This past “Holiday Season” has been a hallmark in Abbott history. One look at that Christmas “Tree” and you know that Xmas is over for the Abbotts. Last year was the year we officially became Bahhumbuggers.
You see, we weren’t always like this. We used to do Xmas ‘n the whole shebang. Lights, tree, food, etc. Thankgiving all the way up to winter solstice (we made France’s 3 months vacation look like 2-hour outdoors time for inmates). Simply put, we were par-tay ani-mals.…Continue reading ‘Certified Bahhumbugs’
Absolutely… not! Just the other way around has been my observation. Good people make good Christians. Not only that, good people also make good Muslims, Buddhist, and perhaps even good Taoist depending on your definition of ‘good‘.…Continue reading ‘Do Good Christians Make Good People?’
Even though a spider knows to makea web to catch a fly, does she understand what or why?A beavers know how to make a dam but does he understand how it’s done? Perhaps the difference between knowing and understanding hinges on words (language). I’ve noticed, moreover, that neither tends to lead to the other (if anything understanding may postpone knowing).…Continue reading ‘To Know yet Not Understand? To Understand yet not Know?’
At 35, some 20 years ago, I started going to a thrift store a few blocks away. When I would go to pay for “stuff” the manager always asked me if I wanted a senior discount. It did annoy me. It happened so many times I thought of saying “yes”, but didn’t.
While we wait for Luke to come up with a blog post, please enjoy this quote from the wise times of yore.
The difference between antique and emotional objects is that while both can be old/dated from many generations past, usually emotional things are of crappier quality (’cause if was not, there would be a hefty price tag on it) —The Book of Money, circa 300BC. [143rd Revised Edition]
As I was walking out of the surf this morning I wondered for the umpteenth time “what is the main difference between me and other animals”? Being winter and the ocean, it was easy to picture myself as an animal in chilly discomfort. My answer today, “the main difference between us and other animals is that we complain”. Both we and animals feel the unpleasant and the painful. We think, dwell on and complain about it. This slight difference may well be the source of all those ‘emergent differences’ we can identify between us and them. So, the quickest way to return to nature is to stop complaining and get on with life. But mommy…
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