Common Sense III.

The only thing
worth fighting for
is common sense.

Common Sense II.

A boss is an employee
with a big head, and
only a veneer of
common sense.

Common Sense I.

I swear, I didn't know
I was a goddamn wizard
until I started using
magic that befuddled
and bewitched colleagues
and customers in a bookstore.

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself

It's strange to consider
how someone defines
themselves, because
that's what a lot of
our existence ends
up being about.

It can sometimes
seem as simple as
the labels "rich"
and "poor," but
on the everyday
average, most
people are really
thinking in more
subtle terms,
their likes and
dislikes, of which
there are so many
as to make it useless
to try and index here.

The point is, it
becomes still more
strange when you
begin to consider
that the way you
view yourself
really is far more
subjective than
you can begin
to consider yourself.

It's the problem
of existence,
the existential angst,
that bothers so many
people, why we ever
consider death at all,
why we fear it, why
we think of some
lives as wasted
or so significant,
what distinguishes
our perceptions
of happiness
from those of
sadness.

You know who
you are (or, at
least, really
ought to) but
for other people,
it's an entirely
different matter.

That's why it's such
a great game to
track celebrity,
because it seems
to be the sport
where we convince
ourselves that we
have an excellent
chance of really
knowing a complete
stranger.

How often are
we successful
in that pursuit?

I wonder if there's
a branch of study
about that?

Anyway, it's
a fun thing
to think about,
and maybe even
might help define
yourself, if you
were looking
for something.

Quiche

That's another thing
I'd like to try for no
other reason than
Jeff Smith inadvertantly
made it sound so
appealing.

(Stupid, stupid
rat creatures...)

The Uninformed Observer

There's nothing so pernicious
as a person asked for an
opinion and gives one
without being the least bit
informed about the subject at hand.

It's the same as leaders who
govern themselves by the standard
of being strongly advised
against strong opinions.

I don't understand why
we've allowed ourselves
to believe those with
the most power ought
to be the "least offensive."

I understand that it's
good to have someone
in authority who is
capable of being diplomatic,
but when you instead
choose that person
only on the basis that
they won't rock the boat,
then what you're really
building is a boat
that can hardly be expected
to withstand even
the tiniest of storms.

One wave and they're gone;
who cares how friendly they are?

That's the reason why
we find ourselves in a
continual economic
bear-and-bull tug,
because everyone's
too drunk on their
own stupidity to notice
that there are smarter
ways to do things.

People should be able
to do what they're hired
to do. Right?

Jovo

Jovo,
it certainly
was glad
to know you,
but I'm
basically
a pessimist.

I don't know
that we'll get
that chance.