I like this. Said by President Kennedy:
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
BOB
I was thinking about Bob one day a few years ago and the story of BOB popped into my head in verse. I quickly wrote it down and I kid you not, this is word for word the way it was dictated to my brain by.....what? I do not know. I am not a poet by nature, though I have written a few sonnets when the mood strikes about every decade or so. This is a guy I started dating about six months after my separation from my husband of 17 years. Yes, I openly dated this widowed guy (who had been my boss 20 years earlier but had no memory of me at all) while still married because I could not bring myself to visit another attorney who would tell me to forgetaboutit for various reasons, such as finance, danger to me, etc. After dating Bob for nearly a year, he drove me to an attorney and insisted that I proceed with what needed to be done. I did, it was quick and easy. But the very night of my divorce, Bob proposed. Read on:
Love is For Another Day
He saw in her a future wife
But that had been another life.
She left the first so she could grow
To a second union she must say no.
He begged and pleaded and ultimated
He wined and dined her til she was sated.
He said, promise me, maybe, in future years
When she refused, he was in tears.
She said, I can't promise, I may never
But let's stay lovers and friends forever.
Goodbye, he said, as he walked away
If you change your mind, call me
Then I will stay.
A few months later, as she enjoyed her life
She saw him walking with his brand new wife.
He did call again about a year later. He called me at work and said he needed to talk to me right away and could I meet him for lunch. No mention of his marriage. So I tried to bring the fact out in the open by saying I could not get away for lunch, how about dinner? No, he said, I can't do dinner but I need you to meet me for lunch. I said, no, sorry, I can't. He said, disgustedly, OK, be that way. Then he hung up.
I did finally remarry. I had wanted to be single for ten years. Before ten years was quite up, my new husband appeared. We lived together for awhile and when we married, I had been happily single for 10 years.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
We Are Protected From Ourselves
Thoughts From a Broad by maggie
In the early nineteen hundreds, Coca-cola contained cocaine. People loved it. It made them feel good. Sales soared and it became the most popular drink ever, besides booze, of course.
Nowadays, people are sent to prison for using cocaine or selling it.
When marijuana came along, people loved it. It made them feel good. It became increasingly popular. Soon it was outlawed.
People are sent to prison for using it or selling it or growing it.
Of course, the cat is out of the bag and people are still using these drugs for various reasons. Some medicinal. Some for sexual enhancement. Some to increase appetite. Some for the calmness and well-being that their lives lack. Some people say it helps them to cope with everyday problems. Some say it increases their mental alertness. Great writers have written great books while using these substances. Great artists have created great works of art, great song writers have written and sung the best music ever, while using these forbidden substances.
There have been years of study on these drugs. There has been great controversy. Is it harmless? Is it harmful? Is it addictive? Is it habit-forming? Just when we think we have all the answers, some new study will raise more questions. We do know one thing. Both these drugs are derived from plants. That is probably all we know for certain.
So what are the store shelves now filled with? Ginzing to enhance sexual experience. Maybe it does not say that on the bottle but that is a well-known expectation. We have St. John's Wort to calm you and help you to cope with everyday worries. Ginkgo Biloba to increase your mental alertness. It has also been heralded as a sexual enhancement.
These herbs are, of course, derived from plants. There has not been years of scientific study, at least in the US, on the effects of using these products. They are available with the vitamins at your nearest pharmacy. People love them. It makes them feel good.
Now, I am totally against doing illegal drugs. This is not to say that I don't think at least one of the drugs above really should be legal. Most likely, if this was 1902, I would be drinking four cokes a day. And if it was 1929, I would be enjoying a reefer. After all, it would not be illegal and everybody else would be doing it (much as they are today). Since no studies would have been done yet, I would not know any better. I might even think it enhances my sexual pleasure, calms me, helps me to cope with everyday worries, maybe even increases my mental awareness, who knows, because this is 2013 and I cannot partake.
My question is: if I take a daily dose of Ginzing and St. John's Wort or Ginkgo Biloba, am I, in fact, taking the illegal drug of the future? Well, I have heard that the Federal Government, who believes that marijuana is more dangerous than cocaine, is considering removing some dangerous substances from the market place, such as Vitamin D3 and Vitamin C among many others. Under their dogmatic protection, I think we will be OK, don't you?
In the early nineteen hundreds, Coca-cola contained cocaine. People loved it. It made them feel good. Sales soared and it became the most popular drink ever, besides booze, of course.
Nowadays, people are sent to prison for using cocaine or selling it.
When marijuana came along, people loved it. It made them feel good. It became increasingly popular. Soon it was outlawed.
People are sent to prison for using it or selling it or growing it.
Of course, the cat is out of the bag and people are still using these drugs for various reasons. Some medicinal. Some for sexual enhancement. Some to increase appetite. Some for the calmness and well-being that their lives lack. Some people say it helps them to cope with everyday problems. Some say it increases their mental alertness. Great writers have written great books while using these substances. Great artists have created great works of art, great song writers have written and sung the best music ever, while using these forbidden substances.
There have been years of study on these drugs. There has been great controversy. Is it harmless? Is it harmful? Is it addictive? Is it habit-forming? Just when we think we have all the answers, some new study will raise more questions. We do know one thing. Both these drugs are derived from plants. That is probably all we know for certain.
So what are the store shelves now filled with? Ginzing to enhance sexual experience. Maybe it does not say that on the bottle but that is a well-known expectation. We have St. John's Wort to calm you and help you to cope with everyday worries. Ginkgo Biloba to increase your mental alertness. It has also been heralded as a sexual enhancement.
These herbs are, of course, derived from plants. There has not been years of scientific study, at least in the US, on the effects of using these products. They are available with the vitamins at your nearest pharmacy. People love them. It makes them feel good.
Now, I am totally against doing illegal drugs. This is not to say that I don't think at least one of the drugs above really should be legal. Most likely, if this was 1902, I would be drinking four cokes a day. And if it was 1929, I would be enjoying a reefer. After all, it would not be illegal and everybody else would be doing it (much as they are today). Since no studies would have been done yet, I would not know any better. I might even think it enhances my sexual pleasure, calms me, helps me to cope with everyday worries, maybe even increases my mental awareness, who knows, because this is 2013 and I cannot partake.
My question is: if I take a daily dose of Ginzing and St. John's Wort or Ginkgo Biloba, am I, in fact, taking the illegal drug of the future? Well, I have heard that the Federal Government, who believes that marijuana is more dangerous than cocaine, is considering removing some dangerous substances from the market place, such as Vitamin D3 and Vitamin C among many others. Under their dogmatic protection, I think we will be OK, don't you?
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