Trying to challenge myself and write some original songs instead of just doing covers, I’ve found that the lyrics come a lot easier than the music. Putting together some new and interesting musical chords or, heaven forbid, a melody? That’s hard. But I can rhyme all day.
So I thought it was funny when Keeley Jones, the soccer (aka “football”) team’s vivacious marketing honcho on Ted Lasso, said this on S1E3.
I’m cute, and I can rhyme my ass off. No wonder they want to destroy me.
Kudos to Keeley for that laugh and for giving me something a little lighter to post here today.
Back to your regularly scheduled philosophy quotes, tech sketches, artsy photos, and amateur ramblings later.
This series noted the one thing these leaders had in common: sure, they all had interesting ideas, but more importantly, they lived by their ideas. If they had just talked a lot, they would not have had the real-world impact that they had. Their actions were inspiring.
So if you want to be a pretty cool and impactful person, in whatever form that takes, then figure out what you stand for and live it.
I know, I know… that’s easier said than done.
But what else are you going to do that could be any better?
Besides, it’s fun to do stuff, and talking gets old.
The documentary STEVE (martin) tells the story of a really awkward, out-of-place aspiring comedian who wants to do something genuinely new but was initially failing badly.
It is cringe-worthy at times. What is this guy doing?
But Steve keeps relentlessly trying things, observing, and changing. It goes something like this (so far)…
Is there a future for me as a magician?
-> No, that looks like a dead end. Let’s try comedy.
Should I follow the classic comedy conventions like using “indicators” to signal when the punch line happened?
-> Nope. Let the awkward tensions build naturally and see what happens.
Should I open for other acts and perform for 1000 people who are there to see someone else?
-> Nope. This is getting me nowhere. I’d rather headline for 50 people who actually want to see me.
And finally, this long-haired comedian who looked he was “trying to be the Eagles” decided to change his whole look and attitude. I just like the clarity he finds.
I wasn’t making any waves, so l made a decision.
Instead of being at the tail end of an old movement, I’ll be at the front end of a new one.
And he follows it up with action.
And so l decided, “Okay, I’m putting on a suit, I’m putting on a tie and I’m cutting my hair.”
Instead of looking like a hippie from the ’60s, I’ll look like somebody new from the ’70s.
And of course kind of a punch line.
Or like someone from the future.
Someone from the future indeed. He was about to become the biggest comedian in the world.
In the depths of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Today I found myself looking right at this phenomenon in my little garden.
You see, this winter’s cold snap savagely killed almost all the plants . As a memorial, I left a sad, dead, spiky blackberry stalk sticking high out of the ground.
Now that dead stalk is getting overrun by new green growth. Blackberry sprouts are shooting up in other parts of the garden as well. The plant is even flowering, meaning fresh blackberries are on the way.
Life is resilient. 💪
Just don’t touch that dead stalk. That thing is not kidding around – ouch!
Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
Miyamoto Musashi
He must have been onto something. Yes, the world matters; everything matters. But don’t weigh yourself down personally with it. You are definitely not going to win a lot of sword fights if you do.
This description goes on to say that “After retiring from dueling, the swordsman turned to his community, mentoring students and sharing wisdom through his writing.”
Okay, I have a new hero ✔️ and a new retirement plan ✔️.
Mental Break Town 