Interesting concept, blogging. I understand that people waste a great deal of time doing it; yet, like bad habits, they can't stop. Am I a bloggicoholic? I guess only time will tell. Here I sit doing it when I should be grading papers.
I like the reading the honest (raw?) emotion that is often expressed, but it leaves me with an unfulfilled desire to help when I know I can't. Much like teaching those trapped in poverty and are sliding towards its "black hole" gravitational field. The all enveloping dark "force" is too powerful, you can't stop the slide. That's depressing! But ever so often you get a young person who has learned to avoid the "force" and gravitates to the light side.
I like the light side. Its warm and fuzzy-yuck-I really don't like fuzzy, just the warm, sunlight that shines brightly on a clear morning sky. Have you ever been to the beach on a clear blue sky day and frolic in the ocean surf on a air mattress? How about going out to the crab trap buoys in the Gulf of Mexico off Siesta Key's beautiful, white sand (99% quartz rock granules)? Personally, I like Barnacle Bill. He's out there about a half mile from shore, I grab his neck (prickly white water-logged rope) and float on that spot for an hour, occasionally rolling off the mattress to get cooled down. I wonder what creatures lurk beneath my raft?
Once a shrimping boat came within shouting distance and a crewman? yelled out that there were sharks in the area. So what? I hadn't seen any and besides I was convinced that they don't eat people, especially those hanging onto Barnacle Bill's neck. Besides, earlier in the day, I saw two dolphins swim by me. They had white identification numbers on their dorsal fins (probably painted on by a tagger..err.."researcher" from the Mote Marine Laboratory. The fact that there were dolphins in the area lead me to believe that where dolphins reside, sharks stay away. Anyway, that's what I wanted to believe.
Boy, would I like to be out in the ocean right now!
