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Whoa!!Today’s assignment, the hook, the bait. So many words, I hope I don’t,Forget.History matters.Memories fade. Looks fade. Ink fades.Shades fade.Capabilities fade. Abilities fade.Remember kids. “There are HEROES. There are LEGENDS. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kids and you’ll never go wrong.”Never argue with someone who believes their own lies. The best way to handle this trap, this maneuver, th...
Waking up.Choices. Decisions. Options. Action.A Decision made is a decision lived.”Things are pretty messed up” Jay thought. As he sat on the ground, near a majestic tree, leaning on the trunk, feeling like a blob. Fog filled his head, permeating into his vision, clogging his ears, reducing his breathing to short, pitchy breathes, a smell of rotten and rotted aura filled the air, leaving a very bad taste in his mouth.He wearily lifted his head up, scanned the area in ...
One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure.Sometimes it requires seeing things in a different light.Janie loved her Drowsy doll. As many kids do while growing older, they possess a special toy, stuffed animal, blanket. A companion toy, a “security” blanket. Janie had one such doll. Pixie-blonde bowl haircut, dressed in a pink and white polka dotted onesie, with eyes half-closed. Drowsy was a trusted companion and playmate. Drowsy was an original, a first of its kind to exist. New. Novel. For the ‘60’...
Saint Valentine’s Day. The celebration of love and affection. The rose is red, the violet’s blue The honey’s sweet, and so are you Thou art my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou’d be you. The modern cliche’ Valentine’s Day poem can be found in ...
Doors open. Doors close.Harsh. Kinda goes down in a lump, heh.It would be selfish to assume if one door closes, another opens. This is akin to a cat chasing its tail. Foolishly assume if one opens, another closes.. Also akin to a cat chasing its tail. Please do not fall for it. Please do not fall for it.Generations ago, conversations surrounding Religion and Politics were considered “taboo”. Not openly discussed, debated out of respect to our fellow men. Healthy respect for human priva...
Well. Isn’t that why we are “here” writing our little hearts out……?Nope. Read and follow along friend! A real page turner!Chittycat the chit chat roamed the neighborhood looking for someone to talk to. Boy oh boy did Chittycat love to control the message(s) for the Newcomers in town. Just call Chittycat the furry, cute Welcome Wagon of Feline Heights.Chittycat and the kittysistants roam around scratch and knock on doors. Lurking slowly but surely to see if there was any new meat in tow...
The right thing to do. No worries. I “heard” the titles. The challenge of the assignment: Develop a story about a “nameless” world. Use our character or name “generator”. If I have to use that, does the requirement include selling my soul at the same time? Can you please explain the rules. My point comes from a place of, “I don’t get it”. Personally. As the possibility of o...
Do you hear what I hear? Who keeps moving the goal post? How did we get here? When did we willingly choose to forget, or not remember that stealing is wrong? Courage. Where has it gone? Somewhere split between the middle of: Encourage. Discourage. Affects and Effects. Who knows. As the inventors, architects and philosophers of the future ask...
Language.The basic tool of communication.Some obvious. Some oblivious.A mathematician may translate the equation this way:Words + Meanings= UnderstandingPoint A + Point B = Point CIf only it were that easy!Intertwined within this arithmetic equation is a host of wires. Disconnected Connected. Cut. Coiled. Rolled.Twisted. Here exists the mystery and adventure of communication. Don’t you think? The Joy of the Game. So to speak.Sometime...
Boxes. Eventually, we all will or have received one of these. Some of us may choose to take our eternal rest in this container six feet under in the ground. Until the final ceremonial Goodbye. Some may choose a smaller, quaint box for the final ceremonial Goodbye. Boxes come in all shapes and sizes. Same as problems. Boxes have many meanings. Same as boxes. There are boxe...
Precision. Perfection. Perception. Process. Interpretation. The important difference(s) between splitting a hair. Crossing the fine line. Seeing crystal clear. Numb the pain. Close your eyes. It will go away. Fall asleep it will go away. Escape. Here is better than there. And Vice Versa. Splitting the difference. The crucial importance of not using and knowing what the difference is in u...
Which came first, the chicken or the egg.Who’s on first.?Better late than never,Better never than late.Pick me Pick me! (WHO wants to be the last one picked.)He who laughs last laughs alone.Good times.Bad times.The best of times.What do these phrases all have in common?Time.Time management.The perception that we can change time.After all, numbers do not lie, right?The best present is to be present in the prese...
Remember the old-fashion game of telephone? The information services game where kids sit in a circle and the first player begins conversation with a secret or some other juicy tidbit about a person, friend or acquaintance. Someone in their new(s) orbit.The adult version gossip game being the equivalence of a National Enquirer or People Magazine. Mag Rags. There was no board to play on, no real tangible skill required. No strings or cups allowed. No handwritten, typed or notes allowed. Definitely pictures, draw...
“Well, that was dramatic?.,!”Precarious times call for precarious measures. In 1711, Joseph Addison pondered in Spectator Magazine. He opined precarious as “depending on the will or pleasure of another.” This generational genius written over 300 years ago set in the prefix of Latin origin which traces meaning(s) to entreaty or prayer. Well. That is a mouthful.Depending on your will. Little if any room for a consolation prize to say the least. Either feast or famine, up or down. Win or lose. Where is the...
I know it when I see it. Joann thought. She lacked the excitement and skills of shopping around, the allure of the mega, strip, double deck, high rise, low rise shopping mall is lost on me. The back and forth of the food court lobby never seemed neither engaging or entertaining. The same is true of online malls as well. Too much clicking and not enough bricking. The tracking of Joann’s Stardruncks latte, ...
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