cycling, truth, public services, initiative (and the incredible benefits to humanity forfeited because of a lack of it), couches, positive reinforcement, metaphysics, wimmen, petty competition, social norms, intimacy, good posture.
Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be she I was seeking--it comes to me, as of a dream.
I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall’d as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,
You grew up with me, were a child with me, or a girl with me,
I ate with you, and slept with you—your body has become not yours only, nor left my body mine only,
You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass—you take of my beard, breast, hands, in return.
I am not to speak to you—I am to think of you when I sit alone, or wake at night alone.
I am to wait—I do not doubt I am to meet you again.
I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
Nothing Left to Lose, the bends, Exhile on Main Street, Joshua Tree, Comfort Eagle, Mister Magic, LZIII & Physical Graffiti
Jesus Christ saved me. He is Lord forever.
My parents' and my siblings' collective influence on my life is immeasurable. Individually, they have each challenged me and inspired me. I cannot, nor do I care to, imagine my life without any single one of them.
Noam Chomsky's so smart it makes me not want to even try.
Brad Pitt plays characters I want to be but never will. Dennis Quaid plays characters I identify with and could become some day.
Prof. Richard Porter is the man.
I was Walt Whitman in a previous life. And according to him, so were you.
Rudyard Kipling and Garrison Keillor are my favorite storytellers. Sometimes I tell stories, and often I am accused of being a liar.
My heroes are the people who live by faith rather than ambition, reason rather than tradition, passions rather than expectations. My heroes never compromise honesty or distort their identity for the sake of pride. My heroes have a logically consistent, comprehensive worldview. My heroes live with conviction, guided by sound principles. If you know such a person, they are my hero.