My thoughts and insights on the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
Every once in a while, someone gets it twisted. They stand at the crossroads of power and ego, puff out their chest, and start acting like they were born in charge. Like they own the place. Like the pot of gold is theirs, and the rest of us should be grateful just to catch a
You Are Not the Keeper of Our Pot of Gold. You Are a Temporary Leprechaun. Read More »
I was listening to some old John Prine tunes on my streaming service the other day—just letting the music wash over me like it always has. Somewhere between Sam Stone and Souvenirs, my mind drifted back to my late teenage years. I was an aspiring musician at the time, though the emphasis was definitely on “aspiring” and not
Why Can’t We All Just Cheer Up and Get Along? Read More »
So I have had this blog since before I can remember. It has always been focused on thoughts, opinions, and stories from the past. The stories have often been manipulated and enhanced by the magic of my own failing memory. It may be that this is what artificial intelligence is, since failing memory results in
The Piano That Shouldn’t Have Mattered — But Did Read More »
Sometimes we need to be saved from the emotional turmoil that is caused by the disease called “life”. Or perhaps that is what we have always done and will always do. We fill our days with activities that take our minds off the fact that we are gradually decaying blobs of biological material. Work, hobbies,
We need to talk about this living legend thing. I mean really, there are those that are remembered and have a legacy that will extend to the ends of humankind. Neil Armstrong, Abe Lincoln, Hank Aaron, Big Bird, Johnny Cash, Madeleine Albright, Ray Charles, Winston Churchill, and Julia Child all made it, why can’t I?
I’m Just a Living Legend Read More »
Since the beginning of time, people have sworn oaths or made promises that they have not understood and have not had the slightest intention of keeping. Why izzat? In this bloggers humble opinion, it is a simple case of the ends justifying the means. No one starts out thinking they are doing the wrong thing.
Homey Don’t Play Dat Read More »
I grew up in the 60’s, during a time when the great television shows of the 50’s were over and on reruns. Shows like Lassie, Leave It to Beaver, Make Room for Daddy, The Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Rawhide were pretty much on the boob tube day and night. Newer shows
Truth Justice, and the American Way Read More »
We have turned into a nation of whiners, at least in this bloggers semi-informed opinion. When something does not go our way, we could be proactive and actually get off our ass to do something about it. Instead, we have turned into a nation of lazy sombitches that would prefer to whine about the situation
How About a Little Cheese with that Whine? Read More »
I am as miserable an old coot as the next miserable old coot, but I gotta wonder … does it really get anyone anywhere? We all try to manipulate our surroundings and to control the world wherein we live. But in all truth, is there any benefit? There are those of us, and I am
How do others perceive me? I would probably never go so far as to say “Tell me what you really think” due to the fear that they might actually do so. I certainly know how I want others to perceive me, and have a mental picture of myself which is almost certainly distorted by my