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When did we forget our dreams?
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
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I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor — even president, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero — that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.
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Happy “birthday”, Mr. “President”
In this second, late night, edition: birthers make me giggle, and what a blue, blue nation it is. —– Time to take a walk on the lighter side and embrase the most entertaining group of the day, the birthers. Yesterday … Continue reading
#6: Obama 331 – McCain 207
The prediction series continues on this time around with the first actual decline in the estimated number of electoral votes for Senator Obama since I’ve started doing this in early June. Delay hitting the panic button yet, however, as it … Continue reading
#5: Obama 358 – McCain 180
The prediction series continues this week with a map rather similar to our last one, with the exception of three states flipping. Two of them don’t do much electoral damage or benefit to either candidate (aside from psychological): Montana going … Continue reading
#4: Obama 331 – McCain 207
Another two weeks gone by and the momentum for Senator Obama continues to accelerate over Senator McCain. Two weeks ago on June 7th, we were just coming off the announcement by Hillary Clinton that she was dropping out of the … Continue reading
#3: Obama 294 – McCain 244
Greetings once more. I’m back with the third in the bi-weekly prediction series, though to a case of Real Life Syndrome (i.e. having a real job now and not having Mondays off) this got pushed back to Saturday – and … Continue reading
#2: Obama 285 – McCain 253
Greetings. I’m back again with the second in the series of prediction threads for the general election coming up this fall. A few things have changed in the past two weeks, most notably on a meta level. For number geeks … Continue reading