What makes a good neighbor? Good neighbors can definitely add to one’s quality of life. For me, this statement is mostly theoretical since, in so many of the places I’ve lived, I wouldn’t have described my neighbors as good. Even when they weren’t bad, so many of them were just annoying, and so my viewContinue reading “Like A Good Neighbor…”
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Cliches To Live By
What principles define how you live? Shakespeare used serious elements in his comedies to make them more realistic, and added comic elements to his tragedies to heighten (or deepen) the gravity of the action. We see a strong example of this in the Scottish play with the Porter, who plays at being Hell’s doorman; it’sContinue reading “Cliches To Live By”
Adulting?!
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? I’m not sure when I first encountered the word “adulting” but I find it to be both apt and an odd concoction that’s arisen from the English language. I’m still not sure I like it, but it seems my approval isContinue reading “Adulting?!”
PowerBall!
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? A friend of mine (if you read yesterday’s blog entry on skydiving: that friend) once said, given the odds, if he was ever struck by lightning, he’d ask the paramedics to take him to buy a lottery ticket before theContinue reading “PowerBall!”
Skydiving
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. There are few guarantees in this life. They say Death and Taxes are the main ones, and you can finagle the latter depending on where you live. Cheating Death is a little more difficult. Since I’m not an extreme risk-taker, skydiving has neverContinue reading “Skydiving”
Time Well Spent
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Hobbies change over the years. I’ve often been inspired by something and then pursued it for awhile before moving on to something else. I don’t think that indicates a lack of attention span or sticktoitiveness, but rather an endless curiosity. Of course, on the downside, it does remindContinue reading “Time Well Spent”
Medium Awesome
Who are your favorite artists? My title comes from an entry on an audition form a few years ago. A student, attempting to describe his proficiency at dance, listed his skill level as: “medium awesome.” As for the prompt, my first response was so non-artistic. “Which medium?” I thought. And then realized that that’s theContinue reading “Medium Awesome”
Defined by Things
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? We define ourselves in many and myriad ways. One way we define ourselves is through our friends. Who we attract and associate with helps us determine who we are and who we think we are (or want to be). When a friendship is lost weContinue reading “Defined by Things”
Day Nine: Bathing in Stonehenge
Actually, the Roman baths in Bath were another highlight of the trip. Time-traveling 2000 years and walking on the same stones as the ancients Romans is pretty cool. Of course, I had to snap an ironic photo of the site. We then ventured to Stonehenge. I guess I was expecting them to be…bigger? Or wereContinue reading “Day Nine: Bathing in Stonehenge”
Day Eight: The Pain! The Pain!
My title echoes two things: Dr. Smith on the 1960s TV series Lost in Space who was always melodramatically aggrieved and would demonstrate it by saying, “Oh, the pain! The Pain!” The second echo comes from the Ayreon album, The Human Equation, following the mental workings of a comatose man after a car crash. TheContinue reading “Day Eight: The Pain! The Pain!”
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