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The enlightened can always find something to learn
I’ve always strived to be an open-minded person. I do my best not to let my judgment be swayed by past stereotypes or view an individual based on the actions of whatever group they might belong to. But, sadly, I’m human, and there are times when I make assumptions based on things like affiliations, race, gender, orientation, etc. I think the secret to becoming a truly enlightened person is not to never think those things, however, but to admit it and strive to most beyond it.
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No thanks, “Just For Men”
So I hop out of the shower this afternoon into my squeaky clean bathroom (what can I say, I got a bug up my butt to do some cleaning around mi casa), do the whole shave thing since I go from baby-face to grizzly within 24 hours, and that’s when I see it – one really long, really white strand of hair nestled in the warm embrace of my wet black hair.
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So yeah, about that whole “writing something everyday” thing…
Yeah, I know – I’m horrible about keeping things updated around here. It was either a lack of inspiration, time, or desire. It’s not that there hasn’t been enough going on in my life to warrant an update, but the act of wrenching the thoughts out of your head and committing them to paper – or in this case, electronic imaginary paper – makes things much more definite.
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And if you just listen…
The universe has a funny way of answering unspoken thoughts. I was sitting at work last week feeling burned out and in dire need of some time off. So I started thinking of what to do for a vacation. And just as I started to ponder my options, one of my dearest friends in the world messaged me and demanded that I come visit her up in Michigan in a few weeks. There’s tubing to be done in much cooler weather than down here in Texas, and there’s no drought up there, so no scrambling on the rocks. Plus, I can not think of a time since knowing her that we’ve ever had a truly bad time. So it should be a ton of fun!
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The Living Years
I’m going to warn you in advance – if you’re one of those people who doesn’t do well with way-too-personal blogs, skip this one right now. Because I’m fueled up on alcohol and rage, and it’s just going to get pretty ugly… You’ve been warned.
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Okay, I get it Facebook – thanks to my status being “Single”, every day I log in I get to look at singles ads. Way to troll the depths of my info looking for ways to advertise to me. And no, I’m not dogging internet dating. It’s 2011 – the stigma for that sort of thing should be gone.
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Waiting for someone to come into focus
Any great philosophical question does not have a single answer – sometimes you have to narrow the field – for example, how it applies to you. Take, for example, the question of how to know when what you feel is love. I won’t go into the different flavors of love, but there’s a distinct difference between “I really like this person” and “I love them”. I’m even removing lust from the equation – because let’s be honest – sometimes we want things as soon as we see them, but once we have them the thrill of the chase is gone. I’m talking about the real, honest to god, tongue tripping, can’t think straight, acting-a-fool love.
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And now our featured presentation
I’ve seen this news article getting passed around about Alamo Drafthouse turning a idiot customer’s tirade on their voicemail about getting kicked out for not following their posted rules about no texting into a PSA. I could go so many different ways with this… right off the bat, the fallacy of the saying “The customer is always right”. Having worked in technical and customer support for the majority of my working life, I can assure you that not only is the customer not always right, but most of the time they’re outright wrong. But that’s a topic for another day, because trust me – I have enough material to fill a book. Instead, I ask one simple question – who pays good money to watch a movie only to spend the time staring at their phone?
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Because I could not stop for Death
Doctor Jack Kevorkian, a media darling and proponent of assisted suicide, passed away on Friday. What was once a taboo that was only spoken in whispered hushes and earned him the moniker of “Doctor Death” is now such a commonplace idea that it’s now just an added dimension to characters on TV rather than their defining motivation. It makes you realize that the success of his movement was not in allowing people to end their suffering, but in forcing American society to reflect on the idea and alter their perception.
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