"I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience." Sara Blakely Finding Your Purpose There has been a language shift over the past twenty years and that always means a cultural shift. Three words are common in everyday life and well as in entertainment. The … Continue reading Finding Your Purpose
The Little Stories
"So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information." George Orwell The Little Stories Reading George Orwell's Why I Write, some excitement trembled when his description of … Continue reading The Little Stories
Haiku
Haikus have lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables). There are a number of benefits from writing them regularly. Here are some examples I have composed: I've been to the mountaintop. Not so. A summit. Still, vast is the view. A backyard playground. Laughing dogs, barking kids. Now...still. Broken home. … Continue reading Haiku
Make The Presidency Great Again
“In 1664, Louis the Fourteen, in his own efforts to encourage the arts, donned brilliant tights and played in a drama called Furious Roland before a happy court. Moreover, he drafted the highest officers of his administration for the play so that, according to an account, all clad in brilliant tights themselves, they passed before … Continue reading Make The Presidency Great Again
My Strange Family
"If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty." Jeff Foxworthy My Strange Family Of course, everyone's family … Continue reading My Strange Family
Beware of Reverence
“They were gods of the highest standing and dignity—gods of civilized peoples—worshiped and believed in by millions. All were theoretically omnipotent, omniscient, and immortal. And all are dead.” ~H. L. Mencken, “In Memoriam”, (In Hitchens, 2007, p. 146) I place my hope and my heart into my experience and my observation of reverence. Reverential living is … Continue reading Beware of Reverence
Ruggles and the Equality of Man
"Oh, no. Always bring the pot to the kettle - never bring the kettle to the pot." Ruggles Ruggles and the Equality of Man Ruggles of Red Gap is light comedy starring the great Charles Laughton. Screened in 1935, it was nominated for a best picture Oscar. We don't see it much on cable. The … Continue reading Ruggles and the Equality of Man
Profound Parenting
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Frederick Douglass Perfect Parenting I have strong views on having the job of parent. I think all parents should teach their kid to read and write and know colors and north, south, east and west. Singing the ABCs to the Twinkle Twinkle tune … Continue reading Profound Parenting
Saving Community Theatre
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." Stephen Colbert Saving Community Theatre Theater and Dance have been on the decline for decades. Television is easier and already paid for. Why go out to see a doubtful local production? The model hasn't changed much. A company will have a season based on the season, maybe the Sound … Continue reading Saving Community Theatre
Absurd Absurdity
To those who claim They’ve found the truth I sincerely wish them well The best they’ve found In my view Is incomplete yet still. On March 23, 1973, “An Evening of the Absurd” opened on the stage of the Washburn University Theater, in Topeka, Kansas. Two one-acts were on the bill, both written … Continue reading Absurd Absurdity
The Profound Bartender 
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