caveat emptor

Native America Before the Horse

Today I walk in Native America before the horse. Today we walk and run. There is no other way. One day it will be hard to imagine that there was such a day. One day we will ride and drive and fly faster than we can now imagine, but not today. Today we walk and run. There is no other way.

Today I make my case for the world as I think it should be. I've prepared my speech, exactly ten minutes. I've practiced hand motions and diction, leaving nothing to chance. My charts and figures are indisputable, having been checked and rechecked. I will brook no argument. I will have no truck with compromise. I will, PowerPoint by point, argue for the world that should be. In the end, it is out of my hands. In the end, they will thank me and I will gather my things and leave. They will decide after all the presentations have been made. Wish me luck.

I was thinking about aftermath, standing in the ruins and adding up all the things you have kept, standing in the smoke and subtracting all the things you have lost. If, when you've finished all the aftermath, you still have a positive number, you still have at least one, then I guess you keep going. If, however, you end up with zero, then you're done. You cannot divide by zero. You can multiply, but it comes to nothing. If you end up with zero, the aftermath is done.

Today I hunt the plains of Native America before the horse. Tomorrow the Spanish will arrive, sitting astride majestic beasts. Tomorrow the world will change in ways I cannot imagine. Today, however, I walk and run. There is no other way.

Hello, friends. How are you today?

Later. Love.

Time Makes Fools of Me

Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us. -- ET Bell

The universe doesn't know it's a new year on Earth. Even the sun doesn't know. Not even all the people on Earth agree that the year starts on the same day. This is not a universal event. Nevertheless, happy New Year.

I am trying to remember the very first day of the very first year ever. It was such a long time ago, and I was a very different person in those days. The universe was young and new and we were all still bewildered and amazed just to exist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that things would ever be as cool as they are today. I never imagined I'd be so deep in this groove.

My resolution this is year is to eschew time. I'm done with it. Time can get bent as far as I care. From now on, I am timeless. I've got got got got no time. No no no no no no no time.

I may have forgotten to warn you people that I was going to take a hiatus during the holidays. I apologize if any of you fell into too deep of a state of aimless despair without me. I never really left, I was just hiding at my house and playing with my wife and kids. You should meet them. They're pretty cool. But, I'm back. I don't know what else this year will bring, but I can assure you this: I will still be here when the year is over. I've come too far to turn back now. I'm in here for the long haul. 5¢. The doctor is in.

Hello, friends. How was your holiday?

Later. Love.