“If you don’t give me back my Buzz, I’m keeping your Woody.” – My three year old daughter to my one year old son. [‘If you don’t give us back Eric Snowden, we’ll never honor your future extradition requests.’] – paraphrase, White House spokesperson Jay Carney. ‘If they block our special vote with a 10Continue reading “Woody & Buzz”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Your pants don’t matter to me.
I used to think to myself, “Look at that guy, he’s wearing ridiculously tight pants that make him look foolish.” Today I looked at that guy and didn’t think anything of it at all. I’ve found that by figuring out what really matters to me, I’m free of all kinds of distractions that used toContinue reading “Your pants don’t matter to me.”
Information Overload
You can’t read the internet, or watch every television program there is. Don’t try to. Pick what matters to you, and discard everything else. Opt out. Ask to be removed from the calling list. Don’t delete – unsubscribe. If you really prune down your inbox, limit what is inbound on a daily basis, you’ll findContinue reading “Information Overload”
The Dark
What’s worse: a person who does bad things, or a person who does nothing? I’m not in the dark as to the fact that there are bad people out there. The way to stop them is to let your light shine. Not to hide or accept things as unchangeable. We’ll never reach perfection, and IContinue reading “The Dark”
A thought on equality
A response to this, by Adam Liptak from today’s NY Times front-page: Mr. Liptak outlines the problem of “Formal versus Dynamic Equality” well but skirts the answer that everyone knows. Equality is just equality. A Black, Latino, & White person should all have the same rights & opportunities under the law. Rather than try toContinue reading “A thought on equality”
Ownership
I am standing outside my bank, watching another man with a gun as he smashes my car window and jump starts it to speed away from the scene. Who owns my car; me, my bank which I make the loan payments to, or the car thief? I suspect that the bank might assert that theyContinue reading “Ownership”
Here I am.
To expand a little on a previous post, Any person can kill any other person. No matter their size, smarts, or situation. We are all vulnerable. Therefore, any person could fear any other. There is always someone more powerful than you anyway. No matter how well-trained, or wealthy, or important you are. Even if youContinue reading “Here I am.”
I permit
Those two images are the same. I made them both. Even though I’ve never stepped foot in Fort Tryon Park or held a gun. Even though thousands of years of gardening and violence came before me. All of that is no excuse for what happens now, for what I permit to happen how. It’s timeContinue reading “I permit”
Danger
A stranger more muscular than me strikes fear in my brain. I quickly assess the environment. Is ‘fight or flight’ the better option? Is there a weapon nearby? Are either of us in a more vulnerable position than the other? Would I be able to give him a quick jab to the throat, or someContinue reading “Danger”
I am guilty.
I am guilty of many terrible things. The only thing left to do is to stop them from happening again. I have watched, I have bought, I have read & I have witnessed things. Things that in my heart, I know contribute towards our death. If I buy the product, I am responsible for makingContinue reading “I am guilty.”
Matt Fried 