edge.

We can be worthy of trusting and also respecting.

I hope to tell, we can have our bad days too, even if our hairstyles look nice; and we don't always know what the f*ck we're doing either.

We do know we could be wrong also.

No really.

Women are capable of knowing they can be wrong. Getting us to admit it, now that's something else.

*cough*

I want to show the men I was able to reach through to, women can be their friends as well, and shoulder part of the old burdens that say a man must bare these alone.

Even as women, we can relate and be more than arm candy hood ornaments, "Honey can you bring me a beer?".

  But this is to reassure the males that are willing to read, they'll have a place in what is usually considered female terrain.

  Yes this is a quirky soap opera Spanglish novela, for a subculture of those that bought in to what a friend called:

"The Rockabilly Retirement Plan for Punks, Skins and Goths".

And what was surprising, the guys did get in to it as much as the gals. I mean, how can I write an open love letter to men, if I don't include what matters to and interests them?

  From the serious like Erectile Dysfunction or even the car not starting and being already late for work.

To the "Are you f*cking serious!?!" and the latter said in two manners.

One with enthusiastic glee like they scored, and the other in BOHICA despair.

Espeakin' of which....

This is a bedtime story dedicated most of all to Our Troops and 'Docs' green side or civilian; for I do know the power of a reality break, if not reading oneself asleep.

And this because I want to "Play It Forward" and yes I do mean play.

  The man I would spend countless silent moments, wondering about his happiness and safety; he was the life lesson I needed to get me out of a bad place; even as I felt helpless knowing which bad place he was headed back to.

This Army Coptor Doctor ridding one of Anansi's spiderweb threads, tied to the foot of a Dragonfly Dustoff back in Stan; reminded me why being able to control your focus, makes dealing with difficult things, easier to cope with.

The chaos will still be there, it's how you allow it to affect you, that makes a very important difference.

You either learn how to hold on and fight or you don't. That "don't" had been my concern for him.

There was a reason his story began to stand out to me.

"Yet for me that also came from the desert, compassion I also knew how to show...."

  Eyes like his and lack of smile, you don't forget.

He had the face of many that aren't returning all that well; but his face comforted me when it would look silly; but haunted when it was a stoic with unintended, resigned grace.

  So this allegory that aims to be a cult classic, does have its soul, as that odd daydream of mine, found a life of its own.

And it became a Shoretale Fable of Therapy in Motion and thinking up the answers that become the solutions.

It's all just rhyming for the reasons, that carry us through the seasons of change.

Suggestion: Look up Grandiose, Ostentatious, Pretentious, Narcissistic, Delusional, Self Absorbed Motor Mouth, but most of all Ironic Catharsis. Thank you.

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Heaven Please Bless All That is "Pauley's...." and May No Harm Come To This Therapy In Motion, Adult After School Special, What Happens Cuando Nos Ponemos Las Pilas, Mark In Miles Stones, for This Dreamer and Music Maker Shake, Rattle n' Roll!

Amen.

"Siempre Fiel En Lagrimas Y Sangre"

"I've gone done cried a lake's worth!" Thinking back to the communal happy thought of sitting at a park bench, and some how that making up for a life that wasn't always filled with laughter. But imagine, becoming so upset you drown your own hopes. Unless you're like the guy in the scuba gear, that happy place of a thought park bench, is going to remain out of reach until you figure out, how to work with the situation. This submerged park, it eventually dries and once again folks can sit and rest, perhaps ponder and people watch. This just means for the patient, they'll get to return to sit at that park bench again, or perhaps for the first time, if they are so inclined. Happy Gleaning *smiles* ~L.G.

"Clues! Clues! Step right up at get your Clues!"

Clue #1 Dropkick Murphys song "Rose Tattoo"

Hint: Release date at end of official video.

Clue #1 Answer: January 8, 2013 (Why is this date note worthy?)

1. Prelude To Letting Go: "I feel like a pinball...." is dated January 9, 2013.

2. January 9, 2013 is the 3rd year anniversary of an old regret that gets confronted.

3. January 8, 2010 the "send" button was not clicked yet 3 years prior. (Why even remember?)

4. None of the above.

5. This date was shown after the band signature, and before that, our American flag was appreciated. (Pay attention to the differences of now from then. You may see why the more you read; and this video will be referenced again for another round of gleaning.

Clue #2 The May 19th Grand Opening B-Day theme connection in Dropkick Murphys "Rose Tattoo" video.

Hint: 40 years old.

 

Clue #2 Answer: The Ramones formed in 1974. The grave shown was for Dee Dee Ramone. (Why is he a clue when It's Joey Ramone's birthday?)

1. He was a military brat.

2. He wrote "Commando"

3. His mother left his father for being an abusive alcoholic

4. None of the above.

5. His first wife he married in 1978**** (Another year to remember. Why?)

  A. That's the year someone was born. (Who?)

  • I was born in 1978.

6. She said his mental illness and drug use is what broke them up.

7.  All but 4 of the above.

8. Jacob K. Ryan (Who is he?)

  A. He's a character in Pauley's Tavern and Pool Hall. (Why does he stand out for the connection?)

  • He like Dee Dee, was a military brat.
  • Jacob's father was a Vietnam vet. ("Commando")
  • Jacob's father was an abusive alcoholic. (Dee Dee's real life father.)
  • Jacob is the character that salvaged the original daydream that would become Pauley's Tavern and Pool Hall (He was inspired from a catalyst I wanted to forget but still remember.)
  • He represents "Getting Through". (What does that exactly mean?)
  • In the allegory, Jacob plays my conscience at times. At others I play his therapist. Over all we're each others' ****Quacks!

(Translate in to Spanish to find the word that ends with "ismo" and then think a preempt as to why an East LA punk band from the early 1990's used it as their name. If you watch an old performance of theirs, don't just see the contrast of how our American flag is being treated  between the Dropkick Murphys "Rose Tattoo" music video, and a 1992 recorded peacepunk performance in Orange County, California; but rather imagine why the tune changed for those that take serious the contempt of the Third Jihad that could easily become the modern Final Solution if certain zealots get their way. Actually it seems there is a waiting list for zealots wanting to put the U.S. in more than check.)

This band had it's reasoning to express what they did and how; and I was friends with them and did see good people that did teach me good values I still hold on to, such as always help when you can and know you can make a difference. However time and experience made me question myself for questioning everything, like I was encouraged I should and somehow I would think in the "correct" way after I did. What I found out was, some punks didn't die, they just opened their eyes a little wider and tears spilled out after they seen how much they were still included in being American, like their children were as well, that fucked up morning back in a not so distant September.

Still though, I feel the middle ground can exist between "@narchopunx" and patriots that don't confuse love for their country with blind obedience to government.

There was a time when "The Revolution" was to succeed from the reign of a crown that to question or challenge it, was asking for punishment and/or death. Those that felt that was wrong, did accomplish something that made them traitors, and a war was fought for the sake of a republic democracy against monarchy. To rule wasn't a birthright anymore and it was intended that no American President rule either. Now today, change takes effort and dedication, not so much money and more bureaucracy if we take our lessons from those that lived through WWII and rationed and made use of everything so there would be less waste. An administration that can not lead effectively or provide for its citizens and residents a quality of life that makes it so there is no poverty with children going hungry and our elders, besides soldiers, are not mistreated; is an administration diluted from common sense, and it's more title and privilege, rather than faithfully serving WE THE PEOPLE.

I know my country is in trouble, and it takes those that are brave enough to be honest and speak their truth with conviction, to bring attention to the problems so solutions can be thought of and implemented. The country isn't fucked up and fucked over by government officials alone as much as they get blamed for everything; WE HAVE BECOME FUCKED UP AND FUCK OVER EACH OTHER ALSO! We too should be accountable for our actions. And allowing the younger generations to become disillusioned or disrespectful, We The People can do more than ask or demand our government to take care of that for us.

It starts at home and those first 5 years of a child's life, determines what will be the influences that have them either help continue to fix the problems, or they add to them by tuning out and having an attitude of entitlement and become lazy as many teens are with their iPhones that their own parents provided, and/or or pacified with, instead of it being earned, in too many cases. We The People should invest in our children for we leave behind for them, what our country is and the responsibility to make her more than function. We don't just should make her thrive again, we NEED to make her thrive by nurturing her back to health as if we personified our nation. It's like taking care of our mom.

Anyway that's me on a soapbox again, but being taken under the wings of the older punks that kept me breathing because home was hard to live in, they are the ones that helped me speak up even as I trembled in front of the adults that were bickering rather than communicating. Someone had to be "right", just one side; but even so called anarchists need to learn diplomacy as they also argue amongst themselves.

9/11 showed it won't be anarchists that will turn the tables with our government. It's those that feel God condones and encourages their actions, and are sneakier about their intentions and don't advertise it. Wrong or Right, it's about who suffers next, and regardless of our reputation as Americans around the world, we do need to defend ourselves and heal as a nation, so our children are better prepared to take on the domino effect and hopefully bring an end to all wars, without it taking a Nuclear Holocaust that kills us all in order to have peace on Earth. However Albert Einstein made a good point that we cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. Well, we got to figure out how we can because reality can not be quoted away.)

WARNING

The following video is very honest and the message in it was to offend what was opposed and make good use the liberty of having freedom of speech. It is my irony revisited though I wasn't at that show.

So got to love the diversity in opinions besides the irony that is one of those words that I can't help wanting to make peace with. Hopefully you can read the text on the following image. If not, the pertinent part is "...this morning I read a report about some asshole that dies from fumes ingested while burning the American Flag. Look, we whipped the world's ass at the Olympics, we have an effin SUV rolling around on MARS, and now our flag has a confirmed kill. How great is that?"

And if that wasn't enough irony for y'all, this flag may not be burned, but it is telling the rest of us that when it is upside down, it's a S.O.S

I looked this up, didn't find a name attached to the intro, but the picture below does remind me of a "performance art" scene I seen on an old VHS recording. From behind the flag, black spray paint was used to write something to appear on the front; I actually thought that was a clever trick I may do with white fabric. What it said, fucked if I remember what exactly that was, but it was most likely a repeat from the previous video. I wasn't at that show either.

"The upside down U.S. flag is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be, and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. To the contrary, here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:

THE FLAG CODE
Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress
Approved July 7, 1976

§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. "

Yes More Irony From Then To Now....

For you "@narchist" punk rockers that feel every soldier that lives by the sword should die from it, for fighting the wars of/for the "rich and/or politicians"; maybe y'all need to look away from old punk band lyrics that are repeated like doctrine, and what is also propaganda that promotes this reversal in killing; and instead look at the soldiers expressing themselves throughout the generations that have fought.

They know more about why wars are ugly straight up from the front lines, and can attest to it. Feeling they deserve to die because they are willing to pull the triggers, while they help avoid a draft by volunteering so you don't have to fight/die; you impressionable kids need to consider you really do owe these soldiers an apology.

I apologized because I actually got to know some after I became a parent, and walked away from the scene that just chased its tail, and wasn't what made me stand up to have a voice, when I got in the political side of "punk". It took growing up a bit more to get off my old high horse where I did act like a little snotty dictator "@narchist" telling the world that it owes me a living.

I seen I did generalize them all as "blood thirsty, brain washed pawns and lambs to the slaughter". I was wrong even though the pawn part attached to "rich and/or politicians", still doesn't feel too far off, look at WWI. Also being reminded of the word slaughter and how it isn't restricted only to where grocery stores get meat from to sell like it grew on a tree. The fatalities overall, "Good Guys/Bad Guys" then those that were at the wrong place at the wrong time... fucking aye.

Rather than put them down, advocate for them, while you get to know the individuals these men and women are. You may be surprised on how much you could relate on.

How about this slogan on a protest banner?

I just pulled it out of my ass after my head took a break and gave it the right of way. It's been a while since I painted one. It reads more like patriotpunx song lyrics. Should I run with it?

"Protest To Keep Them Alive! Stand By Them And Listen To The Tears They've Cried. What They Have To Say, Listen To Their Truths. And Know To Them, It's Not Always Bleeding Red, White and Blue!"

Moving Along With Getting Clues.... Actually ALL OF THE ABOVE Has Clues To Glean.

 

Clues #3 Find the two references made that are iconic statements, in my rants above about military.

Hint: Albert Einstein didn't coin them.

Hint: Stuff read by many.

Hint: One of the two is more obscure, depending on what one reads on a regular basis.

 

Clue #4 From where did these two references come from originally?

Hint: Location, Location, Location.

 

Clue # 5 Who said what and when?

Hint: One will have a date attached to the credits.

Hint: One will have a reason attached to the credits.

 

#1 Bonus Question w/ Bonus Answers Hidden From Home Page View & Now Archived So You Know Where To Look.

 

The question was: "What year?"

In this Lemmy from Motorhead, and Joey from the Ramones, interview states a few years, two of those years you will have to do the math to get. These years will be used in another math equation for an answer key. One year known is 1974, figure out which are the rest by paying close attention. There are five.

Random Answers:

  • Touring with Ozzy Osbourne.
  • Ace of Spades.
  • Mental Health.
  • 911-9/11.
  • Boston.

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Heaven Please Bless All That is "Pauley's...." and May No Harm Come To This Therapy In Motion, Adult After School Special, What Happens Cuando Nos Ponemos Las Pilas, Mark In Miles Stones, for This Dreamer and Music Maker Shake, Rattle n' Roll!

Amen.

"Siempre Fiel En Sangre y Lagrimas"