The classics are full of heroic gestures. Fruitless efforts, but part of the character of anyone who would be remembered forever. King Canute ordering the waves to cease. Don Quixote (Kee-ho-tay, not Quicks-ott) tilting at windmills. Sisyphus rolling rocks uphill. And my personal favourite; the man with the leafblower. A warrior against countless enemies.
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Two stories out of the news this evening have rattled my reassured view that there are laws that protect me. In spite of all we do to improve things, the double standard is alive and well. Teach your children what you will; society has two classes. Those who say and those who do. Wait – in these two cases they’re identical.
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Perhaps I have spent too many hours with a camera. Note: camera, not movie camera. I see things “one step at a time”. Well, actually, one step. The idea of producing a movie of any sort leaves me bewildered. So, before we go any further, I’m calling dibs on managing the new movie guy at our house.
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I’m an amateur in the kitchen. The preparation of daily meals, done under the pressure of watching hungry eyes doesn’t lead to experimenting. A failure costs too much in terms of takeout menus to replace the meal that wasn’t delivered in a timely fashion. But, I am intrigued by “new cuisine” as opposed to “old”; my cookbooks fit the tastes of my family and rarely try new directions.
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My family is in love with video via the Internet. Google Video, YouTube, anything that shows a moving image of life somewhere else. The number of people that believe their dog can talk is boggling. The people that were blown the length of a beach and into the water by the exhaust from a jet plane were food for puzzlement. The sheer stupidity shown by the collective cast of the Jackass Generation is on public display.
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