Mar29
stumble on.
Mar28
so much.
*DO NOT EAT PIZZA BEFORE BAKING.
*(luckily i caught this very important instruction just in the nick of time)
—
“everybody gets so much information all day long
that they lose their common sense.”
– gertrude stein
Mar27
a poem begins.
a poem begins with a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong,
a homesickness, a lovesickness.
—
happy birthday, robert frost – born march 1874
—
image credit: maurice shapiro – woodland sketch
Mar26
sonder.
sonder – n.
the realization that each random passerby
is living a life
as vivid and complex as your own.
—
THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS – John Koenig
—
kerrytown, ann arbor, mi, usa – march 2019
Mar25
fold.
i held this gift of a tiny origami star
made from a square of beautiful paper
admiring it in my hand for a time
knowing it will be held in my memory
for a long time to come.
—
“WHEN YOU FOLD A PIECE OF PAPER,
YOU’RE ESSENTIALLY CHANGING THE MEMORY OF THAT PIECE”.
-ERIC DEMAINE
Mar24
release.
after what had turned into
a very crazy up and down and all over the place day
i had one last task to complete
making a copy of a document to be delivered
realized i was at my limit
when i held up my car key
pointed it at the big red doors
trying to use the door open button on my key
to exit the store.
it didn’t work.
then the door did open.
i made eye contact with someone entering the store
while i was trying to push button my way out.
we both smiled.
tomorrow is another day.
—
“humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.”
-lorrie moore
Mar23
above average.
after pulling into the lot
i made a quick decision to park a little bit away from this one.
not real sure that marketing is one of their strengths either.
—
“the one thing that unites all human beings,
regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background,
is that, deep down inside,
we all believe that we are above-average drivers”
-dave barry
Mar22
top secret.
“curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.”
-bryant h. mcgill
Mar21
less not more.
i wish this option was available.
—
after noticing that my bill had made a huge monthly rate leap
it was time for yet another wacky interaction with my cable provider
the rep was very friendly as he told me
that my old rate was purely promotional
it had expired without notice
and was no longer available
i then told him that in that case
i’d like to cut back on my service
to restore it to a more reasonable (yet still crazy) rate
he offered to get right to work for me
to find a happy solution to my problem
after thanking me often
during my 37 minutes of insane hold music
my rep came up with my new rate
i laughed out loud when he quoted me a price
that was actually higher than the one
i was calling about when we began
he quickly and politely explained
that he had provided me with their premier package
adding in home security, a landline, voice controls,
and i think something to do with walking my cat
(none of which i requested)
he also told me that he had used
their new state of the art billing service
(why it took so long)
which is very finely tuned
to review my bill and only charge me
based on the channels and services i use
offering me the best possible deal available
i reminded him that i had actually called
to eliminate channels and extra services
and to pay less not more
he politely went back to work on my issue
after a lot more hold music
i eliminated my useless channels and services
declining the best deal in the universe
even after he warned me i would be giving up things such as:
the rodeo clown channel, the quilting channel, and the watching paint dry live channel
i held my ground
and finally
in a twist of fate and luck and cable math
i somehow ended up back at
the special no longer available promotional rate
that i had requested to return to when we started .
—
“the real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”
-b. f. skinner
—
image credit: gadgetpage.info
Mar20
’tis spring.
“spring is a true reconstructionist.”
-henry timrod
—
artist credit: eli halpin(elihalpin.com)
