Happiness, Thursdays, and Findings.

Greetings, First things first. I may have figured out life today. It's summed up in a simple table illustrated above. The building blocks of life and simplicity of actions allow you to climb those mountains of your dreams. Notice that genuine creativity can only be accomplished with confidence and peace of mind on your side; not to mention friends, family and the most basic of animal and human needs and desires.

Taking care of a block at a time may afford me my dream of finding a place in the sun with a spotted dog, fishing boat, philosophy books, buttons for my coat, scripts for the scenes, and the wine cellar of gods.

Article of the day: 'We are not here to steal your gravel' - The New Yorker

Things I've lived by today - Apply the context to journalism and reporting.

On audience: "All I want now is for enough people to identify with my songs so I can keep on singing them...." PN

On thoughts and arguments. "I'm going to know my song well before I start singing..." RZ

Sunday Update, and perfect weekends

Photos of a weekend: JL Meth

Hi friends,

Just back from the best weekend possible in Vancouver. Thinking about putting some ice on my ankle, which I almost busted in my first men's league hockey game in six months or so. Tough game, but my cardio is good. A wee bit rusty, but skating is easier than walking for some of us. I'm no Theo Fleury, but I'll shake the rust off for another season soon enough. Anyways.

So what does a perfect weekend entail you ask? Always with your questions eh? You want to know so much. Right, the ingredients: Sushi, conversation, Chablis, picnics on rocks beyond the forest by the sea (afternoon sun!), more sushi (takeaway!), Cuban cigars, whisky tasting (Canadia translation: Scotch), late night cheese plates in bunker wine cellars (Salt!), meeting new friends (Faye, Langley travelers in concert queue), cousins (Scotti!), more sushi (Blue Water!), more whisky (Gastown tastings!), minimal rain, sunset views on the 23rd floor, king-sized beds with pressed sheets, snapshots, and a few nice walks around town.

News Scan

Hi all,

I read the news today, oh boy...

i - The Bento Box: Make it healthy, make it colourful, or make it into action figures. Play with your food, Japanese style.

ii - Scotland, according to the map, only has 283 Munros, not 284. The good news is, that’s one less I have to climb to complete some crazy quest. 1 down, 282 to go!

iii - Missing bodies: Searching for the remains of unaccounted American soldiers from wars past.

Some stuff I found and thought of all by myself

Photo: kid with an old camera.

Hey you,

Had a few thoughts today and tonight- nothing major, or groundbreaking, but just a few things I wanted to put down. Count to ten! Go!

One - I am going to give away, recycle, or trash half of the things I have collected over the years, as moving houses was a nightmare with all the junk I've packratted - yes I'm allowed to create words and misspell words on this forum - all my life - If it can't be used in some cut and paste project, or recall some grand vision of memory from the past, than it is going in the bin. Hooray, Calgary finally has blue bin recycling deals! Well, decades after the rest of Canada figured out it may be a good idea to provide that sort of service.

Two - Nothing has changed in Calgary since I left some months ago. Except there are more cranes and more cars. Good?

Three - I have barely written anything in six weeks. Nothing. Hope I'm doing okay.

Four - I'm too tired to read existentialist manifestos tonight, but I'm going to do it anyways.