may14 in idea barrages

1.) This morning, driving to a medical appt in Herkimer I reflexively turned left on 5S toward Ft. Plain instead and had to turn around in some farmer’s driveway, shows you I’m getting into the groove of the new jobs.

2.) Dear facebook ad, if your ketchup tastes weird, I don’t care if it’s thicker, it’s weird tasting thick which counts for vanishingly little on the palate. It’s like “we’re going to kill you with the world’s most historic guillotine”. No thanks.

3.) Other than understanding how much money is on the table, athletes should probably retire two seasons too early, before the legacy of how great they once were is ruined by the memory of what they looked like when they couldn’t let go.

4.) If it’s not on the page, if it’s not in the frame, it doesn’t exist. Don’t let your enjoyment be ruined by the bonus features or interviews. Once they release it, they’ve released it. You paid for the right to decide what to believe beyond those borders.

5.) Interesting thing is, they were wrong. The older I get, the LESS cynical I get. I get more pragmatic, sure, but my cynicism fades in equal measure to my ideals becoming more focused on the now and near-future. Were the sages lying to us or just to themselves?

6.) There is no good or evil, of course there isn’t, just shades toward love and shades toward fear, sharing a perpendicular axis with order and anarchy. The more I navigate this weird crazy life, the less I worry about anarchy or order and set my compass toward the true north of love.

7.) Before you say “everyone shouldn’t be so offended!” genuinely ask yourself “or am I just being a dick?” first.

8.) I can appreciate intentional camp but, frankly, the accidental glory of kitsch is what really makes my heart sing. Camp is a lovely slight of hand trick, kitsch is more like a genuine crappy miracle.

9.) Bitten by a radioactive Morrissey, he became The Indelible Sulk. You won’t like him when he’s angry but, I mean, you won’t like the whiny little jerk however he’s feeling.