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Archive for April 23rd, 2007

From the Mouths of the Baby Goats

Posted by danleone on April 23rd, 2007

My 5 year old, the eternal philosopher, said this at 5AM this morning:

“Dad, what is the biggest thing on the Earth?”

“Probably the ocean, Marc.”

“Oh, I thought it was our house.”

First of all, how profound is that question? Secondly, we live in a shoe box.

Ciao for now.

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The Hypocritical Life….Examined

Posted by danleone on April 23rd, 2007

This is my version of “The Hypocritic Oath”:

  • I call myself a runner and yet I only ran 1 mile yesterday and felt like I was going to throw up.
  • I call myself a vegetarian though I devour meat.
  • I call myself an environmentalist but I leave the water on while shaving.
  • I call myself an atheist though I question the morality of abortion without invoking the bible or myriad gods.
  • I call myself a bleeding-heart liberal though I think all politicians are whores by definition.
  • I call myself a rationalist though most decisions are made with my heart.
  • I call myself a reader but I have only finished one book this year (but purchased 25!).
  • I call myself a writer and am afraid to sit down to write a word.
  • I call myself smart possibly because I know how stupid I am. 
  • I call myself a parent though I am usually a child.
  • I hate the overuse of the pronoun “I” in writing though I have used it about 20 times in this short posting.

Question to Both of My Readers (BoMR): Do you live the life you have painted in your head? Have you resigned yourself to the fact that there is an ideal world vs real world battling inside you? Does acknowledging the difference, then accepting it, give you inner peace or does it make you weak and lazy?

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