I Have A Suggestion to Make
With the election coming up, there is a lot that’s going on and a lot of people getting all frothed up wanting you to vote their way. But by now I think most have made up their mind. Ballots are now arriving in the post and if you’ve made up your mind and perhaps already mailed your ballot, great. However, if you have yet to vote and are going to vote for someone because - they went to a high priced college - they graduated at the bottom of their class - a woman is on the ticket - a woman is not on the ticket - he is of African American descent - he is of Caucasian descent - he is old - he is young - his VP candidate is attractive - his VP candidate had hair plugs - his VP candidate comes from a working class neighborhood - he is very rich - he’s...
Without Our Memory, We Don’t Really Exist
I brush my teeth with my right hand. I eat with my right hand. I shave with my right hand. I am considering writing with my right hand and I am left-handed. In Buddhism, part of the belief system centers around the precept of the present. They speak about being in the moment, focusing on the present, being present. The present is all there is since the future hasn’t come and the past has been left behind. In the movie Momento, the protagonist has no long term memory due to an accident, but knows his wife was killed. His entire existence is focused on finding who took his wife from him. The only way he can remember the facts he finds is to tattoo them on his body (presumably he couldn’t remember where he put that piece of paper he’d written them...
Damage III
In the end, it’s all about either making yourself better or stronger or more fit or just more of something than you were. All that means is staying around a little or a lot longer because when it come down to it, we’re here to either make more of us, survive or both. All the rest is just window dressing. And don’t be fooled. It’s not the person who dies with the most toys who wins, it’s the person who dies last. So we join health clubs, buy home gyms, make buckets of money for those morons who stick two aluminum poles together, rivet a braided steel cable to it and call it “the greatest weight loss machine eva.” To what end? Lighter bank accounts and larger bellies. But sometimes a person will hit upon something that...
Foot Traffic
Imagine this! You’re walking North on Wilcox heading to dinner at the Castle Cafe, or maybe breakfast at B&B. About half way down the block a new business is setting up shop. They have boxes and equipment outside up against the front of their store. It’s mostly moved out of the way, but there’s a lot there so it’s kind of crowded. Because the sidewalk is not very wide and there are parking meters at the curb, the path to get by has become just wide enough for one person. The pedestrian traffic is not all that heavy, but there are a few people on the walkway. As you approach the narrowing of the sidewalk you move to your left to pass the store front and avoid running into their stuff, you suddenly sense a presence off your left shoulder...
A Yard Sign Somewhere in the U.S.
(Author’s Note: I am not usually one to weigh in too heavily on politics, but I thought of a recent opinion piece by Curt Dale in the News-Press when I saw this one.) A photo of a sign in someone’s yard recently started making the rounds on the ‘net: DEAR OBAMA 08 Sign Taker: We understand that Obama 08 signs are in very high demand. You still didn’t have to borrow ours. You can actually buy them! As for the McCain signs you put in our yard: We understand that you wanted to get rid of them. But your trash can is the better place for them (smiley face). PS: Of course we need to get another sign now. That’s $5 to Obama’s campaign. I am sure that’s what you had in mind So, I guess it happens with both Obama and McCain signs,...