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Friday, 11 May 2012
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Pizza is Life (from May 2009)
I look at life an awful lot like I look at pizza. And, far be it for me to wax philosophic, but I'm going to explain why...
My person, my body, myself... I am the dough which, when perfected, is put into the oven and baked into a crust. I can be stuffed, seasoned, whole wheat or white... but in the end, I am the base of everything I have had in life.
The next two toppings, the most integral parts of the pizza, are the sauce and cheese. I look at those and see family and friends. How empty would our lives be if we didn't have any family or friends to top us off with? It would be like eating a pizza without sauce or cheese. The sauce is our core flavor, the part of us that is put on at birth by our family. And the cheese binds everything else together, family and friends. And what do they bind to us? It's simple...
The toppings. Those are the additional experiences that make us who we are. Our education, our employment, our sense of humor (why else do they put PINEAPPLE on pizza? seriously) and other intangibles such as those, made tangible in the form of meats, peppers, mushrooms and, yes, some fruit. Who we are seen as by the world is a result of the toppings adorning ourselves. That is our personality... our toppings.What kind of pizza are YOU!?
Thursday, 03 May 2012
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Suicide is Painless
By now, I'm sure everyone has heard about the tragic end of the life of Junior Seau. Now, for me, this is the first time I've heard that name. Ever. In my life. I'm not a football fan (though will likely find a way to sell my NFL alliegence on Ebay or some similar site... who wants to give me money to buy a jersey for Sunday football games I'll never watch?), so unless he was one of maybe 5 players a season (tops), his name would have escaped my radar.
It's always tragic when someone feels there is no other option, no possible way out of whatever they are going through, than to end their lives, as Junior allegedly had today. For whatever reason he had, for whatever reason ANYONE has, deciding to end your life, while easy to judge, is never black and white. It would be easy to politicize... people love to exploit tragedy for their own gains/gains of their side. But let's try and show a little respect here.
A man is dead.
His family is left with the emotional mess left in his wake.
Suicide is not painless... it is pain for everyone who remains here. Maybe someday, someone looking at the end of their life will see how being gone would affect those that DO care about them. And we'll have less tragedy like this to talk about.
Maybe.
I always was an idealist.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Vlogariffic!
Here it is!
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012
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It doesn't matter what it is...
... if it gets you where you wanna go.
Friday, 30 March 2012
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Today's Lesson
You might think the top of the fridge is a good place for those black-bean brownies your wife baked for the sake of trying something new. You'd probably be right. But for the cat, it just presents another challenge. And, when challenges arise, sometimes people (or cats) get hurt.
Lesson learned, kitteh. Next time, the brownies will be in easier reach.
Garistotle
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