"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:
Friday, December 09, 2005
Only in Hopewell
I can just hear the conversation now.
"Hey Honey, didja put out the Chrissmas Decorashuns?"
"Yep."
"Didja put out the inflatable toy soldier?"
"Yep, right by the kitchen air conditioner."
"Didja put out the inflatable Snow Bear thing?"
"Yep, right outside the dining room so the company can see him."
"Didja put out the 12 foot inflatable Santa Claus?"
"Yep, and chained him to the tree by the street."
"Didja put that string of lights on the chair in the front yard?"
"Yep, plugged in and all lit up."
"Didja put out the Chrissmas motercycle?"
"Yep, all shiney and blue."
(Note: the motorcycle isn't just parked there, I really think it IS part of the display since it hasn't moved in two weeks.)
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And You Thought U.S. Courts Were Bad When he was 9 years old, Carl Murphy, was trespassing at a warehouse near Liverpool, England, and fell through the roof of the building. He fell 40 feet and suffered a massive skull fracture. Four years ago, the Murphy family sued the building’s owner, claiming that if the site had a better security fence to keep him out, he wouldn’t have been injured. The court bought it: he was awarded 567,000 pounds (US$1.06 million), and got the payout the day he turned 18. “After all I’ve been through, I feel I really deserve this money,” Murphy says. “The papers just call me a yob and a thug because I’ve been done for robbery and assault but those were just silly stupid little things, like.” He plans to spend his cash on a “flash car” and “a big house so I have a place to live with me mum when she gets out of jail.” (London Telegraph, London Times) ...Tip to Murphy’s new neighbors: install a good security fence — around his house. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
