THIS Rhett Butler Will Never Die

These photos are from 2 weekends ago. I got together with two old, high school friends to hang out for the day. We were acknowledging the fact that we were all still alive to turn 50 years old. I've been best friends with both of these guys, individually, and they too were best friends together. I've stayed in touch with Thor the most over the years with there only being short gaps of time in the late 80's/early 90's when we lost contact. Heffner on the other hand, I was out of touch with longer, only re-finding him about 5 years ago thanks to the internet. We are very different in our lives in many ways, yet there are many, many ways in which we are still very similar. The thing that counts is that I still enjoy their company and find them easy to talk to. Heffner and I live nearby and see each other about once a week. Thor on the other hand lives in the southland and I only get to see him about once a year. We always have some kind of adventure together. Ok, that'...

why i continue to try to inspire those suffering from humanity to do things differently, i do not know. i have mentioned before my tres amigos that i have known from high school days. that is 30 years+ that these friendships have endured; even if the connections have eroded to somewhat dismal conditions now. i've got a bug in my butt about making a difference in the world though, and even though the spectre of 50 years of life is hovering over our bodies - i want to make one last stab at helping these fellas. when we were teenagers i found a way to make my life different and led two of these fellas to follow the path i was taking. the other fella probably found this path on his own (at least i think he is too proud or sullen to admit that i could have influenced his decision to follow the Xrist). anyway, these three have followed the Xrist into lifes of boring complacency. and now i think it is time to wake them from that slumber. i now this is all sounding like nonsense, especiall...

Today is the birthday of a very prolific author named Iris Murdoch . She was born a long time ago and lived quite a long life. She wrote very many books ( one of which moved me deeply), loved a lot, drank, had affairs, and probably left the phone off the hook too so that people wouldn't bother her when she was able to work. Hell, I'm talking through my hat as I don't know these things about her, as facts, at all. I imagine that she lived a full life though because she was able to write about full lives . She had a deep and powerful mind because she was also considered to be a philosopher. Well, it struck me today that next year, 2008, I will be turning 50 years old. Not so fast, I know, I have to turn 49 first (and isn't there a theory that our bodies rejuvenate cellularly every seven years or something? so next year I'll be getting a brand new body, right? don't think it will matter.) Last year I had a very strong inspiration to be a sexy and robust 50 year...