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News Briefs 01-10-2015

I wish I were in Minnie…

Quote of the Day:

“If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.”

~Henry David Thoreau.

  1. news
    Halloween: The problem is that A) all chocolate candy is made using child labor, and B) if I give out non-chocolate or make my own treats I either get my house TP’d or I’m suddenly a child molester! This is why I’m glad I live in a town where most of the kids grew up and left home. I just spend the night with my friends eating guacamole.

    Drugs: Shkreli has a face that begs to be punched. Every time I look at him I want to punch him.

    DARPA: No.

    NASA: I found a plastic ball on the beach that kinda looks like Ceres does that help? 😛

    The Devout: Well someone likes smashing someone’s beliefs into oblivion doesn’t he? Glad I already believe in reincarnation or this would be a Shkreli sized pill to swallow.

    Outsider art: Ha, The Star Ledger is one of my local newspapers! I remember reading that story.

    Wallabies: aww 🙁

    1. Shkreli
      Well, as that story showed, what he did is pretty much common practice among those companies. His undoing was how flippant he acted on Twitter and TV.

      So, maybe some greater good will come out of this after all 🙂

  2. Talpazan
    I was saddened to hear of the death of Ionel Talpazan. He was an intense, sweet, troubled soul. I used to buy his paintings from him on the street. A friend of mine and I once visited him in his apartment in Harlem. It was stark: just his art and a shrine to a beloved dead pet dove. He didn’t make much money painting UFOs. As he told us, “I suffer for my art.” Rest in peace, Ionel.

          1. Talpazan
            I’m in the middle of moving, so they’re packed up. I’ll post photos of them, but it will take a few days…

          2. Talpazan again
            Well, I’m still in the throes of relocation, but I posted a couple of pictures at ullagegroup(dot)com. RIP, Ionel…

          3. Thanks!
            [quote=Doug Skinner]Well, I’m still in the throes of relocation, but I posted a couple of pictures at ullagegroup(dot)com. RIP, Ionel…[/quote]

            Thanks for sharing Doug!

            Have been meaning to ask also: do you have a Twitter or Facebook account for announcing updates to your websites? Sometimes forget to check in on johnkeel.com for a while and kick myself when I realise it. Or maybe I should just use my RSS reader more often… 😉

          4. updates
            Thanks, Greg. No, I avoid Twitter and Facebook. I try to post once a week, usually on Monday. Sometimes I get too busy, and skip a week.

          5. Social intelligence
            [quote=Doug Skinner]Thanks, Greg. No, I avoid Twitter and Facebook.[/quote]

            Altogether a smart move I think Doug! I shall have to get into a routine with my RSS reader to make sure I keep up with things.

  3. Happy Rituals
    1. Smile; a great big radiant smile. Seriously, I don’t know how anybody can feel bad with a big “I love the whole world” smile on his or her face. It never fails to work for me. Smiling always makes me feel better, no matter how bad things might get.

    2. No regrets. No recriminations. No grudges. No vendettas. The past is merely bio-electrical impulses in the brain and doesn’t exist anymore. Don’t keep looking back; it’s a waste of time.

    3. Embrace and enjoy life as it is right now, however it is right now, because right now is all any of us will ever have.

    1. #1
      That I should apply more often 😉

      It also occurs to me that all those botoxed celebrities have a real problem with showing a big smile in their stiff faces. That should tell us something about the current state of this world…

  4. A great set…
    …of news today Mr. Red! Thank you.

    Happiness. I stopped defining my existence through that mechanism a long time ago. I think “happiness” should appear in small doses anyway. The less we bullshit ourselves, the better.

    1. Definitions
      Maybe the problems is we tend to confuse happiness with ecstasy. We think of it as the feeling we get when we go on a date with a great partner, have a raise, win the lottery, yadda yadda yadda.

      Happiness should be seen as the contentment with one’s existence. Making an overall, objective view of one’s life and realizing that in, despite all the mishappenings and sorrows, we are still glad and grateful for the time we’ve been given in this life 🙂

      (Damn, I should follow my own f$%#ing advice more often)

          1. I have known two people who
            I have known two people who were not content with existence but who were very cheerful, nay happy. They thrived on not being content with anything.

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