Fried Pies from God (pies in background courtesy of markwgallagher on Flickr)
Human: “What’s up with all of this poverty crap, Big G, I need me a job!”
The Jim Carrey-like God: “JOB-SCHMOB! By the infinite power contained in my breast, I hereby bestow upon you the title of multi-billionaire and sole proprietor of the nation’s largest and most influential fried pie making corporation! Now go make me some more of those raspberry and lemon ones - which reminds me…I’ve already mowed through the ones you made me last week and need to do some sit-ups STAT!”
In case you find that difficult (which you almost certainly will), then you can expand your viewpoint of “My life sucks” to “My life sucks…and I can’t live in the present moment.”
From that point, if you persevere in your mission to spend as much time as possible living in the present moment(which I suggest you do!), your new viewpoint will be “My life sucks BECAUSE I can’t live in the present moment.”
And with that realization begins the end of your life sucking, now and forever. In fact, if you continue persevering in this mission, no matter what, you will find yourself tumbling headlong…into unfathomable serenity and success.
(I’m reminding myself here as much as anyone else!)
Moi (sax), Charlie Peterson (trumpet), Duane Benjamin (trombone)
For those of you who have noticed me rattling on since this past April about a tune I’m working on by the name of “All Around Us,” you may be asking yourself, “what type of a whack-job spends 7 months on the same song and is STILL working on it?! Who does this guy think he is - Brian Wilson?!? (more…)
photo by e-strategyblog.com (click pic to see more from this photographer)
This morning a good friend forwarded me a link to a news story by a ‘trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past.’ At the bottom of the article was a list of the various news organizations who give great credence to the insights and predictions of this man. (more…)
photo by jhritz (click pic to see more from this photographer)
Just as a grain of sand is to the beach, a wave is to the ocean, a spark is to the fire, a branch to the tree, a lymph node to the body, a twist to the plot, a single thread to the Persian rug, a corner to the square, a second to the hour, an inch to the mile, the hole in the donut… (more…)
Who would have ever thought that believing in things I can’t see would turn out to be the most logical thing I’ve ever done?
Apropos the name of the label putting out my first single (Milan’s Gotta Keep Faith Records), I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of faith these days. In my past, faith, besides having all sorts of “yucky religious overtones” to it, always seemed to mean believing in something that wasn’t guaranteed or really all that likely to happen in many cases. (more…)
Whew! A month and a half ’s absence from my beloved little bloggie here, but there’s been a lot of change for the absolutely positive in my life going on lately, so the blog fell by the wayside for a moment.
So this is actually old news, but I did want to let everyone know that my first track as Bloompocket, called “I’ll Show You” has been signed to a great label out of Milan called Gotta Keep Faith Records! The track is slated to come out some time before 2009 with some remixes to boot. Not sure who’s going to be doing the remixes, but I’m sure that it’ll all be great. (more…)
I’m normally not a forwarder of emails/videos/office humor, but I found this short clip to be actually inspiring.
I like to celebrate the fact that life moves me to precisely where I need to go, and if everything went exactly the way I wanted it on MY timetable (ie: immediately), I’d be missing out on so much of the goodness that life has to offer. This is not a lofty philosophical ideal for me, but it’s been my actual experience. (more…)
me with Henry Mancini after winning the jazz instrumental category in the 1993 Music Center Spotlight Awards
So 2 weekends back I had a very inspiring experience that I wanted to share with everyone. As some of you may or may not know, I was a high school jazz band geek, spending every weeknight practicing sax, often spending my weekend nights doing the same, or better yet, jamming with fellow high school jazz band geeks (such as Gabriel D Vine, with whom I formed Monkey Bars). Besides being in the band, I competed in tons of different music competitions, including one called the Music Center Spotlight Awards. It’s a pretty prestigious competition and I actually ended up winning the jazz instrumental category my senior year back in 1993. (more…)
