“The use of the useless,” a Taoist philosopher once said. Ah, but there’s also the use of the stupid, and I don’t mean guys like dumb blondes and dumb friends they feel superior to. No, instead of looking for that logical finishing touch, how about adding something that makes no sense? (a) It’ll keep ’em guessing, and maybe they’ll Read More …
“Don’t put all your egos in one basket, or it could make you a basket case.”
I wrote this song this morning on the john. (Hey, that’s a lyric, too! Wonder how the rest of that song would go…) Monkey Men on the Monkey Bars Monkey men on the monkey bars swingin’ all day long gruntin’ and stuntin’ and singin’ songs might as well be from MarsDrop the acts Don’t look Read More …
During the Live Earth concert, it was hard to take the trooping celebrities seriously. “I turn off lights!” “I drive a hybrid!” Today, after hearing more of this, I wondered how much of this really makes a difference. I half-expect to hear next: “I turn off a light before I blow-dry my hair for an hour!” Or: “On my Read More …
Why is all self-congratulations egotistical? In this age of You-Tube and Web 2.0, we’re all (well, bloggers anyway) being typecast as self-centered thumb-sucking babies. But is it just vanity? (All is vanity!) I don’t think. Sometimes you just feel good, celebrating your gifts, enjoying seeing your imagination come to life, hoping others benefit somehow. It’s Read More …
Finally realized something: Listen to yourself. Be yourself. Find yourself. Realize you have no “self” self. But don’t try to be somebody. That’s when you twist yourself up. You try to be two people. Become two people. A house divided. Your true feelings (even if there’s no such thing ultimately) and your new “feelings.” Big Read More …
He: “My goal is to be perfect.” She: “Well, there’s your first mistake.”
Cerealism: (1) An art movement in which flakes, O’s, puffs and other crispy shapes are used in collage, painting and other forms of artwork. (2) A brand of breakfast cereal that uses symbols and imagery from surrealistic works of art, like the melted clocks in Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory. (3) A philosophy in which life is likened to packaged Read More …
Just a thought. The mind has so many things on its mind. Amazing it keeps things sorted and related enough to trick us into thinking life’s not just chaos. So instead of a place like “the conscious mind,” we have mental filters that interfere with some files getting shared. You tell yourself you’re not upset, Read More …
Think about it.
Here’s a wild, catchy idea: Start a blog by dead people. Blog of the Living Dead. Not talking zombies, but people who lived in the past. They wrote like crazy … letters, journals, essays. Even old song lyrics. The idea would be to excerpt any writings that sound the most like blogs. Personal confessions. Like the Read More …
We are. Believe the wrong thing, it controls, shapes, colors, ruins your whole life. Even the lives of others. The question is: Are any beliefs good? Maybe the ones that keep us going. Even if untrue, or, better word, uncertain. Testament to faith. ? But ultimately beliefs are dangerous. At least more dangerous than we Read More …