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#ParrotSunday - Rainbow Lorikeets Posing

You May Not Believe In The Theory Of Everything; But, It Believes In You.

Here is a weekend head scratcher for you to ruminate about over the next couple of days. Richard Feynmann, musing about our tendency to divide the study of the world into compartments, such as physics, chemistry, cosmology, said that nature doesn't worry about categorizing scientific study. It LIVES the theory of everything. So, every scientific question about the world isn't able to be separated from the fact that every answer affects everything.

#PoetryFriday - Learning To See

ZOO

He watched the animals behind the fence.
They were oblivious to him;
they ate the grass
lay in the sun
slept in public.

He wandered from pen to pen
with the other animals like him
seeking enjoyment from watching another species
live its life
behind a fence.

They lived in the moment
while he and his fellow animals
lived wondering what the next moment would bring.

He recorded their images
posted them to Facebook
marveled at their beauty
and never considered whether
they knew or cared.

He grew tired of the walking
and wanted to rest
in the sun.

He found himself
longing for a life
behind the fence
that was actually free.

He wanted to live;
but, first, he had to learn to see.

Guess What, Gillette? Men Buy Your Products

Execupundit.com: Shaving Options. While I have been ill, it was a shock (not really) to discover another major brand that felt it necessary to pander to a group that thinks that traditional maleness is "toxic", and that wants there to be no difference between the genders. This is scientifically insane; but, more than that, dangerous. I really don't want to get into a flame war here; but, if you think that I am toxic because I am masculine, please go elsewhere for what you need. In the meantime, Gillette, men who used to buy your overpriced products will seek out alternatives elsewhere. Are there any marketing people on your Board of Directors? Why do I feel like I am living out a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged"? Jeez.

#MementoMori -

Before I go back to my sick bed, I leave you with this. Do you feel invincible today?

It Is But A Scratch

I have been doing my best Black Knight imitation this week, as I suffer in bed with a bad adenovirus infection. Those who have missed my blog posts, thanks for reaching out. However, when life gets you like this, it is a challenge to live up to Stoic prinicples. I control my reactions to what fate brings my way. Like the Black Knight, I cry out: "It is but a scratch!"

 

Wyze Cam | Is Your Home And Office Secure?

Wyze Cam | Cool Tools. Say what you want about the risks of security cameras that attach to the Internet. These inexpensive WiFi cameras from Wyze belong in every home and office. Cameras at my front doors alert me to any motion or activity; and, more than once, they have proven themselves invaluable. Now, for $30 you can get and install, a WiFi security camera wherever you like. I point them at the front and back doors, and at the parking lot at the office. Balance the risk versus the solution. Is your home and office secure?

#MondayWisdom - Walk Softly, And Carry A Big Spear

#ParrotSunday - Busch Gardens, Florida

 I shot these photos yesterday at Busch Gardens, Florida, where I first developed a love for parrots and photography, over 30 years ago. We have come a long way since I shot color slides that had to be developed in a darkroom.

Novels For Lawyers And Everybody Else

Execupundit.com: Novels for Leaders. Execupundit quotes the iconic novel by Joseph Heller, "Catch-22", and this paragraph:

“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.

"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”

 

Lawyers, and everyone, often recognize that Catch-22 applies to every endeavor in life. We are crazy if we attempt to live our lives by taking risks; but recognizing those risks makes us sane, which makes us available for control and manipulation by others, and thus eligible to be crazy. Which are you? Not that it matters to fate and death. They will happen whatever you do. Why not take the risks?