GRATEFUL DEAD PLAYING CARDS

This deck of cards was originally produced by Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. in 1998 for a concert souvenir giveaways. This concert was canceled and these cards never were distributed to the public. We are your sole source for these cards.

Poker deck is comprised of fifty-two cards and must include two jokers, two one-eyed jacks, a one-eyed king, and a suicide king.

Since Zeno Izen mentioned Tiresias, I’ll mention a character that is of great interest to me. A herald, not a prophet — though I don’t think the distinction is very clear when it comes to Harry.

Blind Harry (Henry the Minstrel)

In the past few years, I’ve had the following things go wrong with my right eye:

- A parasitic infection that almost killed me, but managed to spare me with only a detached vitreous.
- A rusty steel splinter embedded in my cornea that had to be cut out with a knife.

I should wear goggles and a helmet at all times.

2. Tiresias

3. Morgan Freeman’s character had a detatched retina from boxing in Million Dollar Baby.

4. Viscious circle or maybe a spiral:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefswedjat.htm

5. I like that little crown.

But really, if I was going to accept that as a Sign, I’d consider that it was telling me “boxing can be hazardous to your health”. Or, “if you overcome an opponent by punching his lights out but are damaged yourself in the process, who really won?” Something like that.

i love the plastic egg idea.

also, i forget their names, but there are these two people who travel around the country and put up a little sign that says something about how people can come talk to them. they dont accept money or anything. they just talk. they’re online somewhere…

i think it’d make some peoples’ lives just a little more awesome. sometimes i’ll drop money on the floors of bars or clubs for the same reason.

It’d be funny to open a lid and read “Watch out for that tree.” Cuz I bet I’d watch out for every tree in the next half hour, for the sake of curiosity.

this is the second time ive inadvertently found references to odin by way of events which happened to me in the morning on the way to work.

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/03/09/things-arent-what-they-seem/

there is also a crow in a cage next door to my sublet. and this weekend, these two other crows came to visit and hang out with it. i saw them all weekend sitting their talking to their caged counterpart. maybe they were comforting him or bringing him news.

vicious circles are the best kind.

http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa082702a.htm

do you remember the whole urban legend about osama bin laden owning snapple?

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/snapple.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin_and_Munin