Concept of the Day - Deferred Obedience

From Wikipedia:

Deferred obedience: again, 'a deferred effect...a "deferred obedience" under the influence of repression'. Thus for instance Freud explored the different phases of a man's infantile attitude to his father: 'As long as his father was alive it showed itself in unmitigated rebelliousness and open discord, but immediately after his death it took the form of a neurosis based on abject submission and deferred obedience to him'. 

I believe that I have had this experience.

Veteran's Day 2008 Was Very Special

It was the first Veteran related holiday after I saw the BBA Flag for the First time.

Roger Ebert Gave Thumbs Up to a Video About the First King of Funny Faces

Proof

It's this video:

The Story of Funny Faces

I only saw my father cry twice.

He was crippled up with Progressive Supra-Nuclear Palsy both times. The worst kind of Parkinsonism you can get. That wasn’t why he was crying though. Muhammed Ali’s neurologist said my father’s PSP had two features worse than just regular PSP. Most people with that severe PSP don’t survive for more than a year. My Dad lasted eight.

He could take that. The first time he really cried was when his best friend’s son died in a plane crash. He cried so hard. He was so upset it really startled me. It made me think of how much more he would cry if I had died. That is when I knew, really knew that my father loved me.

The second time I saw him really break down was about two months after September 11, 2001. He had read a story in a magazine about a little girl whose father died in the towers. She said she would never see his funny face again.

When I spoke about all this in his eulogy after he died in 2003, I told about how much my Dad loved to make Funny Faces with his kids. It was his favorite thing to do. The last thing I said was that he was the “The King of Funny Faces.”

Sometime around 2008, I realized this:  

The King is Dead! Long live the King of Funny Faces!

The Brothers of Funny Faces

December 22, 2011

Son Grateful

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The First King Would Have Been 65 Today!

The first King of Funny Faces was born January 16, 1946.

Nobody deserved a happy retirement more than he did!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Song of the Day - January 16, 2011

Danger always strikes when everything seems fine.

This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourselves.

Pete Postlethwaite is Dead, Mon!

Roger Ebert Reviewed My Video

"There's a lot of love in that video."

- Roger Ebert - The King of All Film Critics - December 10, 2010 8:49 PM (look in the comments section of his blog post)

Who died and made me King?

This guy:

Story of My Life

My Dad and I went to New York City twice after he was diagnosed with PSP. The last time, we got a room in nice hotel overlooking Central Park. Very expensive. We woke up after they stopped serving dinner. Since he was severely disabled, they let us eat leftovers from the continental breakfast in the lobby of the hotel. I was twenty seven years old, but it felt sort of like this.

No Sign of Yesterday

Be Patriotic This Independence Day

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Fourteen Years and One Week Ago

I took a very special trip with my Dad.

My Opinion on Flag Burning

If you are going to buy a flag from a store and and burn it, like this..



I may feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing I can do about it. The laws in this country are greater than the physical objects. You may be burning a symbol, but it is a worldly thing. You paid for it. I'm not going to interrupt the flow of commerce.



But...

..if you are going to try to take a flag flying in front of an embassy, a military base, fire or police station, church or other facility in my country's territory -like one of these for example:

A Municipal Park

An Airport

A Boy Scout Camp

Or My Little Friend Here

Well, naturally, I've got a problem with that.

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How I Spent March 4, 2010

March 4th, 2010 - The Seventh Anniversary of my Father's Death

First I got into an argument with someone on the phone.

Then I met and talked with some friends and calmed down.

Then I got on my bike.

Then I had lunch at Mama's Pizza.



Then I rode up Schooley's Mountain. I had to walk up most of the way. But when I got to the top, I rested at the Schooley's Mountain General Store for a while.

Then I went to Rock Spring Park.



Then I sat on the Throne of Funny Faces.



I listened to a few songs on my iPod. One of them, I remember, was by the Talking Heads. I can't remember the name of the song.

Then I rode down the hill toward Palmer Park.

When I got to Palmer Park, it was closed.


Bummer.

I took this picture - I thought you would be able to see the flag, but I guess not:


I did not want to trespass. I took another picture, but I did not get close to my father's flag.



I never was able to just sit and rest like I wanted to but, I was able to wait for a song on my iPod to play all the way through.

The song?

Maybe you've heard of it:

• My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) by Neil Young

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The King is Dead!

But He's Not Forgotten!

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
The King of Funny Faces
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

The Name of the Father (Nom-du-Pere)

    Exhibit B: 

    The B. Bruce Anderson Monument
    Palmer Park - Long Valley, NJ
    The Name of Erik B. Anderson's Father

It is real.

Exhibit A:

The Name-of-the-Father (Nom-du-Pere)

…the fundamental signifier which permits signification to proceed normally. This fundamental signifier both confers identity on the subject (it names him, positions him within the symbolic order) and signifies the Oedipal prohibition, the ‘no’ of the incest taboo. If this signifier is foreclosed (not included in the symbolic order), the result is PSYCHOSIS.

Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of   Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge, 1996.

I am not psychotic!
w00t!

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

Komfo Anokye Sword

When I was in Ghana, my brother Padmore showed us the Komfo Anokye Sword in Kumasi:

Komfo Anokye's Sword
Photo taken by Erik B. Anderson
Kumasi, Ghana, 1995

Read more about it from Ghana Expeditions.

Komfo Anokye Sword
Just behind the Okomfo Anokye Hospital, one will find the Okomfo Anokye Sword. It is named after a famous traditional priest who, in the 17th century, was said to have conjured the ""Golden Stool"" from the sky. Legend states that as high priest of the Akan kingdoms, he drove his sword into the ground with such force that it has remained there ever since, marking the site of the new imperial city, Kumasi, which unified the Akan kingdoms. The site is revered by all as a sacred shrine.

The unmovable Sword of the Komfo Anokye remains in the grounds of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he pushed it. It is believed the Komfo pronounced that no one would be able to remove the sword, and so it has remained in spite of many attempts.

In October 2008, I sent a photo of the B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag to Governor Corzine. On the back of it, I wrote something like this:

October 2008

Dear Governor Corzine:

As long as the B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag remains in the Ground, our nation will remain strong!

Sincerely,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1892

The B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag - Established 2006