Student: I am at an impasse.
Master: Don’t do anything.
Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
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Of Grasshoppers
Student: All I have ever been, all I have ever wanted to become, my very core is being severely tested.
Master: Tests are meaningless. Outcomes are interesting.
Doug’s Mantras
The end is fear.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Well looks dry.
Master: Storm’s coming.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I feel like never speaking again.
Master: Shush!
Voided
Drip, drip, drip, drip
Into the void it slips
A black hole sucking the darkness in
A container filling within with out
Nothingness becomes somethingness
Still less
With every sampling the void grows
Blackness stimulating
Maddening
Addicting
Hate it, Crave it
Driving force
Of … what?
No answer
Drop, drop, drop, drop
Why yes I have heroes! And one is coming to Knoxville!
My heroes and role models center around comedians. The list of influences is huge including Red Fox, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas…hold on…basically the SCTV and Saturday Night Live casts. I can narrow the list to four people: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Bill Murray, and Robin Williams. When I was around twelve years old, Robin Williams got me in a bunch of trouble when I did his "moisture heat seeking missile" routine that involved a lot of pelvic gyrations for some guests my parents were entertaining. I had no idea what I was doing or saying. The guests were rolling on the floor and my father was fuming. That was my first Carlos Mencia lesson: don’t perform other people’s material.
Robin Williams is coming to Knoxville on April 11th to the Civic Auditorium! There’s even a VIP Meet & Greet package available! Well, he may be coming to Knoxville. His doctor has advised him to skip four Florida scheduled shows due to recent heart surgery.
On August 20, 2007, Williams’ elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed a month earlier. [Source, Wikipedia, Robin Williams]
I wish I was still participating in the Red Cross’ FAST program or that I could justify a ticket. Maybe Robin Williams wants to give himself an intermission during the show and would like a juggler to come on stage with him!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: How will I be remembered when I am gone?
Master: You will be forgotten.
Life Lessons
The biggest mistake of my life was learning how to talk.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I spend much of my life solving other people’s problems.
Master: Who solves yours?
Doug’s Mantras
If you don’t have time to do it right the first time, you’d better make time to do it right the second time.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: There is no good choice.
Master: After enough bad decisions, all choices will look good.
Best thing seen on the Internet today
Seen in the popular section of Popurls.com: "Haha! I’m about to Pwn you in my speech."
We are all one breath away from the end
Today I saw a man dying on the side of the road
He lay within sight of trained paramedics, a mere 325 feet
As I came to the scene, parked cars lined the side road dangerously close to the speeding traffic
I criticized whoever allowed their party guests to park so carelessly
I did not know they celebrated a life
As the distance narrowed, my irritation turned to concern
This looked more like a car accident than party
A footfall field away, sirens roared and lights flashed, help was on the way
I pulled the side to clear a path, to my right my worry turned to fight
There in grass, lay a man surrounded by people and one pumped his chest
I do not know what happened to that man
I drove away, I could not help, I’d just be in the way
I did not see his face, he could be someone I knew well, a neighbor, or a stranger
I do not if he breathed again or had his last day
He left my mind as quickly as he entered it
I had no emotional or philosophical response
I did not think of his family nor mine
I simply noted that my CPR training is out of date.
