Musing

Let's Get Something Straight or Clarification Let's talk about selfishness for a moment. This is what being selfish REALLY is: bettering your own quality of life by knowingly and willingly reducing the quality of life of others. Spending the money you earned on a new CD is not selfish - stealing $5 from every member of your household to buy a CD is. Putting aside a little money each week as a rainy day fund is not selfish - dipping into your childrens' college fund to go to Europe is. Making excuses for a job done poorly is a lame attempt at saving face - trying to take down an entire department with you is pure, unadulterated, downright hateful selfishness. I can hardly comprehend how anyone could be so dispicably selfish, yet I see a lot of it every day. How could anyone take more than their due without feeling guilty? How could anyone have so little regard for anyone else but him/herself? It's just like the constant lectures we heard in middle sch...

The Dog Days of Summer or Those Long Haired Blues   In the spirit of shamelessly ripping off someone else's website, I'm going to post some more random comments in place of something that could actually be considered a full-length, coherent post in hopes of keeping the post-hounds at bay.   For all of you who are sick of the long hair, I've decided that I'm getting it cut before vacation in mid August.  The weather down there in Perdido Key is typically Floridian:  90-95* F with a chance of thunderstorms every day.  This rug would be way too warm to keep around.   Yesterday, I finally went to 1st Source and opened a savings account there, since I closed my one at Sobieski's earlier this month.  It was odd to hold so much money in my hands at once.  The moment was way too fleeting.   There's also something else that's been on my mind for a few weeks now, but I'm not sure that I want to throw it out for everybody quite yet....

A Rare Salute or Looking Up To People Six Feet Under Gotta give 'em credit - the Founding Fathers had balls. Great idea, great execution. It's only everyone since them that's farked everything up.