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Tom O'Bedlam

Advocatus diaboli

About Me

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
-Albert Camus
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
-George Santayana
Yes. I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
-Oscar Wilde
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth.
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter...to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring—these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
The most precious things of life are near at hand, without money and without price. Each of you has the whole wealth of the universe at your very door. All that I ever had, and still have, may be yours by stretching forth your hand and taking it.
-John Burroughs
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
-Crowfoot
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
-Dr. Seuss
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
-Dave Barry
I can only interpret my life, my view of the world, and maybe inspire you to do the same with yours.
-Jeanne Schinto
If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

My Interests

Landscape Gardening, RDNA, Experience

I'd like to meet:

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
-William Powell

Music:

Ugly Bumpers, mostly. But I like dingos, too.

Movies:

Dogs In Space, Blood of Heroes, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski

Television:

CSI, Crossing Jordan, Rock Star:INXS

Books:

Anything by Tom Robbins or Douglas Adams. And, of course, landscape books.

Heroes:

All the superheroes with no powers - Batman, Zorro, etc. Most any character played by Humphrey Bogart. Tom Waits. Tom Robbins. Milo.

My Blog

Words

My two new favorite unintentionally disrespectful words: "supposed" "Really?" No disrespect meant to those who use them, of course.
Posted by Tom O'Bedlam on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:09:00 PST

Some Wonder Stuff

Don't you think it's funny that nothing's what it seems When you're not looking forward? Me, I'd like to think life is like a drink And I'm hoping that it tastes like bourbon
Posted by Tom O'Bedlam on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:44:00 PST

Texas

Warm winds blowing Heating blue sky And a road that goes forever...                         ...
Posted by Tom O'Bedlam on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:21:00 PST

American Gods

Isn't it strange, how sometimes you have to live in another world for a couple minutes so that you can get some perspective on your own. I am reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It is good stuff. It...
Posted by Tom O'Bedlam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Updates

OK, so I am sure that there are a whole stack of people wondering what the heck is going on with me... UPDATES -Christine and I just celebrated our fourth happy anniversary. -Our son Milo will be tw...
Posted by Tom O'Bedlam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST