I HEREBY RESOLVE, WHEN WRITING, TO NAME THE COLORS I SEE AND NOT WORRY WHETHER THEY ARE “RIGHT”! My new GPS watch lay in its beautiful packaging. It was one of the leading name brands in GPS devices, and its black, round, rugged face looked back at me, telling me to rip the box apart … Continue reading My Color Blind Manifesto
"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you." Paul Newman The Shame of Texas Hold 'Em The game of poker is a lot of fun. It is gambling and social with a set of rules that go back at least one … Continue reading The Shame of Texas Hold ‘Em
"What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony." Cotton Mather The Suspension Bridge of Belief Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834) was a smart guy. He came up with the catchy … Continue reading The Suspension Bridge of Belief
Summer Stock Theater by Michael Kroth July 3rd, Deep Creek Lake, Oakland Maryland, 1974. The 20th season of the Garrett County Playhouse opens with seven shows. Lovers and Other Strangers kicks it off and yeah, it’s summer stock theater and I’m in all those shows. Just a college kid. One show is on stage, … Continue reading Summer Stock Theater
Every day too short to finish what I wish Every day too filled with taking sitz and pish Too much sleep required for constant overwork Too much sleep a waste like dancing when it’s twerk Ev’ry brush of hair or showering excesses Ev’ry razor’s shave swiped only to impress’us. Every phish that’s … Continue reading A Time Misspent Lament
“Both rituals and telescopes are portals to the mysterious and to wonder,” ~Michael Kroth “I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense of awe and wonder looking at the sky. This is reflected throughout the world in both science and religion.” ~Carl Sagan, Varieties of Scientific Experience, p. 2 The vastness of a new … Continue reading Buh Bye 2017, Howdy 2018
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." Oscar Wilde Profound Shock The idea of profound shock is interesting. We know that many people with near-death experiences come out of it with completely new outlooks on … Continue reading Profound Shock
The Profound Bartender 
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