Today is Lincoln's 200th Birthday...

Pennies everywhere! But what I find interesting is that it's also Darwin's 100th B-day.

I have complicated feelings about Darwin, considering "Origin of the Species" is just shorthand for the real title, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life."

Favored Races... lawrd.

Just for fun...

indulge...

Your darling Scrub :-P

I'm a Nut

I've been one for a longtime; and my nuttiness runs my life so much... It has it currently paralyzed. For example, I don't know how to have a decent relationship. My nuttiness won't go away, and it demands I sabotage everything. It has other qualities: I prefer a lie to the truth, I self medicate; I'm one of the smartest people I know but it's been 8 years since I've held a job.

Don't get me wrong... I'm my favorite person even though I have these issues. But I acknowledge I'm a fuckin nut. I also acknowledge I have got to alter it enough to get some non-nutty shit done. In other words, I have to change enough to be an amazing nut as opposed to a fucking one.

Winning is not a sometimes thing, it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.

-Vince Lombardi

My nuttiness aside, I believe the idea that we are in control of our thoughts. That our thoughts lead to our actions and action determine results.

I, your darling lunatic need different results. So that requires different actions, But the only way to do that is through my thoughts-- and my brain is nutty...

Therefore I have to adapt my non-nutty parts enough that my actions are different despite the nuttiness that ain't going no where. And if Vincy L is right one of the reasons I'm in this position because I've been a "once in a while" kind of nutcase.

I've chosen to become a "win all the time nutcase;" I can do it too because there are areas where I do: my smile, my curiousity, my drinking, my intuition... But there are a list of areas where I need to win all the time: Choose a passion, choose a career, just get a friggin job; step up my image; follow through in my relationships; repair my relationships; read my mail; make some money; control the money I make... I could go on and on.

Hold onto your hat.

Your Darling Scrub.

Quote

"Effective tactics when harnessed to poor strategy equals military disaster"

- Thomas E. Ricks

My Present to you, Merry Christmas Eve!

SCAN, The Secret Council of American Negros, your council, is found at http://since1865.blogspot.com/ . Prepare yourself for endless enjoyment.

One of the functions of your council is to take out folk who don't know how to act. Left of the blog roll, you'll find a list of "the fallen" which includes some of our favorite personalities to gab about (Kwame Kilpatric, Debra Lee, Wesley Snipes, Sherri-the-black-idiot-on-the-view, Bobby Brown, the NAACP...)

In addition to getting reports from it's spies and operatives; your council hosts regular meetings where y'all get together to combat major-league bullshit. The HNIC's identity is a secret, but the rest of the attendees will be familiar to you. One of my favorites is a September transcript of a board meeting called "the race card" where Mitt Romney and Al Sharpton are brought in with burlap sacks over their heads. Michelle Barnard is disgusted SCAN's even contemplating using the race card to help Obama. She describes it as the "Nuclear Option" and is totally over it. Mitt coquetishly asks what they're talking about, Al Shartpton elbows him and hillarity ensues (Al's application to your council keeps getting "lost," so he's trying to be well behaved... tee hee; just read it)

There's also the "Palin issue" which you deal with pretty actively and bring in the big guns. Zahara Jolie-Pitt is your youngest badass spy installed into the Jolie-Pitt household to wreak havok on the mainstream entertainment industry on behalf of the cause... Ooh ooh ooh.. Another great dialogue: the briefing Condaleeza Rice gives Barack Obama. sigh...

If the idea of a real-life organization of this magnitude wasn't so appealing, I would find it ridiculous, but these guys hit so many truthful notes, the shit just cracks me up. Seriously. I hope you enjoy it:

Good health to your people over the holidays, If given the opportunity I suggest ya slap a kiss right on your father's mouth :-) Scrub

good one

"It's impossible not to fall a little bit in love with you"

Got this one from some TV show :-)

"Men are lazy. Even if there is a great meal across town they'll usually reach for the nearest donut"

Of course this little diddy was uttered in response to the wonderment of a man stepping out on an inconvenient but fantastic woman with the local troll.

Tee hee...

But is the sentiment true? What assumptions is this idea based on? Why do I find it hillarious? Are there Historic examples? do I have personal examples? Why is this even important? Is it?How does it effect me, my relationships, my love?

I'm not quite so cynical. I kind think if he's looking for something a donut can't give him, he'll make the trip.

The assumption question was a good one though. (1) that this laziness only speaks to men (2) all men tend to have this trait, and thus are the same (3) there's a difference between a great meal and a donut (4) the analogy of food to women is valid. in other words, he's eat one way ergo, he'll fuck according to the same paradigm...