“I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.” ~Johann Gottlieb Fichte*
*Philosopher, 1762-1814
Lie Is A Lie
“But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.”
~ Immanuel Kant
You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am. ~Immanuel Kant
Three Things
“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes”
~ Immanuel Kant
“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre
For What Its Worth
So today, I did a load of laundry. Just one of many of life’s rituals.
Bleak Midwinter
“In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.”
~ Christina Rossetti, Poet 1830-1894
“How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?” ~ Rene Descartes
Good Books
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”
~ Rene Descartes
“If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?” ~Steven Wright
Six Words
Plodding along like an old ox.
The Coffee Shop
“…Seattle has unleashed this weird phenomenon on the world called the coffee shop. And the coffee shop, thanks to Starbucks, is the place where socially isolated, lonely, needy people gather together to ignore one another.”
~ Mark Driscoll
Houston Coffee House Scene
“Lightnin’ Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up. Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form – the blues.”
~ Billy Gibbons
Cup Of Coffee
“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”
~ Richard Brautigan
Six Words
No coffee. No reason staying awake.
Second Covid-19 Vaccine Shot
I got my second Pfizer vaccine shot today. So, in about two weeks, I should be 95% protected. Still will be wearing the mask, and it looks like its going to be a while, before that becomes history. Now to wake up with a sore arm in the morning, along above average glucose (sugar) readings. This time I know what to expect, as far the sugar, and other minor stuff that may happen.
Propaganda And Education
“The only difference between ‘propaganda’ and ‘education,’ really, is in the point of view. The advocacy of what we believe in is education. The advocacy of what we don’t believe in is propaganda.”
~ Edward Bernays
Karma
“Karma, ahhh. We sow what we reap… We reap what we sow! We reap what we sow. The law of cause and effect. And we are all under this law.”
~ Nina Hagen
Vindictive People
“There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.”
~ Sylvester Stallone
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” ~Lloyd Alexander
More Snow
Sunday, we got quite a bit of snow. Tuesday, more snow is on the way. Possible 3-5 inches is on tap. Hopefully, I’ll get a walk or two in, as I do like walking in it, as long as it is not windy and blowing in my face. That makes it a miserable time… well I shall see what tomorrow brings.
To Find Reality
“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.”
~ Iris Murdoch
Three Words
normal is passe
That Was Real
Took a walk in earlier in the day. It was quite a slog navigating the snow covered sidewalks, hoping I wouldn’t come across any unexpected ice. Lady luck was with me, as I didn’t have any problems. The walking did wear me out a bit, as when I got back home, I was dragging my ass.
For the rest of the day, will kick back and relax, resume the walking come Monday.
Six Words Redux
Late Sunday morning. Snowflakes descending gracefully.
Six Words
Power naps. Recharges the low batteries.
Six Word Sunday
Snow, wind, ice. A perfect trifecta.
“The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.” ~e. e. cummings
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~John Steinbeck
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” ~Anne Bradstreet
Chocolate Milk
I learned about stress management from my kids. Every night after work, I drink some chocolate milk, eat sugary cereal straight from the box, then run around the house in my underwear screaming like a monkey.
~ Randy Glasbergen
I didn’t discover curves, I only uncovered them. ~Mae West
Afternoon Naps
“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”
~ Barbara Jordan
Four Basic Food Groups
There are four basic food groups: plain chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate.
~ Jill Shalvis
Speed Of Light
If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
~ Steven Wright
Six Word Saturday
Brain freeze. Brain cramp. Warped mind.
Six Words
Think freely. Speak freely. Live freely.
The Seasons
“January cold and desolate;
February dripping wet;
March wind ranges;
April changes;
Birds sing in tune
To flowers of May,
And sunny June
Brings longest day;
In scorched July
The storm-clouds fly,
Lightning-torn;
August bears corn,
September fruit;
In rough October
Earth must disrobe her;
Stars fall and shoot
In keen November;
And night is long
And cold is strong
In bleak December.”
~ Christina Rossetti
Free Will
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Six Words
Eat, drink, and sleep. Repetitive rituals.
Pain And Suffering
“Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.”
~ Simone Weil
Unpredictable Things
“The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.”
~ Paul Auster
After The Storm Night Photo

After The Storm



Got more snow than what we were supposed to get.
“Who lies for you will lie against you.” ~ John Locke
Speak Your Mind
“I’d turn off the internet for a month and make us actually talk to each other, and be responsible for your opinions and not be able to hide behind the anonymity of the cyber-wall to speak your mind. To actually have to face people and see their reactions and discuss it – actually discuss it. It won’t happen. Unless the grid goes down.”
~ John Larroquette
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” ~Abraham Lincoln
Six Words
Its February. Its snowing. Its wonderful.
“February dawn — frost on the path Where I paced all winter.” ~ Jack Kerouac
February
“While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch.”
~ Patience Strong
Tired Of Waiting
“I’m so tired of waiting, aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?”
~ Langston Hughes
Six Words Sunday
Soon, better days are coming. Maybe.
Oh Yeah
Today is one of those days, that I can’t seem to get myself motivated to do anything. Maybe its good thing, and let the idle body’s batteries recharge, then I will be good to go.
Cell Phones
“Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else’s.”
~ Joe Bob Briggs, Film critic
Six Words
Mug of hot coffee. All good.
Three Phobias
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
~ Tallulah Bankhead
Six Word Saturday
Cold. Not record cold. Just cold!
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” ~Al Neuharth
For What Its Worth
What is the big deal with putting ketchup on scrambled eggs? I’ll admit that I will put it on. It all depends on how much I really want ketchup or not. But, I do love black pepper on my eggs.
“Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.” ~Anton Chekhov
Six Words
The wind tells a unique tale.
“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.” ~Robert Frost
Promises To Keep
“But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
~ Robert Frost
“I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.” ~ Sara Teasdale
Six Word Story
Kicking back. Relaxed. Long day, done.
Body And Mind
Walking helps control my glucose levels, bodyweight and clears out the head. With that said, I feel good about my body and mind.
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” ~Jeffrey Eugenides
For What Its Worth
Everyday is a new day, and different from yesterday. Tomorrow will be different than today.
“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” ~Anatole France
Six Words
Read a book. Nourishing mind food.
Philosophy is common sense with big words. ~James Madison
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~Soren Kierkegaard
Six Word Story
Gazing into space. Contemplating what if.
Watch Your Thoughts
“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.”
~ Laozi
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle
For What its Worth
President Joe Biden wears a $10,000 Rolex watch. Some people on the right are making a big deal of it. Me personally, I really don’t give a fuck what he wears. Give me a break.
Six Word Sunday
Another gusty windy day. Oh my.
Philosophical Animal
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.”
~ Theophile Gautier
Philosophical Questions
“Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding of what we know.”
~ Susanne Katherina Langer
Winter
Windy and cold
Wind chill factors
Its January
Its winter
This is what its all about
Six Word Saturday
The canary is tweeting his songs.
Fact And Opinion
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
~ Marcus Aurelius
There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles. ~Stephen Covey
Six Word Story
Its 4:24 PM, all is good.
“However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.” ~ George Orwell
“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” ~ Albert Camus
Four Years
The day has finally arrived. Four years of clownish, inept, buffoonery, hell, has come to a close. At 12:00 noon, January 20, 2021 will be the beginning of a new, saner and hopefully get things done, president.
Counting Down The Days
Zip, zero, nada, nil, the big O days left. Done, finished, the end.
“Don’t force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.” ~ Plato
Six Word Story
Change is good, replied the cashier.
For What Its Worth
Four years of whatever you want to call it, soon will be just a distant memory. History will not treat it kindly.
Counting Down The Days
One day and/or 24 hours to go. Then it will be the day we’ve been anticipating for, January 20, 2021.
Six Words
1/20/2021. The end is in sight.
Counting Down The Days
2 yup 2 days left till January 20
Six Word Story
Did you hear? No I didn’t.
Reality Is
“Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it”
~ Edgar Allan Poe
For What Its Worth
Yesterday was the old norm.
Today, the new one.
Tomorrow?
Six Word Story
Slip, sliding, spinning on the ice.
Counting Down The Days
3 days till January 20