Nightmare & Reality
Mall 9:49 AM I’m off to the mall to start my Christmas hopping. One of the nice things about writing is I can go opposite of the 9-5 for shopping. I’m hoping the crowds aren’t too awful this time of day. Still, bad visions… 1:25 PM I’ve gone soft. Back in my sales days, I could shop with stamina. Today, the combination of Christmas music, having to wear a coat inside, and constant price comparing wore me down. I likened it to a non-drinker who suddenly downs three drinks. They feel great, then loopy, then tired. At store #1 I was on a roll, loving the idea of...
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11:39 PM One of my dad’s friends passed this on to him, who passed it on to me. Life can get crazy during the holidays. Slow down and think about what truly is important. Enjoy. When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They...
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The Cinema, Rochester, NY 1:28 AM When winter hits, my movie watching skyrockets. In today’s (Wed) case, I made my first venture to, The Cinema, and what may be the longest continuously running movie theater in the United States, starting in 1914. You cannot beat $5 for a double feature. Or $2.50 for a large popcorn. Or $2 for a large drink (with .75 refills on both). In this case, my date and I started off with A Good Year, starring Russell Crowe. I was into the movie because it is about a well off business man, very well off, having to decide between money and things versus love and...
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Rochester, NY 3:22 PM I went to a movie preview of a documentary last night in Rochester, at the independent theater, The Little. The film is, American Harvest, directed by Angelo Mancuso. The story: “Anti-immigration sentiment sweeps across America. A journey from Florida to New York, including a trip to the Mexican border, reveals the lives and issues of legal and illegal migrants and farmers working toward a better life. Is the immigration system in America flawed? Immigrants are dying to feed America. (This film was shot while traveling over 15,000 miles in the U.S. and Mexico from May...
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