Not a care in the world...
out at the reef.Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Wisdom From the Pen of C.S. Lewis:
"The right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge. When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is working properly: while you are making them you cannot see them. You can understand the nature of drunkenness when you are sober, not when you are drunk. Good people* know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either."
Excerpt from: Mere Christianity (Book III, Chapter 4)
*Lewis' use of the word "good" is so ironic. Think about it.
"The right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge. When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is working properly: while you are making them you cannot see them. You can understand the nature of drunkenness when you are sober, not when you are drunk. Good people* know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either."
Excerpt from: Mere Christianity (Book III, Chapter 4)
*Lewis' use of the word "good" is so ironic. Think about it.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Death of Summer
Autumn is a time of transition. Birds migrate, bears hibernate, and trees surrender their vibrantly colored leaves. I'm also forced to surrender. As the alluring sun follows the birds south, the world quickly becomes cold and dark. The liveliness of summer is but a memory. And left on the defensive, humanity hides from the cold, the snow, and the repulsively grey sky.
Some people seem to find comfort in this retreat, in the warmth of a fireplace, a fuzzy blanket, or a cup or tea. I don't understand that.
Autumn is a time of transition. Birds migrate, bears hibernate, and trees surrender their vibrantly colored leaves. I'm also forced to surrender. As the alluring sun follows the birds south, the world quickly becomes cold and dark. The liveliness of summer is but a memory. And left on the defensive, humanity hides from the cold, the snow, and the repulsively grey sky.
Some people seem to find comfort in this retreat, in the warmth of a fireplace, a fuzzy blanket, or a cup or tea. I don't understand that.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Black & White
I'm convinced that the world was colorless up until the second half of the 20th Century. I mean, seriously. Even Beaver Cleaver's grass stains were grey, not green.
So I wonder who invented color in the mid-1900's. Whoever that was, I'm sure glad they brought color into the world. I can't imagine life without orange and yellow and blue and green and purple. How did my parents grow up like that without going crazy? Well, I suppose they didn't know any better.
I'm convinced that the world was colorless up until the second half of the 20th Century. I mean, seriously. Even Beaver Cleaver's grass stains were grey, not green.
So I wonder who invented color in the mid-1900's. Whoever that was, I'm sure glad they brought color into the world. I can't imagine life without orange and yellow and blue and green and purple. How did my parents grow up like that without going crazy? Well, I suppose they didn't know any better.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Did you know?
Citgo Petroleum Corporation is a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company.
Now remember Hugo Chávez's UN address a couple weeks ago. The Venezuelan president's fallacious claims and vehement anti-US propaganda echoed throughout the world. I, for one - with that in mind - will pass Citgo gas stations as long as they belong to the Venezuelan government and head to the nearest competitor.
Citgo Petroleum Corporation is a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company.
Now remember Hugo Chávez's UN address a couple weeks ago. The Venezuelan president's fallacious claims and vehement anti-US propaganda echoed throughout the world. I, for one - with that in mind - will pass Citgo gas stations as long as they belong to the Venezuelan government and head to the nearest competitor.
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