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This week I was going au natural as it were. No creative enhancements to this picture.
Memphis Zoo, the last time I was there with darlin' Nancy and her sons. The one tiger kept stalking the other....around and round...
and I decided to make the photo a puzzle of sorts...there was only one stalking tiger.
Can you tell which one is real and which is a clone?
This week I was going au natural as it were. No creative enhancements to this picture.
Memphis Zoo, the last time I was there with darlin' Nancy and her sons. The one tiger kept stalking the other....around and round...
and I decided to make the photo a puzzle of sorts...there was only one stalking tiger.
Can you tell which one is real and which is a clone?
OK, so the other day - OK, it was MONDAY - I had written the following:
"Sure I play the lottery....don't you? Do you have plans for the money if you do? Hell sure I do...well at least the beginning...There are about 6 things on the list I wuld do and one of them would then lead the direction for my life going forward...
What? OH, you are waiting to hear the plans....hummm OK, let's see...do you believe talking about things like this jinx you from having it happen? Or do you think you should voice your dreams and fantasies for them to happen? Or don't you think it matters one way or the other?
Let me know your thoughts on this and then depending upon the responses and my personal feelings, I might give you the list of items...bwahahahahahahahahha"
OK, so Turnbaby and Anndi both wondered why I 'buried' a statement like that...thought provoking and good material to get a grand debate/conversation going in comments.
I was blogging that evening in a 'gonzo/ stream of conscientiousness' mode and did not even realize the significance of the question...
So, do you - as they used to say on Sunday mornings on a local station in NY - which is weird since it is a Chinese Proverb and it was some Religious Show that used it - "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness".
DO you talk about wishes - not the 'I wish it would rain' wishes...but the 'I wish I could win the lottery' type wishes?
OR are you the type who feels that if you say it out loud it might not come true? Like the chance of getting a huge promotion or raise...do you call people and tell them about it, or do you hold it in, not wanting to 'jinx' the whole thing?
I have been thinking about it for a few days now. When I was out of work, I got to the point where I refused to discuss interviews and rarely told friends and family I was going on one. Because you know what happens if you talk about it...it probably won't happen.
Then I thought about the 'lighting a candle instead of cursing the darkness thing'. Maybe if I talk about it, it will happen!
I kinda feel the same way about the lottery. My basic usage of the money has always been the same. Family. Mortgages paid off. Colleges for all nieces and nephews paid off. A big family cruise (which would probably never happen now that all but one are in college!). And the last thing is a foundation. It's initial purpose...the resurrection and rebuilding of youth baseball fields around the country and into Canada.
Working with Little League and Babe Ruth and American Legion and Cal Ripken and some of the other organizations, find areas where the desire is there, but the funds are not.
I know that the first area we would work in is the area destroyed by Katrina and the towns still flooding along the Mississippi this year.
Yes, there are things I would also want. I would buy something small here in Memphis. But I would also take a nice long vacation...I am thinking some golf at Casa de Campo in the Dominican, a week or so in a small little place I know in St. Thomas..nothing fancy, but right on a beautiful small harbor with great scuba and snorkeling and a fantastic bar! I think it would be exhilarating to share this terrific place with a most wonderful woman...
I also mentioned a few weeks ago wanting to rent/buy an RV and tour the country. That would also happen down the line.
OK, I fessed up...anyone else want to talk about whether they hold them in or let them out to the world? Do you 'curse the darkness' or 'light the candle'?
And what is that one big wish?
"Sure I play the lottery....don't you? Do you have plans for the money if you do? Hell sure I do...well at least the beginning...There are about 6 things on the list I wuld do and one of them would then lead the direction for my life going forward...
What? OH, you are waiting to hear the plans....hummm OK, let's see...do you believe talking about things like this jinx you from having it happen? Or do you think you should voice your dreams and fantasies for them to happen? Or don't you think it matters one way or the other?
Let me know your thoughts on this and then depending upon the responses and my personal feelings, I might give you the list of items...bwahahahahahahahahha"
OK, so Turnbaby and Anndi both wondered why I 'buried' a statement like that...thought provoking and good material to get a grand debate/conversation going in comments.
I was blogging that evening in a 'gonzo/ stream of conscientiousness' mode and did not even realize the significance of the question...
So, do you - as they used to say on Sunday mornings on a local station in NY - which is weird since it is a Chinese Proverb and it was some Religious Show that used it - "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness".
DO you talk about wishes - not the 'I wish it would rain' wishes...but the 'I wish I could win the lottery' type wishes?
OR are you the type who feels that if you say it out loud it might not come true? Like the chance of getting a huge promotion or raise...do you call people and tell them about it, or do you hold it in, not wanting to 'jinx' the whole thing?
I have been thinking about it for a few days now. When I was out of work, I got to the point where I refused to discuss interviews and rarely told friends and family I was going on one. Because you know what happens if you talk about it...it probably won't happen.
Then I thought about the 'lighting a candle instead of cursing the darkness thing'. Maybe if I talk about it, it will happen!
I kinda feel the same way about the lottery. My basic usage of the money has always been the same. Family. Mortgages paid off. Colleges for all nieces and nephews paid off. A big family cruise (which would probably never happen now that all but one are in college!). And the last thing is a foundation. It's initial purpose...the resurrection and rebuilding of youth baseball fields around the country and into Canada.
Working with Little League and Babe Ruth and American Legion and Cal Ripken and some of the other organizations, find areas where the desire is there, but the funds are not.
I know that the first area we would work in is the area destroyed by Katrina and the towns still flooding along the Mississippi this year.
Yes, there are things I would also want. I would buy something small here in Memphis. But I would also take a nice long vacation...I am thinking some golf at Casa de Campo in the Dominican, a week or so in a small little place I know in St. Thomas..nothing fancy, but right on a beautiful small harbor with great scuba and snorkeling and a fantastic bar! I think it would be exhilarating to share this terrific place with a most wonderful woman...
I also mentioned a few weeks ago wanting to rent/buy an RV and tour the country. That would also happen down the line.
OK, I fessed up...anyone else want to talk about whether they hold them in or let them out to the world? Do you 'curse the darkness' or 'light the candle'?
And what is that one big wish?
Do You Want To Know A Secret...Secret...Wishing On A Star...Sitting Waiting Wishing...The lyrics are not really on topic...but what the heck...
"Do You Want To Know A Secret?"
The Beatles
"Secret"
Maroon 5
"Wishing On A Star"
Beyonce
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
Jack Johnson
