Many days, it takes longer and more effort to decide on a topic for a blog post than to write something. I don't want to be too repetitive or too lecturing. I usually jot down five prompts during the hours between 6 AM and about 2 PM. Some days, something comes to mind that really grabs me and I have a strong sense that that something would be good for the day's post. But some days, there are many possibilities but nothing stands out strongly.
I read the local paper's headlines and the comics each day. Some days nothing seemed funny but today several did. I admire the imagination that shows in the paper's comics and in the weekly New Yorker cartoons. Today, Mr. Dithers, Dagwood's boss, offered to call a mechanic and "give him a piece of my mind." Dagwood thanked his boss but declined the offer. Mr. Dithers walked off disappointed. "That's a shame. I am really in the mood to give someone a piece of my mind."
I am a student and a fan of mind control, my mind. I haven't tried weed or lots of alcohol but I like to use questioning, consideration and alternative mental postures regarding my mood, my mind and my life. I like the idea that some days, older men are rather loaded to unload, often for deep reasons and from deep motivations that are not apparent to them. I am a practitioner of meditation and self-interrogation and I like the idea that some days self-examination is especially needed.
