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…and so little Diogenes, ever vigilant in his search for an honest man, lifts his lantern in the darkness and says, “To tell the truth, I’d settle for just one really good liar.”.
Too often I find myself energized, basking in the light and warmth of my own wisdom, only to waken and find myself in the dark and frozen to my bones.
There is no endeavor taken on by men that that can't be made worse by the dreading of it.
As it turns out I'm ambidextrous, but only in one hand.
It is truly "better to light one small candle rather than to curse the darkness", but the cursing usually wins out.
I am pushing sixty, down a very steep and slippery hill, with a hurricane wind at my back.
My childhood is yet within sight... it's just a long way behind me.
Smart? Why I've got brains I've never even used.
On Musicians:
Why, if I could play like those guys, I'd have ruined my life earlier and in a much more creative way.I stopped reading minds when I got tired of the small print..., and missing pages
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Tag Archives: philosopy
Still Here
Yes, I’m still here, I’m really just rather bummed out. I performed at an open mic night that some friends of mine were putting on and I have probably never sounded worse. Everyone there was really good so it set … Continue reading
Trains, (a retrospective)
This is from an email by a dear friend of mine. I found it to be both lyrical and insightful and hope you enjoy it as well. Dear All I have recently been doing some revisiting the past, especially … Continue reading
Christmas, Christmas
This past weekend my siblings and I celebrated Christmas. I was the best time we could get together with our out-of-townees and so it has become our custom to have an early Christmas celebration and then have a celebration with … Continue reading
Remember
“Any Nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure” -Abraham Lincoln In the late 1800s it came to be the custom in the United States to decorate the graves of loved ones on a given Sunday … Continue reading
Level of Discourse
I have become increasingly appalled at the coarseness that has become a part of normal conversation. When I was maybe 9 to 13 years old this type of language seemed just the thing to make one seem more mature. … Continue reading
Leash Law
Warning! Not for the squeamish! In the mid 70s the brother of a lady I knew was driving on a street in Nashville when a large dog ran out in front of his car. The man swerved to avoid … Continue reading
Reality Check
What if I asked you and all your friends to give me money, say, ten dollars and then I might give one you you back forty dollars, does that sound like a good deal to you? What if I … Continue reading
Spring
Here in Nashville the last few weeks have been unseasonably warm with plenty of rain and spring has begun to erupt everywhere. The trees which had been gaunt and skeletal all winter have suddenly burst out into a full … Continue reading
Racial Divide
First things first, there is only one race of humans on this planet, we are all humans. The blood of someone from any other ethnic group on this planet could save your life. With the advent of transplant technology … Continue reading
Of Peace and War
Thought; Everyone wants peace. Reality; Untrue Peace is an elusive item. It is defined differently by different people. To some, peace is merely the absence of war. To others it is the absence of hostility. To most it is … Continue reading