stone savage

“I like the word `indolence.’ it makes my laziness seem classy.” - Bern Williams

I admit it. I’m lazy. I’ll always find the most efficient way to get something done… not because it can be done better or faster that way - but because by being efficient I have to do less to get it completed.

Yes, if necessity is the mother of invention - then laziness is the grandmother. Efficiency is really just intelligent laziness if you think about it. Why do we have washing machines? Because someone was too lazy to stick with using a washboard and a tub where cleaning clothes took hours of manual labor. Why do we have drying machines? So no one had to sit there and manually spend hours hanging up clothes on a line, checking them, and then taking them down.

The same goes for why we have riding lawn mowers, dish washing machines, grocery stores, and cars. It’s all about getting the most done with the least amount of effort.

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“Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.” - Albert Camus

You’ve met charming men before, haven’t you? Of course you have. We love charming men!

The flash of the smile. The nod of the head. The quick wit. The friendly demeanor. Oh, how they woo us with their wiles and win us whether we will it or not.

You’ve met stunningly beautiful women before, haven’t you? Of course you have. We love beautiful women!

The flash of the smile. The flip of the hair. The sultry looks. The sensual demeanor. Oh, how they woo us with their wiles and win us whether we will it or not.

But there is a difference between beauty and charm. There is a very big difference.

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“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

We all know the phrase. It’s been with us for most of our lives. The guy next to you says what you’re thinking, your best friend blurts out the exact same phrase you just stated, or maybe you stumble across an author whose words echo through every fiber of your being.

I wonder then… if we really believe it. Do we not realize how much we condemn ourselves when we encourage division? If “great minds” really do think alike, then doesn’t the fact that we don’t think alike mean that we’re not all great minds?

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zeitgeist: January 2006, post “domestic spying” revelation
ortgeist : a quasi-United States

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” - Abraham Lincoln, 1858

More and more these days I grow concerned over various forms of increasing division in this nation. I cannot help but wonder if the seeds of revolution are being planted at this very moment.

The political, economic, and social unrest that peppered the national scene in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War are again rearing up in a way that I fear will eventually lead to an unreconcilable division in this great house we call America.

Two times in this nation’s history we have been brought to the doorstep of Revolution. Are we getting ready for a third?

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