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Where Have All the Good Barbs Gone?

on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 23:29

Happy Easter, my friends.  Sorry it's been awhile since my last post. I hope to make this blog a weekly thing, but I've been my usual busy self lately, doing so many things that I haven't left much room for sharing about them.  I wasn't sure what to write about at first.  With so many diverse topics to choose from (and I love free form expression), I was torn between something on the entertainment front or something on the religious front (it being Easter and all).  Well, why not a hybrid of the two?

Ceiling Unlimited

on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:35

A few lines from my favorite lyricist Neil Peart of Rush explains my powerfully optimistic mood:

"Ceiling unlimited
Windows open wide
Look and look again, look again

Feeling unlimited
Eyes on the prize
Changes never end, never end ...

Hope is like an ancient river
The time is now again ..."

 

Being no stranger to irony, I often quote Peart, an avowed athiest, and yet draw a lot of religious and spiritual conclusions from him.  I woke up at 4 a.m. today (what should have been a sleep-in-Saturday) with this song and a lot on my mind and knew it had to be shared.

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