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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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A Meme Jumps the Shark
This will probably be the least substantive thing I ever post in this blog. The following was the front page of Huffingtonpost.com for a good chunk of the afternoon… I get it. No no, really. I get it.
There’s a slight chance that the Senate is wasting time
June 9th, 2010. Major events impacting America that day were led by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – in its 49th day by that point. Dark clouds were looming over policy for the 2nd half of the year as more … Continue reading
A New Paul to Drag the Tea Party into the Light of Reality
You’ve got to hand it to the Tea Party people – they know how to get organized and get things done when it comes to trying to put their people in places for getting elected. It’s a smaller version of … Continue reading
Somewhere to the right of ‘insane’ we find The Opposition
TheDailyBeast brings us an interesting set of poll data from Harris, giving us an interesting insight into the mind of the average member of the opposition to the Obama administration. Actually it would be interesting if its implications were not … Continue reading
Disasters & The Moans to Not Help People Anymore
On January 12th of this year, a 7.0 earthquake all but destroyed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 230,000 people and left an additional million homeless. Aid from around the world was announced and has since begun to … Continue reading
Don’t help the poor: They breed!
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed,” Bauer said, according to the Greenville News. “You’re facilitating the problem if you … Continue reading
The Kids Are Going To Be Alright
School begins today for a vast majority of students in this country. The President has decided to mark this occasion by releasing a speech with some words of encouragement to the nation’s children, along the lines of stay in school … Continue reading
Denying what Americans want is considered a victory? (QH: 29 July 2009)
In today’s edition: health care passage, why you shouldn’t use the company e-mail for bad things, and a very brave woman. —– Conservative Democrats in the House, known as “Blue Dogs”, have graciously decided to stop holding up health care … Continue reading
Video: Tea Baggers get… insert your own creative phrase here.
Short followup to my most recent posting follows. A progressive blogger (wish I had a link to his actual blog) decided to attend one of the awesomely-named Tea Bag parties where a small segment of middle and lower income workers … Continue reading
“Teabagging! Yes, teabagging! Why can’t you take us seriously?”
In the event it seems like years since the 2008 election’s results have come to fruition, namely the transition of power to the newly elected government, a reminder is needed that it has been exactly all of 12 weeks (as … Continue reading