random observations

stuff I see and think at any given time.

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Something’s got to give

The woman down the street had a restraining order on her husband until last week when she took him back.  He beat her the next day, but she loves him for better or for worse.  A couple in the next town are swingers and like to swap spouses at their home about once per month.  Another couple downtown had their kids taken away for dealing drugs from their home.  A famous radio personality has been divorced six times.  A GOP presidential candidate cheated on two previous wives and left them when they were gravely ill.  I’m ok with all of that.  It’s their business—not mine.

However, I just found out that a friend of a friend wants to marry her monogamous girlfriend of 27 years.  That crosses the line.  If that happens, my parents’ marriage will be a shambles.

Division of Independence

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life.”

Interesting thing about gas: It’s good to get it at the dentist; not so much at a restaurant. ~  Jim’s Hump Day Philosophy
It’s true the early bird catches the worm, but today, I don’t feel like worms for breakfast. ~ Jim’s Hump Day Philosophy
What is the purpose of a newspaper?
By Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com
Reuters blog­ger Felix Salmon recent­ly wrote about what he saw as a hypo­thet­i­cal busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ty for the cash-strapped New York Times: name­ly, sell­ing early access to news scoops like the paper’s expose on Wal­mart. The idea…

Newspapers need to evolve with the times but at what cost?

What is the purpose of a newspaper?
By Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com

Reuters blog­ger Felix Salmon recent­ly wrote about what he saw as a hypo­thet­i­cal busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ty for the cash-strapped New York Times: name­ly, sell­ing early access to news scoops like the paper’s expose on Wal­mart. The idea…

Newspapers need to evolve with the times but at what cost?

Hello again…

I’ve gotten away from writing here and I really need to get back.  Life has a way of getting in the way of all the things I want to do.  Plus, new things come in and start to take over.  For instance, I’ve started posting “jim’s hump day philosophy” on my facebook status every Wednesday (ok, almost every Wednesday) and I really should be posting it here.

So, from now on, “Jim’s Hump Day Philosophy” will become a regular feature in the resurrection of random observations which I have allowed to lay fallow for too long.

In addition, I will be adding other regular, weekly, monthly or seasonal features to give you the reader something to follow and expect.  I promise to do my best at keeping up.

I guess this means I’m back.

Hello, everybody!

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
Stand up for Trayvon Martin….
Stand up for justice.

Stand up for Trayvon Martin….

Stand up for justice.

On seasons and bullies

We can not know
What we don’t know.
That’s how it has to be.

Like sleeps that break
When we do wake,
To see what we can see.

The same is true
When we are blue
But dark will turn to day.

As Winter ends,
My dear good friends,
The Spring will show the way.

So do not frown
Or stumble down
In bolted iron fetter.

When time goes passed,
You’ll see quite fast,
It really does get better.

If you repeat a lie, don’t go pointing your finger at the source. You’re a liar, too.