Header taken from "Messenger" - Art by Kurt Vonnegut

Well we've been open for a while now & already had our first Art Show. It was a great success & I can't wait to have more! We've got more cleaning up in the back half of the bottom floor that we should be finished with soon & then we can start on the top floor, again. Our goal is to remodel the small bathroom that is already upstairs, so that we can go ahead and move in! So in about 6 months, we should be living Downtown!!

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12.09.2005

Riddle Me Stoopid

So we've got our holiday tree put up and decoraded with our holiday lights and ornaments. We've got our holiday stockings hung and holiday gifts wrapped and named, one by one. We have a snowman up in our front yard, made out of wood and holiday lights strum on the front of our house, with only one, very lonely dud. What's left to do, but to enjoy the season...

"But why give gifts and do such tasks, what is the reason?" you may ask.

I say to those who ponder, "Where has Christmas gone, I wonder?" Don't ask such a stupid question, don't wonder about such splendor. Don't ask for gifts or hope for presents, don't worry about dollars and cents. All will come your way, no matter your beliefs of that or any other day. I say because I care, why demoralize yourselves or anyone else for such pungent and hot air? Although well formed, your ideals are made of water, each shot deeper into a soul of crystal blue fire.

Worship to free yourself from the bonds of humanity, take pride in your soul and your faith will surely guide you(or ye). Look up to other faiths, not down your nose and understand what drives them will probably be 'no doze'. Just kidding. If you represent yourself loyaly and respectfully, and praise your Lord completely, without hatred or bigotry; your heart will be free to live in the bliss of Loving kindness and, of course, forgiveness.

What we worship this season will always be a mess, something for many different faiths and for others, it's Christmas :)

Merry Christmas (EVERYONE!)

3 Comments:

  • and a very Merry Christmas to you too... :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 09, 2005 1:18 PM  

  • Joe, if I had you in my English class you'd get an "A" on this assignment. Terrific rhyme and meter! Very Dr. Seussish...and that's a great thing. I consider him a poetic genius, you know. I mean, how many others can rhyme every line, have it make sense, and create a moral to the story all in one sitting? And a fantastic moral it is, too. It's so easy to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas, although I suppose the mad dash for "the perfect gift" does come from a loving place in the heart and the desire to make someone happy. But can't we go about doing this without throwing an elbow into an old lady's eye at some "Early Bird" sale at the mall?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 11, 2005 3:09 PM  

  • :) This was a joy to read...

    By Blogger Brian Rhea, at December 12, 2005 10:53 AM  

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