It's been a hectic week. No chance to really plan a blog. So here are some more random thoughts.
Rio Grande is Spanish for "Big River". So "Rio Grande River" means "Big River River". Why bother adding a second "river"?
Nobody knew the definition, meaning, or purpose of any word or phrase in the English language better than George Carlin . . . BUT YOU COULDN'T ASK HIM ABOUT ANY OF IT!
Republicans scream about the Democrats being the slave owners and that Lincoln was the first Republican president. Meanwhile, Texas biggest icon, Sam Houston, was elected several times to several posts as an Abolitionist Democrat starting in 1818.
We only fall in love once. Everyone has that one person from their past they can never seem to fully get past. The lucky ones are married to that person.
I once held a full house that lost. My opponent flopped a royal flush and got me and three others to go all in. Fortunately, I had a bigger stack and got a side pot, though not much because I wasn't eligible for a second side pot.
I'm moving things into a new home office. One is a small, wooden desk. It turns out the shelf braces were glued on and are now falling off. I tried nailing them, then screwing them in, but the wood is so tough it's been almost impossible.
There are certain things I understood as a child that most don't understand until later in life. For one, I understood that knowing where the money is going is more important than having it. That's why I've learned not to trust the rich.
During his entire administration, I referred to George W. Bush (aka Bush 43) as "Resident Select Bush".
I once tried to enter cooking school, but I couldn't afford it. I know I would have ended up being a sommelier.
Always choose love over money. Money is transitory. If love is real, it's not transitory.
The first year I played soccer, there was an incident where an opponent kicked the ball and hit my stomach. The ball went back to him, he kicked it again, and that time it hit me in the face. I was down for five minutes, but I had a minor psychosis for several years. Whenever the ball would suddenly pass by me, I'd throw up my arms against the front of my body.
Only one person can win. It's okay to lose as long as you learn something in the process. That's why winning isn't everything, though it shows you did learn.
Of all the statements I've ever made, my favorite is, "Do Satanists say, 'What the heaven?'" My most profound has turned out to be, "Nothing is constant but the passage of time."
Years of playing games and solving puzzles growing up is what taught me problem-solving techniques I never see anyone else use.
Despite the "official" rules, I insist on using footnotes instead of endnotes. People shouldn't have to go to another page just to see if there's something they need to know about the passage. And if there is, many people won't bother looking it up.
The key advantage to being a nudist is that your clothing and laundry bills are considerably lower.
It's surprising how much you can learn just by watching game shows.
My favorite scene of all time from my childhood was a scene from Sesame Street where Oscar gave Maria a tour of his trash can. The entire scene was a black screen with voices and sound effects, including Maria falling into the pool. Good thing we couldn't see that pool!
Everyone should know the difference between mass and weight, between scalars and vectors, between reasons and excuses, and between definitions and meanings.
The right to free speech does not mean you have the right to interrupt anyone you please whenever you want.
Classes that should be mandatory for all high school students: Logic, trigonometry, political science, philosophy, and workshop. Also, a high school capstone course that ties all twelve years together in a real world view.
If people understood the difference between macroeconomics and microeconmics, Bernie Sanders would have won in 2016 and would easily be reelected this year.
"I don't care", "I don't want to", "It's not my business", "I've got my own stuff to take care of", "I can't help someone who won't help themself" are all excuses.
With all the different stations playing the same commercial at different times, how do those advertisers know you've called within the first five minutes?
The one Doctor Who story from the original era that I've never seen, "Full Circle", is airing on Pluto TV. Yes, I saw it. Predictable ending, but otherwise full of surprises. Not a bad one.
9 out of 10 times, if the same thing keeps happening with different people, the problem is you, not them.
People tend to accuse people of the wrong things based on out of context information. I've been accused of all kinds of things, and I've seen others accused of all kinds of things I knew weren't true.
14. He never acknowledged what I did right. This has severe psychological impacts, in that complements often end up being analyzed and taken for negativity. And, yes, this has happened to me.
Until next time . . .
