Hello, new turn for the blog. I just tried to read what I've written and couldn't because the tears of boredom clouded my vision. My blog will just be about me from now on. This is much more interesting (to me). My family may occasionally arise when I mention how they affect me, but I cannot possibly bring myself to write about their activities on a regular basis.
SO. Now we have that out of the way.
I was thinking today about how fantastic Edward Abbey quotes are. I never list quotes on anything, because I'm hard pressed to remember them on the spot and it seems embarrassingly contrived to look up a bunch of other people's idioms just to associate myself with them and pass them along as some sort of introspective/philosophical ideals that I subscribe to. I venture into doing just that at this time, and I disregard all embarrassment because they (the quotes) are just too good not to copy and paste somewhere.
"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.”
"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.”
"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already” **a personal favorite, though I use the whole thing as sarcasm in my mind
"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”
"If the end does not justify the means - what can?”
“Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell”
and on and on. I reigned myself in from other favorites, because the political conversations that they give rise to are not remotely interesting to me. I am, for the most part, on the left side of it all, and being from such a location, I believe, in the truest sense, that it is your right to believe whatever you may. As an extension, I do not have the hankering to try to prove you stupid nor myself more evolved.
I do hope someone in this world finds this stuff as enamoring as I do, however. I am shocked at the greatness shown by writers with so few words. I am a word addict. The simplicity and accuracy of these quotes is refreshing.
In other news, I am going to DXB in 2.5 weeks. I am foaming at the mouth with excitement. I try to keep it at a dull roar because I am aware that the interest in this for other people is limited. I hope it is a quarter as wonderful as I want it to be.
That's all for now, folks.
