The Blind Squirrel: Today...

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Today...

Woke up this morning thinking life assessment type thoughts. No one to discuss them with but the coffee cup, and all it did was steam away in quiet agreement to everything I said. Not real helpful...

I thought about posting it all here... and then remembered how whiny and pathetic those kind of posts read. I don't have the writing ability to express this stuff that well anyway.

What I need, I think, is a healthy dose of percussion therapy. Maybe two hundred big bore rounds worth. Think I'll go to the range today.

3 comments:

Home on the Range said...: Nothing like a bit of dark chocolate and a brick of ammo to work on those muddled thoughts.; October 26, 2008 at 8:45 AM
"He's just this guy, you know?" said...: Hmm... dark chocolate.... good idea.

Anything to chase away the image of blueberry pancakes you posted this morning.

Those look GOOD!!; October 26, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Earl said...: No one understands range time like the shooters. An email debate with my gun-hating brother about carrying a weapon used the social aspect of shooting at the range with fellow shooters that one isn't afraid of - as long as they shoot safely - and the joy in the really great shots and improved performance by practice.
Have a great one!; October 26, 2008 at 12:00 PM

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'Atlas Shrugged', 1957

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)

Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.
But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.
(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"

The Blind Squirrel

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Today...

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