Strangness

 From the time I was born, I knew I was strange—at least in relation to the rest of my family. So, I developed a veneer of normalcy to cover up this strangeness. After a time, I realized it was time to come out of my strangeness closet. This was a good decision because I came to understand that everyone was strange in their own way, and that this was a key indicator of their uniqueness as a human being.

So, come out of your strangeness closet and be your own strange self. The only caveat: Do no harm.

Aging

 Aging is a journey that takes you:

From bikini underwear to Depends
From bras to breasts you can’t locate
From passionate romance to pecks on the cheek
From Senior Prom to the seniors prom
From working to raise kids to the hit-and-run tactics of grandparents
From walking briskly to walking .30 miles per hour
From burgers and fries to an all-liquid diet
From tripping on weed to tripping on the sidewalk
From life dreams to reality checks
From wedding bells to 5 minutes to answer the doorbell
From not worrying about any of your organs to worrying about all of your organs
From good sex to wondering where it went
From going to the doctor to going and going and going to the doctor.
So the advice: pay attention to all between.

Bugs and dogs

When I say to my wife, “Bugs are people, too” or “Dogs are people, too.” She thinks I’m a jackass. But consider this.
Bugs work hard and relentlessly to do the jobs they were assigned. They contribute as part of their community and their ecology. We wish more people could do this.
Dogs can be trained to faithfully and enthusiastically do many useful jobs, even to giving their lives to help. We wish more people were like this.

So indeed, bugs are people, too, and dogs are people, too 

Joe B

 Joe Burrow wanted $275 million. Joe Burrow got $275 million. Good for him. Now he has to prove he’s worth it. He has to show how to “do some good.”

We must recognize, though, that we are the ones really paying his salary. We have mor power than we think. We want 3 stadiums, we get 3 stadiums. We don’t want low-income housing, we don’t get low-income housing.
In the end, the community we have is a reflection of our societal values.

Measure art

 Measure the success of art by how deeply it penetrates you and by what it releases from inside you that you never knew was there.

MVP

 I never understood the concept of MVP in football. It’s a team sport and the MVP couldn’t be an MVP with the rest of the team. It’s almost always the quarterback anyway. How do the rest of the team feel?

Women should be paid fairly in tennis. But right now it’s equal pay for unequal work.

When a receiver catches a touchdown pass, he’s simply doing what he’s paid a big salary to do. So what’s up with the dances and other attention getting antics? The people who care for and educate our children, keep us safe and risk their lives don’t do this. And they’re paid a lot less.

Visual art