Writer's Block: The Meaning of Life

Hawkeye

Describe your life in one sentence.

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Forgetting what is behind, and straining forward to what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

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Writer's Block: Teenage dream

Hawkeye

If you arrived at your front door and saw your first love standing there, what would you do or say?

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"Does your wife know you're here?"*




*Please note the correct usage of "your" and "you're."

Writer's Block: Hit the road, Cupid

Eternal love

If you had the power, would you permanently eliminate Valentine's Day?

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No. I don't see the harm in it. Yes, I usually spout off about not enjoying the day, but plenty of people do. So why not have a chance to get dressed up, have a nice meal, give your loved one something special?

I understand the arguments about it being crass commercialism and that we should demonstrate our love 365 days a year, but you could say the same thing about Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween - any of the major holidays. Valentine's Day is about what you bring to it, just like any other holiday. It doesn't have to be crassly commercialistic (yay, I invented a word!). I say, kiss your loved ones, tell them you love them, and do it again tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.*






*This opinion brought to you by a terminally single middle-aged woman who plans to spend Valentine's Day evening at home with her cats and TV.

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I'm making this a public entry because I want the entire world to know what an absolute sweetheart [info]inoue130 is. Thank you, darling! You are so thoughtful. I will scour that thing cover to cover. *hugs*

Writer's Block: Free your mind

Hawkeye

Do you believe society will ever truly overcome racism?

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Not until people stop talking about it and just do it.

Writer's Block: A real eye opener

Books & Cats

Which one book should everyone read, and why?

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The Color of Water by James McBride. It's a biography of his mother - a Jewish woman who left her home in Virginia to marry a black man and rear 8 mixed-race children in Harlem in the 1930s. When her first husband died, she married a friend of his and bore 4 more children.

It's an amazing story. This woman's courage and heart, to live where and how she did at the time, are inspiring. All 12 of her children went to college, and many went further than that. I can't praise this book highly enough - it's well-written, full of love and honesty, and you need to read it.

Writer's Block: Vampires, again?

Hawkeye

Is there a TV show that everyone around you watches that you really don't get or like? If so, what is it? To what do you ascribe the odd fascination?

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"Reality" shows - The Bachelor, Survivor, etc. They are the worst aspects of every sociological experiment ever all rolled into one. They value infighting, backbiting, manipulation, lying, hypocrisy, and all those other negative traits that most normal people try to avoid.

I guess the fascination is voyeurism. I don't know. I don't get any of it at all.

Writer's Block: More than words

Thoughtful Russ

Which song lyrics send shivers down your spine and really hit you emotionally?

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When you remember ones who have lied
Who said that they cared but then left as you cried
Beautiful darling
Don't think of me
Because all I ever wanted is in your eyes


-- George Michael, "Father Figure"

Plus pretty much everything written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

But "my" song, the one that I identify with most closely, is this one:

No, I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again

Though I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray You give me strength to carry on
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

I'm just another heart in need of rescue
Waiting on love's sweet charity
And I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again


-- Whitesnake, "Here I Go Again"

A general comment

Hawkeye
Non Sequitur by Wiley:

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Words to Live By

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."
—-George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

"Law cannot give to depravity the rewards of virtue, nor to indolence the rewards of industry, to indifference the rewards of ambition, or to ignorance the rewards of learning." -- Elihu Root, 1913

"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." -- Sir Winston Churchill

"You all may go to hell and I will go to Texas." -- Davy Crockett to the Tennessee legislature

""My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.""--Attributed to various people, including Mrs. Campbell, Lady Astor, Queen Victoria

"I usually find that when something seems too good to be true, it's best to shoot it just in case." -- Fiona, Burn Notice

"Harboring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die." -- Unknown

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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