BEADING, DR. PEPPER, VESPA'S, TEARDROP TRAILORS, THE HOTEL CAPE MAY (AKA, CHRISTIAN ADMIRAL), THE SLURPEE, THE MISTO, PHILOSOPHY, CHANCE, FATE, DS, SEA MONKEYS, GHOSTS, READING BOOKS ABOUT HAUNTINGS, ODD PENNSYLVANIA, ZINES, STAINED GLASS, SEA GLASS, READING, WRITING, BETTAS, CACTI, MACRAME, ABANDONED MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, SPENDING TIME IN CAPE MAY, BEACHCOMBING, AVOIDING WORK, CAMPING, WALKING IN THE WOODS, CRAFTING, COLLECTING VINTAGE TOYS, SEWING, MOSAICS, CLAY, OIL PAINTING, COLLECTING VINTAGE TUPPERWARE, COOKING, WATCHING RE-RUNS OF THE X-FILES, FOSSIL AND ROCK HUNTING, SHOPPING, WATCHING THE SKY FOR UFOS, SHELLING, FINDING THE ODD IN EVERYTHING, LIVING, ORIGAMI, READING, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, VINTAGE LITTLE PEOPLE, PEZ, WALKING ON THE BEACH, DOLLAR STORES, THRIFT SHOPS AND YARD SALES, HUGGING TREES, RUNNING IN CIRCLES, PRANK CALLS, LIBERATING LAWN GNOMES, SALT WATER TAFFY, CAPE MAY NJ AND NEW HOPE PA, PET ROCKS, POP CULTURE, CANDY, HOOK RUGS, SEWING, COLLECTING VINTAGE WALCO BEADING KITS, RINGER Ts, STICKERS, CALLING LONG DISTANCE, SOUTH STREET, NOT WORKING, POSTCARDS, GHOSTS, BIG FOOT, YETI, NESI, MEGLADON SHARKS STILL LIVING IN DEEP OCEAN, HOCKEY (FLYERS), THE HARDTORD WHALERS (RIP), FOTOMAT, SHERMAN ALEXIE, VISITING ALL OF THE BEAD STORES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BEADFEST, BREEDING TROPICAL FISH, TALKING, CHATTING, EATING AT EL TACO LOCO, FARMERS MARKETS, LIGHTHOUSES, DSR MSR (I'M TORN), FROG RACES, WATCHING FAT PEOPLE IN THONG BATHING SUITS ON THE BEACH, DANCING, YOGA, MEDITATION, TIME MANAGEMENT, CHAOS, JIM'S STEAKS, JIM THORPE, BBQ,
I would love to meet the person that invented the Trapper Keeper and the invisible dog on a leash (seen on Wildwood boardwalks circa 1989), all of the Keebler elves, Eddie Vedder's cousin . . . Barry Vedder and Chris Kline!!
Dr. Funke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Band Solution, the Tete Brothers, the Muppets, SNZ, Reel Big Fish, Peter Gabriel, Lucinda Williams, Sam Phillips, Bob Marley, John Lennon, the Beatles, Louie Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Muddy Waters, Blues Traveler, Neil Young, Dashboard Confessional, Tenacious D, Pete Yorn, L7, Ben Lee, The Shins, CCR, Weezer, Sting, Johnny Cash, Def Leppard, U2, Dead Milkmen, The Killers, Sugar, The Church, Liz Phair, XTC, Def Leppard, Modest Mouse, Ben Folds, Innocence Mission, Paul McCartney, Nick Drake, the Grateful Dead, MudHoney, Michael Penn, Gavin Degraw, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins (early stuff), Jack Johnson, Bob Dylan, The Cult, The Cure . . .
Jaws, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: A New Hope, Fargo, The Goonies, Little Miss Sunshine, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Silence of the Lambs, The Cable Guy . . . .
Lost, the X-Files, Myth Busters, House, the Office, Arrested Development, 30Rock, CSI: Crime Scene Investigators, SpongeBob, Dexter's Lab
(Hitchikers Guides) Douglas Adams, (Atlas Shrugged) Ayn Rand, (Hero with a Thousand Faces, Power of Myth) Joseph Campbell, (The Shining, Misery, The Stand) Stephen King, (Discourse on Method) Rene DeCartes, Rumi, Yeats, (Candide) Voltaire, (Leaves of Grass) Walt Whitman, (Love in the Asylum) Lisa Carey, (One Flew . . . ) Ken Kessey, (the Lovely Bones) Alice Sebold, (Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven) Sherman Alexie, (Catcher in the Rye) J.D. Salinger. Whether I turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show". -- Charles Dickens
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering to the things of youth. Nurture strength of the spirit to shield you as in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less that the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt in the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be, and whatever you labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all it's sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. -- Found in Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore; Dated 1692