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AUSTIN, Texas - The other day, my youngest daughter asked me about life in this part of the country. She also did it when I lived in the Rio Grande Valley, and, before that, when I lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I know it's a daughter-dad thing, but I have been wondering about it, yes. Exactly where am I supposed to be? It's a question everybody asks themselves, I'm sure. Is it something to worry about, or merely something to roll with, Life being eventually measured by the passing of days?
What's real is that there comes a certain time in everybody's Life when questions loom where questions never loomed. I'm not worried. I'm here today, and that's okay. There are plans. Intriguing Nebraska in early-June; lovely New York later this year. And a few other lesser outings before, after and in-between. I'm not special or anything; I'm just part of the herd. The planet groans, is what Paul Simon sang a few years back, noting the ever-crowded conditions we live in. You think about it a little and then you go on with your day. Left in the rear-view mirror are the usual annoyances, people or things that forever get in the way, people you kinda bring into your Life as a way to give back and those same people simply deciding to slime you just because that's all they can do. I'm not alone in describing such flies; everybody has one or two or three of those. It, too, is part of the universe's mortal script. You get the bad with the good at every turn, and then you do your best to rid yourself of them. But this particular world spins to the sounds of the new. It is those sounds I follow.
Yesterday was a good day here. Both of my daughters sent me an Email with a few words, words I cherish to the point that they have no idea how much they mean to me. One told me she's coming in late-June and the other one said "Looking good, Dad!" when I sent her a photo of cadaverous Keith Richards and added it was the latest picture of me.
Brooks wrote about Bin Laden's youth, about how he inherited a fortune and about how he actually was something of a pacifist who disdained violence. Bin Laden, the villain, wasn't the type to kill anyone, merely fund a killing he desired. He was educated in private schools where his teachers were from western countries, and his grades were excellent. Brooks went on and on about how things would have been different had Bin Laden sought the better path, become benevolent and made a positive difference. It was all there, was the point.
And it is in most humans. Everybody makes that choice, to be good or to be bad.
But history tells us it always takes the bigger man to do the right thing. It is the small one who finds shelter in making a mess, in creating chaos, in destroying what most of us would say is the best of Life. Osama Bin Laden was a smart man, so, in the end, what he did was something he decided to do. No one can write him into being something he turned his back on. Brooks should be applauded for his column, but it is simply another slice of a Life spent badly...
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14 comments:
About that loser blogger, he is now on IGNORE! LOL!!!
We all face our problems. It's good to know we're not alone in that. Thank you. good article.
It's really giving him too much credit to even call him a blogger. He's more like an internet gnat who can buzz in an irritating way but never makes any positive contribution. One of these days he's going to fly too close to a zapper and then he'll just be one more little fried corpse in the wind. Till then he can circle all the dogs butts and get his "breaking" news everytime they have gas and he will go on thinking he serves an important function.
Jake & Tony = Sonny & Cher
that's my farewell post to those two Pendejos. ha ha ha ha
Exelent thoughtful story. It's different and its about thinking for oneself. We alls should do it. thankz
Rick Pery is not a sophisticated man. He was a Democrat when younger but went Republican cause it was handy, like in winning elctions in his hoemtown. Too bad he's where he's at. Not exactly a bright dude.
The term LOL should be on the list of most annoying internet slang expressions that should be banned.
It annoys me when grown-ass men and women sprinkle their comments with it, as if using it makes their comments more relevant or funny.
Or maybe I am just getting old and more intolerant of douchebaggery.
Christian
I must say that it already feels cleaner here without Tony Chapa. If there is a guy in town whose characterzation is in the gutter it is that guy. Is he still unemployed and pushing his poor wife out the door to go work while he sits at the computer posting press releases no one reads? yes! My suggestion to him: Move out of Harlingen. You're dirtying up the joint, Dwarf! Hemorroid is exactly what he comes across as.
I wish i could count the times the Tribune ahs had big news items Chapaneco never hears about. The dwarf doesn't cover the legislature cause he doesn't know how it works. The guys seems to have the brain of a 6-year-old. Is he a citizen or not? Since he on't say I'd say he isn't. comes across as some poor slob.
President Obama should ignore rick perry. perry's a nobody just someone who will secede any day now! ha ha ha. Loser. Not My Governor!
ALL:...We do not censor/edit any comment style that arrives here. Our feeling is that everybody has their favorite words for their favorite sayings. Internet or texting abbreviations are both a scourge of the English language and a necessary evil for the Internet and while texting on cellular telephones. Look at it as a sign of the times. It could be worse. There was a time in this country when Olde English ruled the day... - Editor
All i know is that this is the blog I like to read. Other two are boring. Deal is getting ready for baseball. That's his reason.
i've been out all day. Good to see another super story. And a few sidebars. THANKS. It is part of my day.
So Jake has found himself behind enemy lines?
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