Karma is on a Roll
With a little bit of mayonnaise - dee-lish.
I had just settled in at a local watering hole to watch my Pack play the Vikings. A lady in purple walks by and yells "GO VIKINGS!". Not 1 second later, as she is passing behind me, I heard a loud thud/thunk. I turn to look and she's down on the ground. Apparently, she slipped on a wet spot on the floor. You do not want to anger the Packer Gods.
Within just a few days, karma sped up its delivery from 5 seconds to 1. Just think, if only cable companies could improve that much...
Monday, November 10, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Karma Karamel
A bicyclist flies by in front of me today, tossing a Milky Way candy wrapper on the ground. I'm a little miffed by this. Someone once told me littering is bad, and I now believe it myself. My irritation did not last long, as the wind picked up and the bicyclist's hat blew off and onto the rain-soaked ground. It blew up to me, presenting me with choices:
a) pick up the hat and walk it to him as he circles back for it
b) let it go, laughing at the quick karmic payback
c) accidentally step on it repeatedly
d) cockpunch the bicyclist for littering, ignoring the hat incident
e) option (b) above, and write about it
Obviously, I chose (e), but wish I had chose (c).
The speed of payback reminded me of a time at a local bar years ago. A buddy of mine was making good time with a new acquaintance near the bathrooms. They were in plain sight of our table, so this amused us. Another buddy, we'll call him Rodrigo, decided to make a smart comment to them as he passed on his way into the bathroom. So, we watch as he leans in and needles them for promiscuous PDA and watch him walk directly into the women's room. 1/2 a second later he bolts out and into the men's room. One or more of us might have laughed so hard we had to go to the men's room.
A bicyclist flies by in front of me today, tossing a Milky Way candy wrapper on the ground. I'm a little miffed by this. Someone once told me littering is bad, and I now believe it myself. My irritation did not last long, as the wind picked up and the bicyclist's hat blew off and onto the rain-soaked ground. It blew up to me, presenting me with choices:
a) pick up the hat and walk it to him as he circles back for it
b) let it go, laughing at the quick karmic payback
c) accidentally step on it repeatedly
d) cockpunch the bicyclist for littering, ignoring the hat incident
e) option (b) above, and write about it
Obviously, I chose (e), but wish I had chose (c).
The speed of payback reminded me of a time at a local bar years ago. A buddy of mine was making good time with a new acquaintance near the bathrooms. They were in plain sight of our table, so this amused us. Another buddy, we'll call him Rodrigo, decided to make a smart comment to them as he passed on his way into the bathroom. So, we watch as he leans in and needles them for promiscuous PDA and watch him walk directly into the women's room. 1/2 a second later he bolts out and into the men's room. One or more of us might have laughed so hard we had to go to the men's room.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
114
That's my new way of ending the "nine eleven" era. For all the abuse of 9/11, and the defenses ("that's pre-9/11 thinking", "9/11 changed everything", etc.), I throw 114 or 11/4 out there as the new milestone date. If someone tries to continue the misguided thinking of the last 7 years, I will call that "pre-11/4 thinking". When they wonder what became of our country, I'll say "11/4 changed everything".
If we regain our status as an international moral leader instead of military leader, if we listen more than we speak, if we treat our own people with respect, if we treat the Constitution as something to heed, if we respect our fellow countries, we can point to 11/4 as the undoing of the post-9/11 crimes imposed by the Bush 43 administration.
With baited breath, I await Obama's actions in contrast to the death-spiral brought about by GW.
Change will still need to be managed - that will be harder than winning the election.
That's my new way of ending the "nine eleven" era. For all the abuse of 9/11, and the defenses ("that's pre-9/11 thinking", "9/11 changed everything", etc.), I throw 114 or 11/4 out there as the new milestone date. If someone tries to continue the misguided thinking of the last 7 years, I will call that "pre-11/4 thinking". When they wonder what became of our country, I'll say "11/4 changed everything".
If we regain our status as an international moral leader instead of military leader, if we listen more than we speak, if we treat our own people with respect, if we treat the Constitution as something to heed, if we respect our fellow countries, we can point to 11/4 as the undoing of the post-9/11 crimes imposed by the Bush 43 administration.
With baited breath, I await Obama's actions in contrast to the death-spiral brought about by GW.
Change will still need to be managed - that will be harder than winning the election.
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