"Be safe & Make good choices"

 these days...

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

It has been a while since my last blog post...
But I am making it a point... to keep it alive... because I like YOUR point of view...
RIDE out the WAVE. I've decided... one day, I will do something:

hard drive clean up

"life" (and similar vagaries)

Clearly, unsolved philosophical problems exist in the lay sense (e.g. "What is the meaning of life?", "Where did we come from?", "What is reality?", etc.). However, philosophers generally accord serious philosophical problems specific names or questions, which indicate a particular method of attack or line of reasoning. As a result, broad and untenable topics become manageable. It would therefore be beyond the scope of this article to categorize "life" (and similar vagaries) as an unsolved philosophical problem. Similarly expansive "questions" shall also be omitted, as will fields (e.g. bioethics, feminist ethics) which pose philosophical problems without being philosophical problems themselves.

"This time like all times is a very good one if we but know what to do with it" --Ralph Waldo Emerson

_Life is back on track_

no fear. no glory. 

The end is track 1

it just makes sense. 

hair. Steve Jordan.

C. O. M. P. R. O. M. I. S. E.

–noun

1.

a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; anagreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposingclaims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification ofdemands.

2.

the result of such a settlement.

3.

something intermediate between different things: The split-level is a compromise between a ranch house and amultistoried house.

4.

an endangering, esp. of reputation; exposure to danger,suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one's integrity.

–verb (used with object)

5.

to settle by a compromise.

6.

to expose or make vulnerable to danger, suspicion, scandal,etc.; jeopardize: a military oversight that compromised thenation's defenses.

7.

Obsolete .

a.

to bind by bargain or agreement.

b.

to bring to terms.

click 2 read.

for sport

Buddha on Common Sense

MOST SMARTEST

'I win-you lose' situation

drawdown of U.S. forces

Now, there are approximately 56,000 American troops in Iraq. Another six thousand are expected to be withdrawn in the coming days to bring the total down to Obama’s plan of 50,000.

Operation New Dawn is set to begin on September 1^st. On that day, after over seven years of the Iraq War, the American military will take a back seat and simply assist the Iraqi military and police forces.

In his trip to Ohio earlier in the day, President Obama said, “We’re keeping the promise that we’ve made when I began my campaign for the presidency,” and that by the send of August, “our combat mission will be over in Iraq.”

the realization is better than the interpretation

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Finally, artists are fond of evoking manifestly unreal worlds. They stage inexistent beings: gods, angels, monsters, centaurs. And when they derive their figures form the real world, they are so thoroughly transformed that every confusion with reality is impossible. -Stefan Beyst

to screen print

untitled

all dressed up and smelling of strangers.
did you know...
a snail and a slug are the same.

but different

"DONT MOVE SO SLOW!"
exclaim's Elise

71 degrees
living next store to the gospel of progress.
if you don't like the taste.

something like "reaction watch-out",
n it might feel like daymares- but it looks grim.
uninteresting? convince me-

all dressed up and smelling of strangers.

in the name of Democracy, let us unite

And be one traveler, long I stood

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost      Mountain Interval, 1916

illegal? really?

DEFINE       illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules;

"an illegal chess move"

I compared the american political process to the game of chess... 

 "At the end of the game, all the chess pieces all go back into the same box."

Later, down at the phone bank:

"Maybe you will be the one to make the difference" 

The Books- Mr. Maps

'I want all of the American people to understand 
         that it is
understandable that the American people
              cannot possibly understand.'
basic rock song structures
electronica influences
folk influences
a subtle use of paired vocal harmony
acoustic rhythm piano
intricate melodic phrasing
a twelve-eight time signature
extensive vamping
major key tonality
thru composed melodic style
a breathy male lead vocalist
triple note feel

 There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

SOFT T. EMPHATICS.

At some point you are going to have to make a decision: Send the Error Report or Don't send the error report. 
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You know what I realized the other day… you cannot fax acid.
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You know what I had a guy say to me the other day?
“We sell corn on the cob…”…
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growing up: my dad was like: “it’s not what you say, its how u say it...
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mom if your listening and I know you are- I’ll call you back. I’ve been very busy these past few months. –
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okay and think about it- come on people…
instead of yelling “ENCORE”


“Come back and play some songs you haven’t played yet!!!”

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what kind of look are you looking for?

Just give me… the bon jovi- just give me... the rapist-

 this is Bradlee Coleman, CA

"we would just tell her, you know... just steer..."

VOTE SMART

VOTE AUGUST 10, 2010.

a sonnet for Sarah

We entered alone
we let our spirits overlap
                               venn diagram
It was an elevator ride
"We are all just here" i told her. Then she suggested deconstruction.
like matching taboos
Did we ever decide on a daily routine?
You had me at hello
Solely our souls saw that connection
to inspiration, discovery, to something subtle.
I got off on the 4th floor.
she didn't have a middle name.
just how I like it.
we left alone.

RED TAPE

“The bureaucracy is killing us,”

summer in the city.