MegaDrivel

I’m not saying anything right now, because I have nothing nice to say.

Check out my short note posted on Toby.Getsch.com.

I’m sad to learn of the passing of a young NBA star.
My ache is not so near, but remote empathy from afar.

You wish you had the life, the dream the skillz.
You ain’t genuine. No, copycat, you are for your thrills.

Sometimes I speak in dialect.
I flow and rhyme and hit it, the inside man — the deep, the introspect.

Sometime I joke and riddle.
Sometime I interrupt, yeah right in the middle.

My inner thought.
The contemplative, deep rhythm is caught.

Don’t challenge me if it’s for your gain.
I keep it real. This is no refrain.

I listen, not just hear.
I smell the emotion waft in fear.

I call it MegaDrivel. That’s my schtick.
You stick around, they’ll take this read and make a flick.

I call it MegaDrivel… Now you know.

both boredom and anger are secondary; dealing with the underlying causes of each takes time, courage and perseverance; that leads to maturity; we always have a choice

Dear God, surround me as I speak,
the bridges that I walk across are weak
Frustrations fill the void that I can’t solely bear.

Dear God, don’t let me fall apart
you’ve held me close to you
I have turned away and searched
for answers I can’t understand.

They say that I can move the mountains
And send them falling to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

Sometimes, when I feel miles away
and my eyes can’t see your face
I wonder if I’ve grown to lose the
recklessness I walked in light of you

They say that I can move the mountains
And send them crashing to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

They say that love can heal the broken
They say that hope can make you see
They say that faith can find a Savior
If you would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

~Jars of Clay, Like a Child

When I think about a topic and decide to write about it, one interesting thing (to me anyway) is seeing  in which category it lands.  This topic about “attitude” and thoughts about how to change and adjust attitudes is something that I encounter every day – we encounter every day.  This is the introduction of the “The Attitude Meme.”  It also happens to hit on every one of the categories already here… Autodidactism, Education, Life, Listening, MegaDrivel, Perception, Perspectives, Priorities, and Writing.

Yes, there is a little wordplay going on here. Attitude + Me +Me… I don’t think that works.  However, I do think it works to infect positively pass along a good attitude and good ideas.  I don’t know anyone that I like to be around who dislikes a good attitude.  This is another positive beginning… Welcome to a new category and a new domain, AttitudeMeme.com.  (Yes, that’s another wordplay.)

whether you agree or disagree
you cannot deny

whether you like or dislike
you cannot deny

whether you try or do not try
you cannot deny

whether you love or hate
you cannot deny

whether you lose or gain
you cannot deny

whether you suffer or whether you rejoice

whether you pity or whether you envy

whether you spite or whether you embolden

whether you despise or whether you embrace

YOU CANNOT DENY…

Jesus Christ is sovereign.  God knows.  And, the Holy Spirit lives.

Be encouraged.  YOU are NOT alone.

YOU CANNOT DENY…

God is God and I am not.

Trust God period.

I’m becoming more interested in “copyright” and what that means today.

My current, unstudied opinion:

People often try to profit off other people’s work.  That is nothing new, and in-and-of-itself is not wrong, illegal or immoral.  However, if something is taken from someone else, and permission is not granted, then it is stealing and it is wrong, illegal and immoral.

Example:

I leave my car unlocked and all the windows are open and the keys are left in the ignition.  Someone else comes by and takes anything from the car or takes the whole car.  That is not in-and-of-itself wrong, illegal or immoral.  However, if I did not give permission to the person or group or whatever entity that took anything, then it is stealing, wrong, illegal and immoral.

Conclusion:

That sounds pretty simple and pretty basic.  It sounds like there is not much room for misinterpretation.  It sounds very obvious, like it should be “common sense” and like everyone should know and understand this.  However, “common sense is not common.”

How does this apply to “copyright” and what does this mean today?

I’m trying to study up, to make a more informed opinion and to take a stance on this.  I don’t have any specific reason to do this, except for maybe one.  I think many people are stealing and doing wrong things, with regard to “copyright” and I think people are doing this because they truly believe that they have rights to things that are not theirs and they have strong opinions that things that they do not own are ok to steal.

This, on the surface may look like a witch hunt or being judgmental.  That is not the goal of my research.  My goal is to seek first to understand, before trying to be understood.  So, I am noting my current, unstudied opinion here, to see what happens to it, after I do more research and after I apply due diligence to this topic.  Who knows?  Maybe this will turn into an interesting and engaging discussion and maybe my opinion will change, along with or in opposition to other people’s opinions that may also change.  Maybe current opinions will be strengthened.

How does this apply to art?  How does this apply to science?  How does this apply to me, or you?

Stay tuned!  :)

P.S. I think I nailed what type of thing “MegaDrivel” may be all about here.  It appears to have nailed every category that I currently have for this blog, plus I added a new “Autodidactism” category.  Hmmm…

Ernie Johnson shares his Cancer story

Ernie Johnson On His Relationship With Turner, With Barkley, With God…And So Much More.

We get to leave a legacy.

I think about that because I work with various computer and IT things and there are often older systems around, called “legacy.”   Legacy is what we leave behind – OR – legacy is what we decide to keep using because we refuse to move forward.

What are you doing and why?

Over the weekend, as I was doing laundry and cleaning up some of my things (as well as dealing with a spring cold), I thought of something… I think there are 2 kinds of defaults relating to clean and organized.  1 – “Keep everything clean and organized, except for the areas in use.  Then clean those up when your done.”  2 – “Keep the areas in use clean and organized, and other areas can be unkept or less clean and organized.”

I was reminded by my roommate (not that he’s this way or that his house is this way… just another viewpoint) that there may be another kind of default here.  3 – “Everything is cluttered, all the time.”  I didn’t include that default, because I don’t think it’s healthy or reasonable.  It’s certainly not pleasant.

Which one are you?  How does it affect your relationships?  Do you gravitate towards one default in some situations and another default in others?  Is this a priority, and if so does that affect your default?

Anyway, it’s something to think about when you take the time to look around and listen to your surroundings.

“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can hardly sit through ten minutes of television without bursting with more ideas of things to write about…  “Common sense” is not common.  I don’t claim to know how to fix that.  I do claim (write now – pun intended) to know how to write about it and hopefully lead to others’ thinking about it, which can lead to improved thinking and can facilitating positive change.  That’s not a slippery slope falacy of argumentation.  That’s an approach to contributing to society and impacting people’s lives.  That’s something worth spending time on and worthy of valiant effort.

It’s another quiet Sunday morning here in Minneapolis.  We got up to 50 whole degrees yesterday and it looks like it will get to about 55 today and 60 on Monday.  I’m sitting by the fire, sipping coffee and doing some reflecting and prioritizing.  It’s quiet, tranquil and very invigorating, all at the same time.

One thing that I’m learning to prioritize is time.  Time spent with family and friends is vital for maintaining a healthy balance with all the weighted priorities of work.  That valuable time with friends is fellowship time.  Over the past few years, learning how to to be appropriately selfish with my time has made a big difference in maintaining a healthy, content and simple life.

Lately, Sunday mornings have been a time when I’ve been able to listen to my own thoughts and enjoy how much bouncing around, creativity is going on inside this head of mine.  I can’t accomplish all of the things I would like to accomplish.  So, I’m learning to want to accomplish selective things and to let many things go.  It’s simple, but hard to maintain that.  I’m glad I’m learning.

With these Treasured Sunday Mornings I’ve accomplished my desire to make time to enjoy solitude.  It feels good.

After about 6 inches of snow yesterday, I’m up early on a Sunday morning in Minneapolis, MN. It is extremely quiet. The keyboard clicks are almost echoing as I type in the living room. This is why I get up early. This is why I enjoy mornings. This is what I escape to join… a calm, thought provoking, pleasant, peaceful journey…