Don't
Be Afraid... Don't Be Very
Afraid
October 31, 2018A
pirate hobbled in this morning with some sort of orange gourd strapped
over one of his eyes.
I asked him, “
What's that on your face?”
“
Arrgh, yes,” he
replied, “
it's
me pumpkin patch!”
Start
a list of all the things you hate about yourself, you
know, the way you drive, the way you talk before thinking, wait this
should really be in list form because it will get kind of long, so it
was...
the way
you drive (sometimes)
that you don't have enough money
the
way you talk before thinking (sometimes)
that look you're
giving me right now
Now do a list of all
the things you hate about others, you know...
the way they drive (sometimes)
that
they have too much money
what they say (sometimes)
that
look they give you
Take the list about
you and make it about them and take the list about them and make it
about you.
You and them. Them and you.
When
I was a kid, I used to say “
I hate...”
(something) and my mom would say, “
Don't waste your hate.”
She
implied that hate was valuable, but I don't think that's what she meant.
None
of those things you listed about you or them is worth the hate. Imagine
you are on your deathbed...
Wait a second,
spellcheck recognizes “
deathbed
”
as a thing but not Arrgh? Deathbed? Can you go into a Bed Bath
&
Beyond store and buy a deathbed?!? Certainly a deathbed would satisfy
two of the three conditions of Bed Bath & Beyond as both a bed
and
the launchpad to the beyond. Somebody famous recently died in the bath.
Does that make it a deathbath? Spellcheck says no.
So
imagine
you're on your deathbed or in your deathbath. Do you think you will
really care how much money you had compared to somebody else? Or how
you rated as a driver?
Researchers interviewed
people on their
brand new deathbeds about life regrets, and most people had regrets
relating to love and relationships and connections.
People
were dying for more love, not for more hate.
When
you are dying, you will no longer be afraid. Fear drives hate. Stop
being afraid now. Stop hating.
Music Associations: Pink Floyd -
Us and Them
& Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Fear
The Reaper
Significant
Others
October 25, 2018
Late
at night when deliriousness meets the mattress, my better half and I
get silly.
It's never the same, almost never
planned, usually something
started by me but the best stuff starts without me and I just twist it
into some origami of ridiculousness. I have no improv training and
hardly any theater experience except for all these years of goofiness.
I play things straight, and she couldn't be straighter. I
practically only
laugh when she does, and last night I couldn't stop laughing.
What
it was about doesn't matter. It really doesn't. It's about the quick
back and forth more than anything. It's a special language.
The
best health care, mental health care, and life care is a great loving,
understanding, and over-the-top comedic relationship.
I
just wish more people had someone to get goofy with and laugh until it
almost hurts.
Music Association: The Spaniels
- Goodnight Sweetheart
By The Numbers
Florida
Wind Map
October 14, 2018With
the devastation of Hurricane Michael, it is interesting to learn that
the
Florida Building Codes say Michael took a wrong turn.
The
Florida Building Code says different parts of Florida have different
wind speed requirements. The Florida Keys might have to withstand 180
mph wind gusts. Miami only has to withstand 160 mph wind gusts. And
Mexico Beach only has to withstand 130 mph winds. Michael got up to 155
mph. Still, most of the damage occurred to older structures.
Hurricane
Michael may have “damaged” the
statue
of Nathaniel Greene
in Savannah, Georgia by putting googly eyes on it. Savannah police are
looking for whoever vandal-eyed the statue or any eye-witnesses.
Music Association: Madness - Our
House (In The Middle Of The Street)
Everyday
Rain
October 8, 2018We've
had rain, misty rain, all-out downpours, and drizzle.
A
week ago I heard Minnesota soybean and corn farmers needed a clear day
to harvest the crops.
They have not had it. It
hasn't rained all the time, but there also hasn't been a clear day to
dry up muddy fields.
Climate change maps show a
wetter Minnesota -- a crop damaging, business and home damaging wet.
Music Associations: Carpenters -
Rainy Days And Mondays
Prince - Purple
Rain
Cascades - Rhythm
Of The Rain
John
Fogerty - Have You Ever
Seen The Rain?
John
Fogerty - Who'll Stop The
Rain?
Beatles - Rain
Creed
- Rain
I'm rubber, you're glue...
Trump
Paper
October 5, 2018
Yesterday,
on his way to Minnesota of all places, this happened. Toilet paper was
stuck to President Trump's shoe on his way up the stairs to Air Force
One.
Yet the Internet thinks it was the
Constitution that was stuck to his shoe. Or his tax return. Or the
New
York Times investigation into the half billion dollars Fred
Trump put in his son Donald's name to avoid taxes. Or else TP stands
for trade partnerships.
The next
president will have a tough act to follow.
Music Association:
Koethe - What You Left BehindMovie Association: Wag The Dog
In Indonesia
Quake,
Tsunami, & Rubble Claim 1349 Lives
October
3, 2018At
least 1,349 people in Palu have been killed by the combination of a
ground-liquifying 7.5 magnitude earthquake, a huge tsunami funnelled
into a bay, and raining rubble.
Palu is a city on
the island of Sulawesi, the world's 11th largest island.
About
200,000 people are without food and shelter.
Music Association: Alabama
Shakes - Hold On
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