Frickin’ Friday: You can’t make me!

I spent quite a bit of time yesterday writing about being happy, and how no thing or person can make you be happy if you’ve forgotten you want to be happy. God, it was a …Read More

The way of Word Weenies

I no longer wish to write a great novel… Or even an entertaining book. I want to write something inflammatory–literally! My current goal is to write something so despicable and inherently evil it will cause …Read More

The way of passion

The one thing I’ve learned about lawnmowers over many years is that I hate them. I hate them with a passion… a deep, flaming, iridescent passion. The kind of passion that, if I felt it …Read More

The way of awareness

“Je pense donc je suis” – René Descartes You are probably far more familiar with the Latin, “Cogito ergo sum”, which is odd, since René was French and first published that famous phrase in Francish. …Read More

IMHO

I was about to write, “In my humble opinion,” because that phrase has come back to us from a long vacation which began shortly after the 1800s. The truth is, though, I doubt most people …Read More

The way of bliss

“Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” – Thomas Gray I do not post entries here as often as I probably should and the reason is simple: I’ve been taking every damned thing …Read More

The way of shit

Earlier today, I was out in the yard picking up dog shit, ’cause somebody has to do it (I use a rake and shovel). Bet you’re glad this one doesn’t have an accompanying photo, arntcha? …Read More

This is what’s wrong with Capitalism

   Living in a semi-rural area, one sees things like this all the time, small commercial farms with little farm stands, or full fledged “farmers’ markets”, out in front. Inevitably, some time shortly after Halloween, the …Read More

The way of leaving

A challenge is normally meant to help give a person something to shoot for, to help better one’s self. The idea behind the A to Z blog challenge was, I am sure, to give the …Read More

The way of kindness

Don’t be an asshole.