Warning: It turns out my new design of a Slip-N-Slide at ‘Six and 1/4 Flags’ was NOT a success. I thought it would be a great idea to replace a 3-foot section of the slide with alternating strips of thumbtacks and cheese graters. The screams that I heard during test runs turned out not to be shouts of joy.
Perhaps the best way to affect change is to laugh at the absurdity of the rules. A writer I know told me that this is what I should be doing more.
In light of the Duggar scandal, a homage for Josh?
I love the Obama quote. You can use to tell people why they shouldn’t ask you to be quiet, too. Although I’m not sure it’s better to know how ignorant they are – as the silence of someone idiot being quiet is much more relaxing that the silence you already expect.
Sometimes, the most insidious meanness is clothed in silk and topped with a gracious smile. “I don’t celebrate sin,” I read in yet another “I’m all about love” misdirection. By stating that homosexuality is “sin” and ignoring all other obvious sin, you are in fact not so cleverly doing what you claim you are not: calling the LGBT crowd ‘Lesser.’ It’s judgment no matter how you fight the term. (I don’t mind that you judge because I don’t play by the same rules that you do.)Don’t do the LGBT crowd any favors: they don’t consider themselves sinners and they don’t appreciate people who smile and hide their judgment as a refusal to “celebrate sin,” as if homosexuality is on the same level as gossiping or divorce. The Christian Bible was darned hard on several sins, none of which seem to be as interesting to the morality crowd.
Do you even have to ask if I’ve ever done this!?
The above picture probably addresses many of the issues you have with the older generation in your family.
I think I should start a website, on which catalogs all the stupidity of our finer specimens in society.
The quote in the above picture is from one of the sharpest minds I know. Like many good quotes, it is not so much the content, but the unexpected spirit implied in the words. Clever.
A tongue-in-cheek comment.
I wrote both the Emmys and the Academy Awards and recommended this new category. Shockingly, neither bothered to even send an email telling me which lake they would prefer me to jump into. #miniserious
I wrote the above in response to a particularly nasty conservative being unremittingly hateful on social media. It was a big hit.
Don’t be a drooler. A certain amount of money will be very beneficial to you, friends, and family. The law of diminishing returns kicks in and at that point, it is foolish to pursue material wealth at the expense of enjoyment, unless you need 4000 sq. feet or gold-plated faucets. But none of us seem to see the line between contentment and wealth.
The above quote is courtesy of Jackson Hignite part-time philosopher and full-time smart human being.
Since everyone accuses me of the latter of the 2 alternatives mentioned in the above picture, I made this. (P.S. Also a good example of why our language bites ankles compared to others.)
For the following two pictures, it resulted from an exchange on social media. The first one is from Jackson Hignite and the second one was my reply…
The above exchange is somehow “meta” and brings to mind several comments. But I’ll let you decide if you see any hidden meaning lurking the bushes.
The one below is the result of an off-the-cuff remark I made on social media, again directed toward the torrent of youths finishing high school and facing the long road of adulthood.
I’m not certain why I included the Clooney picture in this post other than it tickles me. That should be enough, anyway. If I find it to be funny, surely others will, too.
I made the above picture to be funny, picking on my wife.
I made the above picture after reading another John Pavlovitz blog entry, this one at: http://goo.gl/v4GQMD.
The above picture was the result of the fallout of people not being creative with their criticism.
I wrote a pithy book review last year under a nom de plume. I got quoted, so I guess someone liked it.
The above picture was one I made for someone’s social media birthday post. I liked the quote.
Another one I made for a social media birthday.
Inside joke #43. These photo filters go much too far. This is my wife and I looking at the sunset last night. Or, it might have been when I started?
Is your life what you imagined it would be?
Or could be?
If not, open a new door.
P.S. Parenthetically Speaking 