Am I showing my age by admitting to listening to Cd's? I don't have an MP3 player. I have downloaded MP3's and I listen to the songs through my laptop. But currently I have a portable CD player hooked up and I am listening to Dave Mattewhs Band - Under the Table and Dreaming. I have nothing against the progression of technology but I am afraid that I will miss the art of the album. I don't know what I would do in life without Dancing Nancies.
The idea of listening to music may be something we take for granted here in the US of A. It is absolutely a freedom of expression. Sure, many albums are released with 'parental guidance' notices. But, of course, that only makes the record more intruiging for teenagers. To be sure, censorship is wrong in a free society - but the US of A has never really been free.
In the past few weeks I have read a number of books that make me wonder about the state of our society. In reading the 5th book in the Harry Potter series, I was confronted with the concept of a higher governmental power trying to overtake a school. (see Darwinism vs. Creationsim) Upon the completion of that extremely long Harry Potter book I picked up Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The most incredible feature of that novel is that it was written in 1932 and it suggested so many truths in the very near future.
Alice Sebold wrote the Lovely Bones - a story about the results of a young girl raped and killed by a neighbor. Disturbing? Yes. I had to re-type that first sentence numerous times because I just couldn't type the word raped. But the story is not really depressing. It is about how a family and community deal with the death of a child.
I have read almost all of Shakespeare's plays. I have read most of Hemmingway. I have read Dickens. Tolstoy. Twain. Kerouac. Irving. Fitzgerald. Updike. But, for unknown reasons, I had never read Ray Bradbury. Until just a few weeks ago when I read Fahrenheit 451. Why should you care about the books I have read? Well, why in the hell are you reading this stupid blog? If you would prefer that all of your knowledge comes from television and that books are unnecessary, well then you will be very happy being a drone in the very near future.
Currently I am reading the book Wicked. It is the story of the life of the Wicked witch of the west from the popular Wizard of Oz movie. It too deals with social injustice and wrongdoings of the government. I don't know how the book will play out, but I have seen the movie and I know the ending. But can you blame the witch for being pissed that Dorothy killed her sister? I mean, what would you do if a house landed on someone you loved?
Wandering through the Dandelion Garden you may come across a variety of characters in my world. Some are living people, some just live in my head. Nicknames are often used to protect the innocent – and the guilty. There is Chick and the Thrill and Otis among many others. But most of the time you’ll be hanging out with Jim – a pretty good guy.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Afternoon Buzz
I can now honestly say that I will never hit like Mickey Mantle. Sure, we could argue about the ballparks and the pitching and the baseball being harder in today's game. But that's not what I mean. Mickey was the best switch-hitter of all time. And I cannot run the vaccuum with my left hand. In my right hand I can zip around any corner and glide into narrow spaces. Put the thing in my left hand and BAM! right into the coffee table.
And speaking of coffee...that's where today's buzz is coming from. I'm sure many of you envisioned me opening a tall cold beer while my daughter takes her afternoon nap. Actually, I am currently enjoying the high from a Venti Cinnamon Dolce Latte from my neighborhodd Starbucks. If you haven't had a Cinnamon Dolce Latte you must try one. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Brown Sugar Dolce Latte. Venti, of course.
I have come up with a solution to all the arguing going on regarding the teaching of Evolution and Intellegent Design in our schools. We need to tell our children the truth. And the truth is that we really have no frickin' idea how life started on this planet. And until the guys that built the pyramids ever come back to this planet we probably never will.
It's nice to see Ariel Sharon doing better but I'm still a bit miffed about the apparent cover-up after his first stroke just a few weeks ago. Sure I understand it's a volatile region and they didn't want to scare people but they should have told us how bad he really was. If I would have known he was that bad, there would have been no way I would have let him drop to the 9th round in our death pool. By the way, have you checked out the Circling Buzzards lately?
And speaking of coffee...that's where today's buzz is coming from. I'm sure many of you envisioned me opening a tall cold beer while my daughter takes her afternoon nap. Actually, I am currently enjoying the high from a Venti Cinnamon Dolce Latte from my neighborhodd Starbucks. If you haven't had a Cinnamon Dolce Latte you must try one. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Brown Sugar Dolce Latte. Venti, of course.
I have come up with a solution to all the arguing going on regarding the teaching of Evolution and Intellegent Design in our schools. We need to tell our children the truth. And the truth is that we really have no frickin' idea how life started on this planet. And until the guys that built the pyramids ever come back to this planet we probably never will.
It's nice to see Ariel Sharon doing better but I'm still a bit miffed about the apparent cover-up after his first stroke just a few weeks ago. Sure I understand it's a volatile region and they didn't want to scare people but they should have told us how bad he really was. If I would have known he was that bad, there would have been no way I would have let him drop to the 9th round in our death pool. By the way, have you checked out the Circling Buzzards lately?
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