Don't close the curtain while you're doing something stupid, let the world see.  We need the entertainment.  Fill in the personal information section in your facebook profile, and put in the dirty details.  I for one, like to pick the fuzz out of the back of the hair dryer, oh yeah baby, I'm craaaaaazzy.  Seriously, fear not the judgement of others, says me.  I love eccentricities, so long as I can admire them from a safe distance...   like through my cable connection.  

It's been a while so let's catch up.

I'm good.  I've been honing my skills at accomplishing very little and yet working constantly.  I'm quite pleased with my success.

And you?  You know, if what you're about to say doesn't directly involve me, I don't see how it's worth mentioning.  Don't be so selfish.

The End.

(O.k. so I've sat here looking at this last sentence for a while...  The End.  Endings are a creation of man, only within our finite vision do things begin and end.  Wow, that's deep.  Give me a cookie.)

 

First, don't honk your horn unless it will save your life or you literally need to wake someone up who is asleep at the light.  I only believe in Karma for the comfort of knowing that these excessive horn honkers will possibly be by run over by a truck... 

that didn't honk.  So sweet, the irony.

Let's see, the polar bears are slowly dying off.  Apparently that's partially my fault and I'd like to apologize.  

This next part will be hard to swallow for some, and no doubt easier for me considering my lack of investments.  The Stock Market:  when and why did we give gamblers control over the health of the world economy.  What would happen if the stock market did not exist?  Companies would rise and fall based on performance, current performance and not an "educated" guess on possible future performance.  What is actual value?  I see that the value of crude oil can change on a daily basis, often because the market had a "bad feeling."  Great.  No, nothing's wrong with that.  

I don't currently have an answer, greed is written in our DNA.  And, wanting more than what you have is not something I would condemn.  I will say one thing, it seems we've reached a stage in civilization where major changes need to occur and this is just the beginning.  Ah, one idea...  don't buy more than you need and try wanting things that aren't just objects.  An example, "I would like to honk my car horn less," or "I want to build a time machine so that I can travel back two weeks ago and sell my GM stock."  You know, something productive.

P.S. Can we not see through the political BS during elections?  First, John McCain is not George Bush.  And, Barack Obama is not a traitor or a terrorist.  And, Sarah Palin is not...   qualified to be VP.  And, Joe Biden is golden, apparently.  And, I am playing music tomorrow, like yesterday and today, it's a rough life.






 

Or, at least it's most important character trait?

The ability to distinguish between what is truly beautiful and what is not. 

My guess is that most of our great artists, past and present, created many lackluster works between their infrequent masterpieces.  And it was their ability to perceive this quality difference that led them to become great.  Actually, mankind's ability to see contrast is the fundamental building block for all of our gained intelligence.  If all things are equal, then we are left blind.  Talent is the vision to see the weaknesses in even our greatest effort. 



 

I feel a little bit sorry for the left over soup I send down the garbage disposal.  Seems like a hell of a way to go.