...and there are always cars on the highway
and the universe is so immensely enormous
and milk expires too fast
and every question does have an answer
and pennies are not worth the trouble anymore
and happiness is a way of life
and sometimes the weatherman is wrong
and euclidean rectangles do not exist
and simple games can be the most fun
and no one will admit to having a bad sense of humor
and pluto was never a planet in the first place
and it's okay with God if people die
and coat hangers should always face the same way in a closet
and time is relative to the observer
and reasons don't always matter
and athletes are not supposed to be role models anymore than the rest of us
and fish counts as a type of meat
and love is not a destination
and sunsets are more beautiful than sunrises
and mentioning politics at the dinner table is impolite
and any music is better than no music at all
and most people don't consider solitude a luxury
and even the flowers have become cliches
and there is no endpoint on a circle...
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~To most pennies aren't worth the trouble. I have seen my change jar rise because people don't care to have pennies anymore. One man's loss is another's gain, I suppose.
~Coat hangers should always face the same way in the closet...I didn't know you'd agree with that, though. I figured you were okay with chaos in the closet.
~I treasure my time alone. I guess I don't consider it a luxury, but it is important to me...I feel like I'm at peace then.
The US should abolish the penny and everything should be rounded to the nearest nickel.
I didn't used to care about hangers.....then I worked in a tux shop for 4 years.
You don't strike me as a solitary type of guy. How long does this feeling of peace last until it becomes loneliness?
I really like this one - is this yours? If not, who is it by?
Yep, this one is mine.
I'm glad you like it.
Well if you don't want your pennies, I will gladly take them =).
And if you got rid of pennies everyone would then complain about nickels...well maybe not right away, but eventually.
Haha, oh yeah, coat hangers in a tux shop...I could see how that would be a little annoying.
It depends on the mood I am. Sometimes I just prefer the quiet of an empty house. I could go a couple of days before I'd want some human contact.
It's just a natural progression. The US used to mint half-cent coins, but they were eventually phased out. Now its time the penny should be phased out. And yes, eventually the nickel, dime, and quarter too.
But if they phased out pennies people are going to be less willing to give away their nickels (for awhile at least), which is bad for me and my slow-earning change jar.
How's my retirement fund ever supposed to grow? The penny is its foundation!!!
Pennies would still exist in theory (gas stations still charge fractions of pennies)
Your retirement account could still grow at the same rate. It's just that the actual physical coins wouldn't exist anymore.
So when my total is $23.47 at the gas station is it impossible for me to pay cash (with exact change)?
Or are you talking about making currency obselete altogether, where all we're using is our online banking system and credit and debit cards to pay for everything?
I'm saying that your total of $23.47 might actually be $23.465. It gets rounded to $23.47 because we don't use half-pennies anymore.
I'm proposing that it gets rounded to $23.45 or $23.50.
I'm not saying that we should do away with all physical currency, (I am against that for the record) it's just time to get rid of the penny.
http://www.retirethepenny.org/myths.html
I did not anticipate that pennies would be the most controversial part of this post....
I particularly like the "love is not a destination" - I laugh when people are trying to fall in love. When you are trying to force a relationship to happen, it usually doesn't work. I think most people really find love when they aren't looking for it. At least that's the way I interpreted that line.
I think Meijer milk expires quicker than milk from other stores.
I really like how you mixed more basic observations with deeper thoughts.
Haha, I didn't think pennies would be the major talking point either.
I still like the pennies. In fact, if they brought back half-pennies I wouldn't be opposed. The more precise the better, in my opinion.
How long does Meijer milk last for??? My milk down here last about a week and a half. Well, that's until the expiration date. For Kevin, my milk would probably last two months. =)
Adam: That's 90% of what I meant by love is not a destination. The other 10% is that once you've found love, that doesn't mean that you're done.
Mike: What's that supposed to mean? I don't drink sour milk!
I would say that a gallon of milk lasts a maximum of 2 weeks. I almost always buy Meijer milk, so I can't say if that's average or not.
But it's too short sometimes....
What it means is you will eat anything as long as it was once considered food, damn the consequences.
Oh, by the way, I'm not hating the Carl Sagan book so far. I'm surprised. =)
Haha, as long as that food was never fish.
I'm glad you don't hate the book. Honestly, I'm surprised too.
Yea, don't eat anything that smells like a dumpster.
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