Religion...

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion"

-Steven Weinberg

Cereal

When someone shits in your cereal, it is best to find a new place to eat.

Falling in Love? Maybe its like climbing

Falling in love is such an odd phrase. Like you trip and fall in a mud puddle, but it turns out to actually be a puddle of love? Then you get to just roll around in it and frolic? I guess all is well until the sun hits, your puddle evaporates and you are left covered in a dried crust of old love. No, that doesn't seem right at all.

Maybe getting into love is more like climbing a mountain; rigorous, full of thrills, exhilarating, and with an amazing plateau with a clear stream at the top where you can relax frolic and enjoy the view. All is well, until somene gets annoyed at all your basking and frolicking and pushes you off the back side of the mountain. Now here is the worst part: the back side of the mountain is all jagged rocks, dog poop and thorn bushes. And, you want so bad to be back in love and on top of that mountain, you will grab and grasp and frail around trying to get any chance to climb back up. but man, there is no climbing up the back of the mountain, and all the extra resistance to the fall you exert just makes the damage worse, scraping you up and covering you in poop. The best bet almost is to just go with it, jump away from the mountain and embrace your free fall, and then perhaps you can climb up ther front side of the mountain; or even better, find a better place where some Barely Intelligent Terribly Cold Human doesn't try to push you off the back of the damn mountain

World of Shit

I wrote this in January. I feel compelled to repost it, because it is the kind of thing that can really brighten your day:

From time to time in this hectic world as you try to live your life, you will find yourself in a massive shit storm. Just be happy you have your vaccinations. And on the bright side, shit makes for excellent fertilizer, so when it is over, your grass will indeed be greener.

The Road Map of life

When you are in grade school, your life is simple: have fun, make friends, get your homework done; The Goal: make it to High school.

High school is simple as well: get good grades, do well on the SAT, graduate; The Goal: into a good college.

College also, not too complex: Make friends, party, pass your tests, pick a major, find some internships, go on road trips, scrounge for cash, have the time of your life; The Goal: Graduate. Graduate. Commencement. Move on.

and then? Get a job? Find a career to pursue for the rest of your life? Find a husband or wife? Settle down? Have a family? Buy a house? Pay your bills? invest? travel? try to do something big with your life before you feel like you are old and didn't accomplish anything? The Goal: ... Happiness? save the world? make money?

Perhaps there is a business opportunity to sell road maps for life after college...