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Monday, February 9. 2009

Follow my bliss

We had all sorts of comments on my Joseph Campbell video post, so I thought I'd tell you what following my bliss might entail.


Islamorada. 2 bedrooms, pool, ocean, and only $295,000.

Posted by Opie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 12:53 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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IIRC, that was where Ted Willliams lived. Could there be a connection with your considering Islamorada a place to follow your bliss? If it was good enough for Ted....
#1 BoludoTejano on 2009-02-09 13:03 (Reply)
I have been blessed to find the humor in anything. I would love to write my life story based on that humor so I could leave it for my kids... and for anyone else who read it. I know I could do it because I come from a family that when anyone tells a story, of even the most insignificant event, it is so hilarious it leaves us gasping and wiping tears. It's an art, I think. The only problem is I don't want to skulk through the labyrinth of the bad times, that I was mostly able to turn funny, to get the job done. I need a ghost writer. Gary Larson would be perfect. And I don't even want money for it. I just want the legacy of the joy of laughing.
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#2 Meta on 2009-02-09 14:22 (Reply)
It is an art... and also a gift, or a blessing as you say. I have wondered before if we would have survived as a species without the ability to find the humor in everyday life. Good and bad. Hell, even monkeys laugh, or put on a good pretense of doing so. Write that book... I'll buy a copy or you can give me one for free if you prefer.
#2.1 Luther McLeod on 2009-02-09 14:37 (Reply)
Okay, Luther, but you have to follow Opie's lead and say what your bliss would be.
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#2.1.1 Meta on 2009-02-09 14:44 (Reply)
humor is the lubricant for the wheels of life .

Meta is a lube-gun quick draw

i get vertigo watching her work in them high heels ;)
#2.1.1.1 DucSup on 2009-02-09 15:07 (Reply)
"The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man." - GKC, 2-10-06
#2.1.2 The Distributist (Link) on 2009-02-09 16:08 (Reply)
Bliss, How much for flood insurance...?
and wind insurance?
#3 Dave J on 2009-02-09 14:34 (Reply)
Insurance? Who needs insurance when we have hopey changey in charge? I will do what everybody else is doing ask the government(fema) to save me. Jeez I have been doing this thing all wrong----paying my taxes, giving to charity , working etc... I should have just been a community organizer! LOL
#4 opie109 on 2009-02-09 17:20 (Reply)

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