"If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball." Phil Jackson Mr. Jordan Plays Baseball In 1991, the Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship featuring eight year veteran Michael Jordan. Then they won two more. Winning three championships in a row is a rare feat, especially with a 82 game regular … Continue reading Mr. Jordan Plays Baseball
Writers and the Comment Section
"The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it." Mark Twain Writers and the Comment Section We here at the Profound Bartender love it when friends and family drop a snarky comment. It is part of the process of posting blogs. However, we wonder what it would have been like if famous writers … Continue reading Writers and the Comment Section
Buh Bye 2017, Howdy 2018
“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
The History of Modern Art
"I look out the chair while eating my pillow. I open the wall, I walk with my ears. I have ten eyes to walk with and two fingers to look with. I put my head on the floor to sit down, I put my bottom on the ceiling. After eating the music box, I spread … Continue reading The History of Modern Art
How To Kill Time
"It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. Jack Benny How To Kill Time Robert Benchley had a great career. You have to sift through all that IMDBness to find that his How to Sleep won an Academy Award which went to his producer. It is a bit of a shame since … Continue reading How To Kill Time
Christmas Morn, Mourn, and More’n
“One cannot imagine a world in which there is nothing but language and speech, but one can imagine a world where there is nothing but silence.’ ~Max Picard, The World of Silence, p. 17 It’s early Christmas morn. Silence. Dark throughout the house. Outside the slow crunch of four tires atop the fresh, soft, white … Continue reading Christmas Morn, Mourn, and More’n
The Family Blog
"It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you." Roald Dahl The Family Blog Here at the Profound Bartender, blogging with my brother is a lot of fun. It takes a certain conceit to put yourself out there and write, well, anything! Anyone who comes along might … Continue reading The Family Blog
Serious as Susan Sontag
"Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while." Ambrose Bierce Serious as Susan Sontag Living the profound life is serious business. It comes from a respect for the world around us. Respect for the craft, the lyric, the music, the food, the words, the painting, the conversation. Respect to give weight to … Continue reading Serious as Susan Sontag
Hey Profound Bartender
“Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze.” ~Fr. David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness, 1999, p. 48 -Sir? Sir? Are you the one they call Mikey? I understand the other … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender
Hey Profound Bartender
“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” ~John Muir (1988), John Muir in his own words: a book of quotations, p. 73 -Hey Mikey, I was walkin’ my pups the othuh day and – I’m not kiddin’ you … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender
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