Friday, July 23, 2004

Now for some of those promised roses and light.....

LIFE IS A MIRACLE. YES SUCH AN UNDERSTATEMENT THAT IS .... WELL I CAN'T LOOK THAT FAR DOWN. I DON'T MEAN JUST THE PART THAT IS BIOLOGICAL I MEAN ALL OF IT. ITS EVENTS THEIR SYMBIOTICS, THEIR SYNTHETICS, EVERY SUBTLETY, NUANCE. ESPECIALLY AS ONE MOVES ON TO THE LEVEL OF CLOSER INSPECTION ON FINDS THE AMAZING, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTICAL, FASCINATING, QUEER AND MYSTERIOUS AT JUST ABOUT ANY AND EVERY LEVEL, MACRO TO MICRO-SCOPIC. I, HAVING 43 YEARS OF LIVING EXPERIENCE, AND 18 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND MUCH MORE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE INFORMALLY IN THE FORM OF MONUMNETAL AMOUNTS OF READING, NOT TO MENTION (BUT I WILL) THE FACT THAT I HAVE CLASS JUMPED DOWN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO DO QUITE A RARE THING I WILL TELL ABOUT LATER,....I STILL KNOW ALL THE MORE AS THE MORE I KNOW GROWS, HOW VERY LITTLE I MUST KNOW, WHICH IN ITSELF PUTS ME ALL THE MORE AT AWE OF THE MAJESTY AND MAGNIFICENCE OF EXISTENCE.

I WOULDN'T BE ONE MUCH TO COMPLAIN A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE MODERN CONVINIENCES THAT WE ALL ENJOY (CONSUMERISM NOT WITHSTANDING)... AND I AM SURE WE'VE ALL NOTICED HOW TECHNOLOGY GOES FROM LUXURY TO NECESSITY IN SHORTER AND SHORTER TIMESPANS....IT IS THIS SMALL BUT GROWING COMPLEX OF CLUES THAT LEADS ONE TO BELEIVE THAT WITH ALL WE AS MANKIND TECHNOLOGICALLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IF WE ARE ANY BETTER OFF WITH IT THAN WITH OUT IT.

HOW MANY OF US COULD SAY WE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AS NORMAL BIOLOGICAL ANIMALS ARE? WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO FINE TUNE OUR ENVIRONMENTS TO OUR LIKING AND COMFORT...WE'VE GOT PILLS FOR ALL SORTS OF AILMENTS, AIRCONDITIONING, STORES THAT BRING EVERY CONCEIVABLE CHOICE OF FOODS TOGETHER FOR PURCHASE IN ONE AREA. WE HAVE SOFT BEDS, RUGS FOR OUR UNDERFOOT AS WELL AS REDUCING ECHO, WE CAN SPEAK ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR PENNIES OR BY INTERNET FOR FREE. CELL PHONES MAKE US NEVER OUT OF TOUCH WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES; NIGHT NEED NOT INTRUDE WITH THE LIGHT BULB (AND LOW ON THE LIST) TELEVISION KEEPS US INFORMED (ARGUABLY) ON ANY CONCEIVABLE ITEM OF INTEREST AS WELL AS COMMERCE. AUTOMOBILES AND JET AIRCRAFT TAKE US PLACE TO PLACE (ALSO AIRCONDITIONED) SPEEDILY. MACHINES FOR CLOTHES WASHING AND DISH WASHING AND TRASH MANAGEMENT ARE EASILY AFFORDABLE TO MOST. WE HAVE CAMCORDERS FOR STORING MEMORIES AND COMPUTERS FOR DOING MORE AND MORE AND EVEN THEY ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE EASILY ADAPTIBLE TO MORE TASKS. WE CAN COPY, CUT, CROP, EDIT, FILE AND SEND AND SWAP THOSE FILES WITH THE MASSES IF WE LIKE. BLOGS LIKE THIS ONE, ALBIET BETTER ONES, APPEARED IN TIME NOT LONG AGO EXTOLING A NEW SOURCE OF LESS BIASED UNCENCORED NEWS AS WELL AS A FAST NETWORKING CAMPAIGNING TOOL FOR POLITICIANS. IN MY VISIBLE SURROUNDINGS AT THIS MOMENT I CAN SEE AT LEAST 10 ITEMS IF YOU COUNT THE T.V. THAT HAVE COME IN TO COMMON USE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. IF YOU LEAVE OUT THE TV 9 IN THE LAST 25 YEARS. DITCH THE VCR AND WE CAN SHORTEN THAT TO 15 YEARS. ((((((((TO BE CONTINUED)))))))

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