The soul has greater need of the ideal than the real for it is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

No Christmas Spirit but a Christmas Cactus!

The Christmas Cactus is blooming...yeah!


Here in the midst of what is purported to be a season of goodwill toward men, people show up at school  board meetings and start shooting. After Holbrooke tells us that we must end the war in afghanistan and then dies, someone graciously comes out and says ,  "weeel, don't put too much stock in that, the guy was dying.'

And I wonder why people show up at school board meetings and start shooting people...maybe I shouldn't.

Looking at a house this afternoon. I haven't engaged in this activity in many years so it's almost fun except for the pressure from some agents.  Not that i have a problem setting them straight.

There's a lot of junk out there masquerading as a place to live. Mind-boggling what some people call an acceptable domicile.

And they're still shooting each other on the redneck riviera.

And so it goes: