“Music is what makes poetry lyrical” – kgh
“I’m trying to think but nothing happens.” – Curly
You don’t have to define the meaning of life for life to have meaning. -kgh
You could look it up. – James Thurber
Time is what we pay to live. Spend it wisely. -kgh
Go slower. Be kinder. -kgh
Learn to enjoy the process. -kgh
Find a need and serve it. -kgh
Udabest! -kgh
What we accept or reject as truth determines the speed at which our civilization evolves. -kgh
The ‘truth’ is highly overrated. -kgh
As long as there are two people on the planet, we will struggle with our differences. – kgh
From the “there’s a big difference” file: Information or in formation. -kgh
Today I’ll be an Epicurean Socratic Grouchoist. – kgh
Buddha Jr. sez:
I lost my awe once. Awful. Then it returned. Awesome. Never lose your awe. Awe right.
America – one indigNation.
Remembering fondly the days before social media when the joyful screams of feral children could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Twitter – a hangout for people with not much to say who are now worried they won’t be able to say it. – kgh
Bathrobe, boxers, fluffy slippers, cigar, baseball cap, walking through the park belting out, “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – kgh
Always remember and never forget – we are all on the spectrum. -kgh
Today I’ll limp like Walter Brennan. For fun, of course. – kgh
Hearts are often broken by words unspoken. Speak with kindness. -kgh
America – struggling to learn the difference between a mover and a shaker. -kgh
Bellied up to a lemonade stand. Asked the kid, “What do you recommend?” Wisenheimer.
America – Feel we have to be on Linkedin too. No one knows why.
Today every woman I meet will be greeted with “m’Lady.” Except one. I will affectionately call her Wackadoodle. – kgh
Religion leads to duplicity.
Duplicity leads to doubt.
Doubt leads to fear.
Fear leads to death.
Death leads to Religion.
And, again . . . [kgh]
Keep this ‘hush hush’ but . . . I miss the days when ‘fuck you’ meant something. – kgh
I wonder if it is better to ‘fall through the cracks’ or be ‘left by the wayside’? Either way, there are treasures to be found in both places. – kgh
TAKE BACK AMERICA! Where shall we take it? Back to the Native American people? kgh
Today I’m going to call everyone I meet, Mugsy. I’ll start each sentence with, “Now see here, what’s the big idea?” kgh
Philosophers tend to make simple concepts complex. – kgh
I will never forget the first time I was called Mr. Hurley. It was by a 5th grader! When I was in 6th grade.
Buddha Jr. Sez:
Whenever anyone tells you, “I’m only going to say this once!” Don’t believe them. (kgh)
Buddha Jr. sez: Mock and imitation. Learn the difference. (kgh) Buddha Jr. sez: Re: Heartache. “Give it time” means, you'll forget why your heart ached. (kgh) If you have integrity for 99 days but lose it on the 100th, then you have no integrity. (kgh) In the end, "We are all just walking each other home" -- Ram Dass. ... Sad? Depressed? Call a friend. Buddha Jr. sez: There are those who will stab you and then belittle you for being a victim. Buddha Jr. sez: Childlike and Childish describe different adults. One playful, open, and truthful. The other childish. (kgh) Buddha Jr. sez: Truthfulness is needy yet scarce. (kgh) Buddha Jr.. sez: You meet people only as deeply as they’ve met themselves. LESSON: Teach them to swim in the deep end. Learn to be kinder, show patience, and offer gratitude for them helping us grow, let go, or both. Buddha Jr. Sez: If your solution is more harmful than the problem then you've succeeded in creating more problems. (kgh) Buddha Jr. sez: Impulse is the enemy of success; yet a vibrant, rhythmical pulse is why we dance. (kgh) My eye doctor just told me my hindsight is no longer 20/20. (kgh) Buddha Jr. Sez: Don't expect applause. Unless your work is entertainment. Even then, don't expect applause. (kgh) And, then, always remember and never forget: “It is the naps you don't take you regret the most❣” (kgh) If you don't vote you surrender to those who do vote. That's no rebellion. Remember, VOTE WHILE CONSCIOUS! (kgh) If religion were a product it would be recalled. - kgh Full of “VIM and VIGOR!” But the definition of the word VIM is VIGOR. (kgh) Buddha Jr. sez: Inhumanity is human. (kgh) Even Zen Buddhists are slouching from meditation to medication. (kgh) Just used two fingers to enlarge a photo in a magazine. Reflexive actions are not always useful. (kgh)
From the “TRUE CONFESSIONS” File: Wearing a princess dress does not a princess make. (kgh)
Buddha Jr. sez:
Enjoy today. Nobody misses yesterday’s sunrise. (kgh)
I must have a good life if my daily struggle is finding the “Use By Date”. (kgh)
Why don’t hunters hang heads of their dead dogs on the wall? (kgh)
Not all truths need to be told.
Buddha Jr. sez:
Never say never more than twice in a sentence. I just did.
Had that dream again where AMERICA is love. Then I woke . . .
Is uncured bacon sick? (kgh)
Had that dream again where DONALD TRUMP is benevolent, compassionate, philanthropic, altruistic, kind-hearted, and well-liked. Then, I awoke. (kgh)
“I want to change the world!” Is often said by people who can’t change their mind. – kgh
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Learning Morse Code but never using it.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Not shouting “I object!” more often at weddings.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Never learned how to properly clean a squid.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Not having the corruption gene that would allow me to be a good politician.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Charging only $15 for a bag of weed. (1974)
I never understood the notion of escapism. Needing to get away from the day-to-day. A life well-lived is where I want to be. (kgh)
If you text during sex is that sexting? (kgh)
I like to watch Shark Tank when I need a good cry. It’s the valuations. (kgh)
“Gun Control” is becoming an oxymoron. We need moron control. – kgh
Buddha Jr. Sez:
The difference among misinformation, disinformation, and information is belief. And belief is disguised as laziness. (kgh)
Chewing the fat with someone is actually disgusting. (kgh)
Always wondered why we can’t tickle ourselves. (kgh)
The skeptic’s doubts were so strong it killed another friendship. (kgh)
The “free market” is for those who have a few dollars to spend. (kgh)
Which is longer? A cotton picking minute or a New York minute? (kgh)
People with means can still be mean. (kgh)
Who would win in a fight? Probiotics or Antibiotics? (kgh)
Hearts are often broken by words unspoken. Speak with kindness. -kgh
If we recognize our own delusions, are they really delusions? (kgh)
I support the 3rd Amendment! (kgh)
A vision no further than down the barrel of weapon. Sez the 2nd Amendment
TRANSOPHOBIA: Noun. 1989. The fear of lying down on an interstate highway. – kgh
We need ‘THE ‘CRAZIES’! They’re the reason we get involved. -kgh
We’re all full of shit. That’s why we poop daily! (kgh)
It’s not about God. It’s always the humans. Would you kill me if God asked you to kill me? (It’s Biblical. You could look it up.) (kgh)
Makes little difference where we stopped along the way because everything you and I have done in life have brought us to this moment together. – kgh
All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up–that growing is an ever ongoing process. – Scott Peck
My bucket list shrinks and my fuckit list grows. (kgh)
You’re allowed to discriminate in America as long as Religious Liberty is your excuse. Remind me, what is liberating about religion? (kgh)
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” -Seneca
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. -Steve Jobs
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. -Helen Keller
“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” Mark Twain
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas A. Edison
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” -Albert Einstein
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. -John Lennon
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. -Mae West
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.” ― Frederick Douglass
“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter–an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer, Wisdom of Life and Counsels
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss
All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up–that growing is an ever ongoing process. – Scott Peck
Critical thinking is what you think about your own thoughts not what you repeat from your favorite media source. -kgh
Philosophers tend to make simple concepts complex. – kgh
Too many people self-disenfranchise to the point of no longer seeing the relevance of their own vote. -kgh
Stress, heartache, and sadness often thrive within the gap between expectations and reality. -kgh
Trouble with ‘grassroots’ organizers is they aim no higher than roots. Even if they’re successful, all they get is a water-wasting lawn – seasonal, weak, and full of weeds. -kgh
Freedom is the absence of restraint and the availability of choice. -kgh
Today I accidentally ran into a trump supporter so I backed up and did it again. – kgh
Today I was diagnosed with Alophasia. A rare disorder that involves an uncontrollable desire to make up words. – kgh
AGNOPTIMIST: One who can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God – but, is hoping for the best. – kgh (a made up word)
GRAVITY! The number one killer of us all. Relentlessly sucking us into the ground.
From the “TRUE CONFESSIONS” file: I have never gotten the milk to cereal ratio correct. (kgh)
Don’t know why, but I get a kick out of being called, “The GOP whisperer.” (kgh)
What I miss about living in NYC – hopping in a cab while eating a Grey’s Papaya hot dog and telling the cabbie, “Thoity thoid and thoid. Step on it.” (kgh)
From the “SEEMS RIGHT TO ME” file: America is louder than any other country!! (kgh)
Last night I dreamed I lived in Nebraska. Awoke with a groggy unicameral body. (kgh)
What kind of city would have a downtown but not an uptown? Expletives to city planners. (kgh)
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. – Walter Scott, 1830ish
There are days when I wish people would pack up all their troubles in an old kit bag and smile smile smile. (kgh)
I still get a kick out of reading someone the Riot Act. Try it! On the kids, of course.
[See, Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (1714) 1 Geo.1 St.2 c.5] (kgh)
Have a great day in every way! That’s what I say. -kgh
Let’s help keep the smiles alive. -kgh
“I think you and I would have had a good time. You made a good choice. I’m fine. I love you.” – kgh (While scattering the ashes of my birth mother, Lorraine Murphy (Fanning)
“I want to change the world!” Is often said by people who can’t change their mind. – kgh
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Learning Morse Code but never using it.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Not shouting “I object!” more often at weddings.
From the “REGRETS I HAVE A FEW” file: Never learned how to properly clean a squid.
Chewing the fat with someone is actually disgusting.
The skeptic’s doubts were so strong it killed another friendship.
Buddha Jr. Sez:
People tend to prefer kind deceptions over harsh truths.
Buddha Jr. Sez:
Whenever anyone tells you, “I’m only going to say this once!” Don’t believe them.
Is there a difference between an “idiot” and a “functional idiot”?
The “free market” is for those who have a few dollars to spend.
Buddha Jr. wonders why can’t Republicans think outside the FOX?
Which is longer? A cotton picking minute or a New York Minute?
People with means can still be mean.
Who would win in a fight? Probiotics or Antibiotics?
Hearts are often broken by words unspoken. Speak with kindness. -kgh
If we recognize our own delusions, are they really delusions? – kgh
I SUPPORT THE THIRD AMENDMENT! -kgh
TRANSOPHOBIA: Noun. 1989. The fear of lying down on an interstate highway. – kgh
We need ‘THE ‘CRAZIES’! They’re the reason we get involved. –kgh
Everybody complains. Me too. I complain there’s too many complainers. – kgh
I never thought I was smart until I met other people. And then just smart enough to cause trouble. – kgh
Makes little difference where we stopped along the way because everything you and I have done in life have brought us to this moment together. – kgh