Failing Up

One of the lingering tragedies of the Pandemic is that there are no longer free samples at the grocery store.  I miss the maneuvering, positioning, and broken promises that I will return to buy the sample, as I weaved my way through the store to enjoy my free meal. 

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Two major events in a life, birth and death.  And it is through death, that hopefully we learn about life.  Does it matter if the car is washed or the grass it cut? If I spilled a drink on the floor, or left the seat up.  We miss all those things and more when we lose someone, and we learn what is important between the two main events of birth and death. 

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Reflections by a late night river fire under  the eclipse of the Blood Red moon, brought back the lessons learned and applied the day my father cut off his finger. 

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Rush hour the twice at day five day a week ritual that transform us from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde as we race to to our important destination.  Living for the lunch hour when we can cram in errands and food simultaneously!  Happy Hour the end of week celebration of surviving the other hours!  One hour our agreed upon amount of time for racing and reward.   

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There is not a love great then that of our Mothers.  A love that lasts long after they have passed.  A  love of lessons comfort, challenge.  No one can embarrass you like your Mother, and no one can let you know the world is ok  like her. No matter how old we are, or our position, we are still their sons or daughters, and don't mess with that.  Happy Mother's Day!!

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As I was driving in my car  an advertisement came on the radio for Cannabis in New York, my mind was flooded with questions.  Do they call it cannabis because it is legal and sounds more scientific than Pot?   Will fast food and chip companies look for joint marketing opportunities?
How much is too much?  Where does one smoke it if they can?  Can you grow it at home, like a home brew?  So many questions, as we are at the beginning of this economic boom!

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Driving has become an activity of survival as we strap into our vehicles and hit the road among a mass of bird flicking speeding, individuals.  Who rush to places unknown and during traffic stops, they practice vehicular hygiene for the world to see. !!   It is the wild west!! 

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In this episode I rant about the events of the past week.  Making observations about them as well as what changes when you get older. 

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Will Smith took matters into his own hands at the Academy Awards. Unable to control his emotions, or match wit with Chris Rock he resorted violence, reserved for those who are unable to control or reason.  He took it  upon himself to decide that his wife was helpless and like a hero in a movie he stormed the stage to take on the evil Chris Rock. What an insult to assume that a woman can't stand up of herself and that it takes a charging maniac to do it.  What  a travesty to break the forth wall and invade the safe sacred space of a comic. The only thing he was protecting was his ego! 

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Here we are watching another mad man rage war and commit atrocities, and my question is why is peace such an  unnatural concept for our world. From Jesus Christ, to Mahatma Gandhi, to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. those that were peaceful and spoke of peace, love, equality were killed.  Peace has been written about performed in song, viewed in art, yet is does not seem possible. Now, once again aggression and violence and horror are the tools of a mad man.  We can blow up the planet, can we give peace a chance?  

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