Patrick Ferri's WRECKAGE-O-RAMA!!!

I had, maybe, the best show of my life yesterday at the Colchester Winter Carnival near Burlington , Vt. Not as funny as in the past but the crowd and I were totally engaged.
What a great area. They are one of the few places that are figuring it out.
Make the jump to “Light speed” !!!!!!

We are alive during a Quantum Leap. It is happening right now. It is a great time to be alive. Everything is changing soooo fast because of the internet.
Go and physically enjoy the forces that you are generating.

Our parents are GIANTS !  But we stand on their shoulders so we can see further !

The attribution to Bernard is due to John of Salisbury. In 1159, John wrote in his Metalogicon:[2]

“Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.”

From Wikipedia.

Today , Gordy went to Walmarts to pick up a “bouncer” for his 7 month old son, Mason. Meanwhile he dropped off his 46 year old cousin ( me ) to bounce at the trampoline center.

Every single thing Runs Out.

If I did not have to worry about food, clothing or shelter let alone a car payment ;  if I could ski all winter , as long as I wanted and then play on my trampoline, ride bikes, play soccer all summer;  if I could take all of the vacations to all of the places that I ever wanted to visit ; if I could be with all of my friends and family as much as I wanted ; if I could get every wish that I ever wished …  IT WOULD RUN OUT !!!!

Only LOVE never, ever runs out ; and oddly enough that is just what most people are out of and looking for so desperately.  What a Paradox !

It is my gut feeling that Love’s opposite but far from equal counterpart,  fear is the cause of that.

I have a show coming up in Colchester , Vt. on Feb. 4th as part of Colchester’s Winter Carnival.  I will post more on that soon.

I have been skiing everyday at  Horseshoe Resort  up here in Barrie, Ontario, Canada and getting signicantly better at my Skating Style. I also joined  The Vertical Zone Trampoline Center where I am bouncing again and fixing some of my style laziness. Lately I have started learning physics again and I am starting to apply them to acrobatics and skiing.  Very Cool !

I will have some photos of Cousin Gordy ( where I am staying in Barrie ) his wife Elsie and their kid’s Matthew, Michael and Mason, soon.  As far as the “M” for the first initial, let me say that Elsie’s sister’s names are Ellie,  Elvie and Ellen.  Who boy !

Why does physical comedy give you a belly laugh ?  Why is it universal ? Part of that is no language barrier but I feel there is more.  Buster Keaton arrived fully realized. Chaplin was the biggest star on the planet.  They were complete, full.  In the end they were both perfect, complete, final, realized.

Why does clowning figure in every culture ? Why are they healers ?  Revered ?  Why were Jesters beyond reproach ? Dominique Jando said to me once in a workshop that clowns are the only ones who do not wear a mask.  I am just starting to get that statement.  They are truth !

I remember watching a Keaton biography years ago done by the BBC and they were showing a commercial he had done for a shampoo in the late 1950′s, I am guessing.  He was sitting in a bathtub and then he stood up.   He was wearing his famous Stetson “flat-hat” and a roaring 20′s striped one piece bathing suit,  He was overweight and his body was probably totally broken from a lifetime of falling.  No hip replacements then people.  I guess you could see him as a fat , old guy.  I only saw Beauty.  Perfection.  A life and body Complete. Full.  Realized.  How wonderful !!!!!!!

Old Way   : ” Good Fences Make Good Neighbors ”

New Way :  ” No Fences Make Good Friends ”

On my way to Canada to ski and hang out with Cousin Gordy, his wife Elsie and their 3 young boys.

HOLY SMOKES  !!!

An incredible young man who used to ride with us with his sister at the Chatham Unicycle Club is having a run at the Olympics in Air Rifle Shooting.  His name is Kyle Otto.  His adventure is taking him all over the country and that takes money.  You can donate at   www.kylesdream.com .

Also, you can send a check or money order made out to “kylesdream” to 53 Chatham Hill Rd., Valatie, NY 12184.

I hope everyone has a great Holiday Season and a Healthy New Year.

I was asked recently what kind of animal I thought I was. I said that I always wanted to be a “big cat” but never really saw myself as that; I was never that fast at anything. Then I thought more on it and realized that I am probably a dog and becoming more of a dog; specifically a “Weimaraner”. Why ?
“Weims” are not as fast as they think they are.
They are not as smooth as they think they are.
They are not as sharp as they think they are.
BUT THEY ARE FUNNIER THAN THEY THINK THEY ARE !

I had an incredibly special dog named JoJo. This dog was a terror !!! She wrecked everything !!! This dog was not a “good” dog. She was about as far away from perfect that you could get. It didn’t matter. The more she wrecked the more I loved her. Just this morning; almost 5 years after her death, I figured out why she came into my life. I am sorry I did not get your message while you were here JoJo. I love you and have you with me all the time.

JoJo

Quote Of The Day :

” The answers are falling like grand pianos “.

  The grey cat that I found hit in the road last Wednesday, Nov. 30 is doing fine.  It looks like he will lose sight in one eye due to a detached retina and he had a few teeth knocked out.  Joan Bernstein picked him up and took him to the vet, Dr. Dietrich, and I believe she is going to pick him up on Monday.  Joan said that she will give the guy a trial run at her house with her 3 cats to see if they accept him.   Joan agreed that this guy seems like a good one.  My friends Sean ( o ) from Circus Theatricks and his wife Andrea also put in a bid for the kitty.

People are amazing !

I will post updates.

“You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks !”