"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Saturday, April 03, 2004
OK folks, fold yer gowns and grab yer crowns its time for this blogs Blogger Idol Week 11 Top Picks!
This week's competition was strong and the cats were out fighting with all they were worth. As the dust settles, here are the entries that impressed me:
Skywalking - what do I look for in a friend...a metaphorHey, I'm a sucker for metaphors, particularly when they border so closely on "parable" as this one does. I'm not likely to forget this picture.
Rasita - Why, oh why, did you enter this pageant?This one kind of left me with a feeling of wanting to read it over and over so I would make sure I got the point, and each time I was able to find a new meaning. Intentional? I dunno, but I liked it!
Kristal - let me tell you about my family!How cool is it when a description of your family is so neat that it makes me call my wife into the room and then email the page to my daughter? Cool enough to get in the top five, obviously!
silent tribute - You're joking, right?Wonderful entry, and a must read if you are a young and handsome unattached computer geek anywhere within a 20 hour drive of Quebec. And if you scroll down to the previous day's entry, you'll see her in the swimsuit comp... OW! Darling, why did you just kick me? You don't like me looking at what? Uh, forget I said that.
HR LADY - Princess Diana...Mother Theresa... In the list for the plain and simple fact that I totally completely agree with what she said, and loved the passion with which she said it.
There, that's that then for this time. (Read that three times fast without spitting!)
Face the Music III While performing in a musical in a community theater, Jay Meisenhelder “fell in love” with a fellow actress. She is 16. “I’m 53 years old, and believe me, I know what love is,” he wrote her in an email. “I love you as I have only loved two other women in my life.” He also met the girl for a candle-lit music session. When his boss found out about the email, apparently sent from work, and the meeting, Meisenhelder was fired from his job — as the Marion County, Ind., deputy prosecutor and assistant chief of the sex crimes division. Meisenhelder, who is married, insists “nothing I did was illegal.” His lawyer agrees: Meisenhelder was just “expressing a fantasy,” attorney Roberta Ross says. “What they essentially chose to do was take an excellent eight-year employee who lived and breathed and loved his job and dramatically overreacted.” (Indianapolis Star) ...Yes, well, his breathing just got too heavy for the public to stomach. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
