It was one of those dreams that morphs unexpectedly. I was showing someone a photograph of family at a birthday celebration long ago. In identifying the people in the photograph, suddenly I could not remember the name of a family member (an in-law, happily). Searching my mind for the name (Betsy), my mind wanted to start the name with an "R." Of course, Betsy was listening (in the dream) and immediately demanded to know of my brother, "Whose name started with R that we should think of her first?" Then the dream started to get really weird, because then everybody in the photograph started changing -- new faces, new identities, new time frame. Trying to figure out this change, I found it was simply easier to wake up!
Anyhow, the old picture suggested to me the title of this piece. A picture of family so long ago that infants and toddlers in the picture are now college students, and the puppy in the picture (who was actually fully adult in the real time frame of the picture!) is long dead and only a memory for those of us that knew him and were fond of him. It seems like yesterday! What is the nature of this duality of time - that events long ago can seem so recent, but yesterday's lunch seems so long past it is only faintly remembered if it is remembered at all?
And why am I suddenly so old, when I have not yet begun to accomplish my dreams?
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
It's Greek to me
Wasn't it Socrates who said that the unexamined life is not worth living? And who was it that replied that an unlived life is not worth examining?
Does that mean a half-lived life is only worth a half-assed examination? It's so confusing!
Speaking of halfwits, Clinton's "Assault Weapons Ban" expired. A meaningless law, based on a meaningless descriptive phrase, which had no effect on crime. But it was not totally ineffective - it has finally hurt . . . wait for it . . . drum roll, please . . . the United States Army! Yup. Seems the troops fighting overseas can't get replacement large capacity magazines for their military, government-issued weapons. They were banned for the civilian market, and the military market just wasn't big enough to tool up a production line, so nobody is making the things. So sorry, General. Your Beretta 92 is just too damn dangerous with more than 10 shots in it. So, instead of carrying ten 15-shot magazines, you'll just have to lug around fifteen 10-shot magazines. Yes, it's heavier, but oh so much safer that way!
Unfortunately, balancing the good news of the expiration of that ban is news from the left coast of a brand new ban. The antis have been telling us for years that the criminals gun of choice is the inexpensive "Saturday night special." Now, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a bill banning .50 BMG caliber weapons. Some argued that only criminals could afford them. . .
Does that mean a half-lived life is only worth a half-assed examination? It's so confusing!
Speaking of halfwits, Clinton's "Assault Weapons Ban" expired. A meaningless law, based on a meaningless descriptive phrase, which had no effect on crime. But it was not totally ineffective - it has finally hurt . . . wait for it . . . drum roll, please . . . the United States Army! Yup. Seems the troops fighting overseas can't get replacement large capacity magazines for their military, government-issued weapons. They were banned for the civilian market, and the military market just wasn't big enough to tool up a production line, so nobody is making the things. So sorry, General. Your Beretta 92 is just too damn dangerous with more than 10 shots in it. So, instead of carrying ten 15-shot magazines, you'll just have to lug around fifteen 10-shot magazines. Yes, it's heavier, but oh so much safer that way!
Unfortunately, balancing the good news of the expiration of that ban is news from the left coast of a brand new ban. The antis have been telling us for years that the criminals gun of choice is the inexpensive "Saturday night special." Now, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a bill banning .50 BMG caliber weapons. Some argued that only criminals could afford them. . .
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Set the mood
So, how did we come to the point of selecting a President on the basis of choosing the lesser of two evils?
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