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Gender: female Member Since: June 30, 2006 Last Signed In: November 19, 2009 Profile Views: 9265 Blog Views: 29729 Jagels Retires The Womans Conference~ 2009 Men Who Stare At Goats Birthday A Counterpoint To The Race Card: Acknowledgement and Healing Chaos:Remember to say I love you. Hubble New Images~ Beautiful ! Western End of Station Fire Under Control Death Panels are Real: So is Everything Else (hummor) What makes a Nazi a Nazi ? July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 "Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats." Diane Arbus My life seems to operate sideways~ backwards almost~ and I have come to see thats right for me. A rain of snakes,disruption that cause's growth ,the world split in two.Everyone has there own path,mine has been one of thought,mostly of things folks today seem to disregard. Truth, personal integrity,politeness,...not all eschew these things.For me its been the easiest way to be~ any other way leads me to more trouble..and a sense of humor,above all about myself. Laughter keeps a person sane,and I enjoy seeing the coyote in myself~ the eternal trickster 
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A not so shiny new:2008 the Year of the Rat
This should be a post about the coming New Year, full of optimistic words, a shedding of the old for the bright shiny new. Look else where for that. Perhaps it is just me~ the 10 Th of December the death of my son Kelsey, the 13 of April my son, Christopher’s death ~ has only been three years or three thousand? The world around me plummets into darkness; there is only bad news it seems. Death and madness stalk those close to me and those far away.
Our world is drowning in our refuse, and nature is something we go “visit”. Any hope of good is snuffed out as quickly as it arises… people are stupider than ever it seems. Nations are headed by lunatics, who care only for money and power. We buy our leaders here at home as much as they buy the offices they seek. We call each other terrible things, cannot agree on the most simple of ideas, and cannot for a second imagine what the “other” is thinking or feeling. I want to shake off this feeling as a dog does the water clinging to its fur. I do not want to honor my despair; I do not want to feel how I feel. I want to be other than what I am. However, I cannot escape me, so instead of a shiny new Monday, New Year post~ this is what you, my put upon reader, must be served. In doing so, in honoring the despair I feel for myself, my country, my world, just maybe I can shed it. So Bah Humbug! Grumble, whine and general badmouthing all the way around. Well that helped a little. Here is what helped a lot. A poll in Michigan asked respondents if they believed Peace on Earth could be achieved. A whopping 33% responded positively, another 49% said no way. That leaves some 18% (forget the margin of error folks this is too important!) out there undecided. Some 18% that could be swayed to join the 33% that are my kin. That would result in a 51% majority that believe Peace is possible. That would make a very Happy New Year indeed. In the words of John Lennon, Imagine. 16 comments from 7 users
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posted by
randomfactor
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:19 AM
Imagine there's no heaven . I'm afraid that's what it will take. Happy New Year, Sage. posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Happy New Year RF. I am afraid your right.
posted by
witbee
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:23 AM
I don't know how to respond, but since you are a girl, I assume you don't rally want anyone to. ;) Politicians have always been for sale. As long as there have been cities, there have been treks to reach nature. People used to pile their refuse in the backyard and burn it. My best friend has always been a hair away from being "that a-hole over there." My ideas have never been as good as my ideas. Hope comes and goes. World peace has not been achieved since Cain and Abel. So what is different about this year than any other year? I suggest you read Ecclesiastes 1 and 2, maybe 3 just for fun. posted by
randomfactor
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:27 AM
Or in words of the Principia:
posted by
NancyII
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:49 AM
Witbee, thank you for putting things into perspective. Sage's personal losses acknowledged, the world has always been full of gloom and doom. My guess is the years that millions of Jews and others were killed were killed in ovens stood out to be a very bad time in history. Worse even than now. I know it's a cliche but if we only look at the glass as half empty, we will never have hope. Never dream. Never be happy. "I reckon folks are about as happy as they want to be." Lincoln. He suffered (so history says) from melancholy and even he understood that philosophy. I choose not to be melancholy and without hope. posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:49 AM
witbe~ responding is up to the reader,but I do enjoy responses..maybe because I am a woman? ;-) I like Ecclesiastes,it is about as uplifting as I can deal with right about now. There is much wisdom in RF's quotation also. This minute this one leapt into my mind: "Think that you are not yet begotten,think that you are in the womb,,that you are young,that you are old,that you are dead,that you are in the world beyond grace,grasp all that in your thoughts at once,all times and places...."Hermetica Here Now posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:54 AM
Nancy~ very true,thats what the last part of my post represents to me..my philosophy is just that there is a glass,it has water in it...some times happy sometimes sad,but I must be true to the water. And that there is a spring where fresh water always bubbles up,ready for the taking.
posted by
robbwillis
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:56 AM
If you're already a cynical pessimist, anything good that happens is a nice surprise!
posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 09:58 AM
...and that was a nice surprise Robb~Happy New Year!
posted by
randomfactor
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Only to the *AMATEUR* cynical pessimists. Us pros realize that, in the words of the immortal Murphy of Murphy's
posted by
NancyII
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Ahhhh cynicism, thy name is RandomRobb. :-)
posted by
randomfactor
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Cynicism is my sole religion--but I'm sure the minister's going to be caught sleeping with my spouses. . Spam code THPPU, which I'm going to save for future "raspberry moments." posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:12 AM
ROFLOL~ RF you crack me up!
posted by
Lingtaowoo
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:12 AM
Hey..gotta go..I wish EVERYONE..health--wealth--happiness HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL---Love Ya All Lingtaowoo posted by
sagefever
on Dec 31, 2007 at 10:14 AM
You too Ling! To us all a very good new year!
posted by
johnburnssucks
on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Cynicism is realism.
Speaking of rats...
...Biggy Rat and Itchy Brother, two of my childhood idols.
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