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Thursday, July 22, 2004
ZooWorld
There is a popular thought that is invading this land like a hailstorm. It goes like this: Bush and Kerry are the same animal. Both are rich, both are political insiders; they are governmental, so why vote. Nothing will change.
I disagree.
My thinking is this: All zookeepers are zookeepers. They work to keep the animals cared for, and to make the zoo a pleasant place to visit because the zoo needs funds to operate. But the two zookeepers have different motivations, biases, and intent.
Zookeeper A is interested in highlighting the gorilla and has given funding for an elaborate, some would say gaudy, gorilla glass house. His idea is that it will attract more visitors; hence more money, and that money will take care of the other animals housed on the zoo grounds, eventually, in the future. (Zookeeper A was an investor in glass house building before he became a zookeeper so there is a bit of conflict seen in his motives.)
Zookeeper B recognizes the disrepair of the overcrowded chimp cage, the llamas need more space to roam, and the snake habitats have been long-neglected. His idea is to make the zoo an overall better environment for as many animals as he can. He knows this action will make the zoo, in total, a more healthy, pleasant place for families to visit, and more people will come, which funds the project. (This zookeeper not only finished his degree in zoology with honors, he also put in 1000 hours of community service caring for abused circus animals).
So as you can see there is a difference between zookeepers, as well as presidents, and you, as a voter, get to choose which zoo you want to live in.
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I disagree.
My thinking is this: All zookeepers are zookeepers. They work to keep the animals cared for, and to make the zoo a pleasant place to visit because the zoo needs funds to operate. But the two zookeepers have different motivations, biases, and intent.
Zookeeper A is interested in highlighting the gorilla and has given funding for an elaborate, some would say gaudy, gorilla glass house. His idea is that it will attract more visitors; hence more money, and that money will take care of the other animals housed on the zoo grounds, eventually, in the future. (Zookeeper A was an investor in glass house building before he became a zookeeper so there is a bit of conflict seen in his motives.)
Zookeeper B recognizes the disrepair of the overcrowded chimp cage, the llamas need more space to roam, and the snake habitats have been long-neglected. His idea is to make the zoo an overall better environment for as many animals as he can. He knows this action will make the zoo, in total, a more healthy, pleasant place for families to visit, and more people will come, which funds the project. (This zookeeper not only finished his degree in zoology with honors, he also put in 1000 hours of community service caring for abused circus animals).
So as you can see there is a difference between zookeepers, as well as presidents, and you, as a voter, get to choose which zoo you want to live in.
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Saturday, July 17, 2004
Smells Good & I Want One...History of the Yukon Gold Rush
Here's an interesting true story.
In search of a fortune many men entered Canada on a trek to the Yukon. Some were dying so Canada made it a rule that you could only enter Canada if you brought along ALL of the supplies you would need. That would include your food...bacon, beans, etc....building stuff...nails, lumber...personal items and basically anything you needed to survive. So the groups of men arrived at the border with a ton of goods.
The trek was so rugged that the mules died littering the trail with bones, and the men put packs on their backs and traveled 2 miles, deposited the pack , walked back to the garb another. It was very slow going but they perservered.
Soon little villages sprung up along the trail. You could get your clothes washed at the laundry, get a prostitute, eat some grub, buy a new hat, or buy a freshly-baked apple pie. The pie lady sold pies for $5.00 apiece which is like
$80.00 now. She made the most money of anyone.
The men contimuned all of the way to Dawson the new town at the head of the Yukon River. Out of a 100,000 men, 15,000 made it. Unfortunately the gold had been panned out so people have to find alternative ways to make money, and they did.
I like this story because it has a good moral. Always have one thing you do well, like the pie lady. If you can give people one thing they need you will survive.
I will be working on that idea this year. No one needs art and writing, well maybe writing...news. Still pies seem like an exceptional idea.
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In search of a fortune many men entered Canada on a trek to the Yukon. Some were dying so Canada made it a rule that you could only enter Canada if you brought along ALL of the supplies you would need. That would include your food...bacon, beans, etc....building stuff...nails, lumber...personal items and basically anything you needed to survive. So the groups of men arrived at the border with a ton of goods.
The trek was so rugged that the mules died littering the trail with bones, and the men put packs on their backs and traveled 2 miles, deposited the pack , walked back to the garb another. It was very slow going but they perservered.
Soon little villages sprung up along the trail. You could get your clothes washed at the laundry, get a prostitute, eat some grub, buy a new hat, or buy a freshly-baked apple pie. The pie lady sold pies for $5.00 apiece which is like
$80.00 now. She made the most money of anyone.
The men contimuned all of the way to Dawson the new town at the head of the Yukon River. Out of a 100,000 men, 15,000 made it. Unfortunately the gold had been panned out so people have to find alternative ways to make money, and they did.
I like this story because it has a good moral. Always have one thing you do well, like the pie lady. If you can give people one thing they need you will survive.
I will be working on that idea this year. No one needs art and writing, well maybe writing...news. Still pies seem like an exceptional idea.
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Thursday, July 08, 2004
No matter who wins the presidential election they are going to have puke on their plate
The economy is a joke. I know 3 people who are on the brink o losing their jobs. They work at different corporstions and have heard that their sections are going to be totally closed down. W just gave $154 billion to corps to prop them up, but we know that will just give bigger bonuses to the CEOs.
Garage sales are even a bust. Ebay can't make sales. Peeps who already lost jobs can't find new ones. Wait, one fellow I know did land a job working in a warehouse moving around stuff. Just right for a MBA.
And all we keep hearing is that the economy is improving.
Ha! Outsourcing and undermining. We are in for a shocker. Live free now while you can still have fun.
I hate to be so gloomy but truth is truth.
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Garage sales are even a bust. Ebay can't make sales. Peeps who already lost jobs can't find new ones. Wait, one fellow I know did land a job working in a warehouse moving around stuff. Just right for a MBA.
And all we keep hearing is that the economy is improving.
Ha! Outsourcing and undermining. We are in for a shocker. Live free now while you can still have fun.
I hate to be so gloomy but truth is truth.
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Monday, July 05, 2004
So far...
3 paintings-Kerouac with beer cap frame, Happy b-Day, Glitter; sold 150 books; painted 12 Ouija boards; 4 LLFK Lift-off Playground 4 Girls paintings; got passport!; traveled to Bro’s new bluff house for 4-day vacation; attended experimental film fest; gained 17 pounds; M died; created Japanese meditation garden which became evidence collector for marauding deer; grew my hair long; traveled with Dee to Mississippi, planted gardens with 6 flats of bright red geraniums; planted geraniums at parents graves; made 6 new websites; went swimming nearly every week from Jan to May; 8 ode to mother paintings; read Door Wide Open, The Stranger, Amazing Dope Tales, 4 Blondes, Minor Characters, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Tristesse, Wayward Bus, tried to get through Huckleberry Finn; did 10 Painted Ladies, 20 mini Painted Ladies; did a bizarre Santa, dairy Queen, Sweets paintings; continued on script; had an affair; collected more art-outstanding abstract diptych; recorded some stories and did an experimental musical caprice- sold 16; did other mundane things too…that’s about it for the first half of the year.
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