Sub-Tenants
There are many interesting things that can happen when cleaning out your family's garage in search of a large box of boardgames (and many smaller boxes of Lego). These interesting occurrences lead to interesting stories to share with the rest of the world at large. However, it is truly debatable whether or not I really like reflecting upon the fact that as I picked up an old golf bag, three small mice leapt out and nearly ran right up my pants.
But at least now Mel & I have commandeered many a board game, and all of the Lego. Which no one else can really argue about, since the Lego was all mine to begin with, and the board games were just sitting in their boxes gathering dust and waiting until the mice showed up to nibble on them.
Today's Lesson: rediscovering old childhood toys has this tendency to make you revert back to a kid for a moment or two whilst you reminisce.
posted by Phillip at 5:37 AM
Give Porn A Chance?
(or, just a thinly-veiled excuse to hurt peoples' minds)
It's little bits of nowhere like this that will surely tarnish whatever shreds of credibility I ever have left for as long as I shall live. I could become a rich philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to charities and hospitals, and in the end during my eulogy people will remember me like this: "hey, wasn't he the guy who asked us to give porn a chance in one of his blogs?"
Let me add a disclaimer here: I'm not asking any of you support, indulge in or plan to make porn. If you want to, it's your choice; don't let me stop you, and please don't tell me (no really...please don't tell me. I don't need mental images like that). My argument is that amongst the many weapons we find out there in the world, porn is an astonishingly powerful and overlooked one. It's quite possible to stop an entire revolution by blanketting the area with Penthouse magazines instead of smart bombs. Consider how the porn market generates incredible revenue, no matter how badly-made it is. Consider that people pay considerable dollars to acquire it. Consider that in some circles, porn is a form of currency. Consider, when you get right down to it (pardon the phrasing), sex sells, period.
If only we could find a way to use the immense power of porn for good! There are so many untapped resources out there in the porniverse that an entrepeneur could (again, pardon the phrasing) harness for the betterment of humanity! Although...I have absolutely no idea just how the hell anyone could pull it off with these:
Furniture Porn:
http://www.furnitureporn.com
Puppet Porn:
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev275.html
Evangelical Puppet Porn:
http://www.xxxchurch.com/patrol/commercial.asp
Might Morphin Power Porn:
http://www.fightingperverts.com/home.html
"I Can't Believe It's Not Porn!":
http://www.machall.com/april/
Today's Lesson: never underestimate the power of links sent to you by friends over the years. That, and you should have learned by now that whenever I make a post like this, it's only going to hurt your brain. (In which case: mission accomplished!)
However, I will leave you with this article, just to balance things out:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/25/CMGF77DFT31.DTL
posted by Phillip at 6:05 AM
Blog to the Future II
Every now and again I'm struck by how I reflect back upon the life I've led and subsequently find at least one regret coupled with every experience. It's somewhat disheartening to know that we categorize almost everything we've ever learned, said or done in terms of "good/bad". There's the "I loved that!", followed closely by, "but if only..."
If only I'd taken that left instead of a right. If only I'd gotten that job. If only I'd seen that sign sooner. If only I hadn't spent all my money on that stupid video. If only I hadn't eaten that extra large chili-cheese dog with extra onions and sour cream late last night. (Buuuuuurp...)
I wonder how many things in life I'd go back & change if given half the chance, and how much life itself would be changed by these changes. I also wonder if I'd be happy with this new, apparently perfect life. I wonder if the only perfect world for me would (antithetically) be an imperfect one. And right now I'm starting to wonder if I need to take the dog out, given how Shady is dancing up and down on one leg in front of our door.
Upon rereading this, I'm not sure if this little bit of nowhere is a quirky entry, or a beleagured one. Maybe it's a bit of both, where you're thinking to yourself, "It's good, but if only...." But in the end, that's the way life itself is: you're stuck with a little of Column A, a little of Column B, and if you're a computer geek, a fair bit of Column C++.
Today's Pep Talk (or alternately, Today's Moment of Genghis Khan Wisdom): take what you can today, and then make a point of taking the rest tomorrow.
posted by Phillip at 6:27 AM
