the sadness of it all

the world is reacting to the very sad news that Heath Ledger has passed...it is one of those disbelief moments when you can't wrap your mind around the information...what i find most striking, disturbing, yet not surprising is the news organizations treatment of the tragedy...calling in the "experts" to speculate what happened with the very little information that was given out...the NY newspapers' headlines all but decided what the cause of death was...before the medical examiner's office made a statement...and even when they do find out the cause...if it should be some kind of drug related incident...they will run with this in true tabloid feeding frenzy style ...taking the humanity out of the picture...not caring that this man has a young child who will have to deal with her father's death from this point on in her life...and even more astonishing....the headlines news about this unfortunate death is being drawn from statements from Harvey Levin of TMZ...has he flippin become the expert on everything??..maybe he'll run for president...apparently he's the go-to man who carries major clout...this whole thing makes me sort of ill...because of how misguided everything has become...it's seedy, disrespectful, callous and powered by financial gain...and again...at who's expense??

Swallow that pill...

the drug industry gets away with raping the consumers monetarily...and the health insurance companies have their back...there is a new "money saving" campaign directed at consumers who need to take medication on an on-going basis...the "brilliant" plan: have your doctor write a new prescription for twice the dosage and then split the tablets using their free little pill 'guillotine'....the only requirement for appropriately deemed medication: the pill has to have a score line to cut it...are they flippin insane?? ...playing on the people who most likely need the reduction in cost...dismissing the ramifications of improperly cutting the medication...what about all the old folks who need the money and the medication the most??..the ones who have visual problems...or the ones who will forget to cut the pill??..is their assumption that we're all desperate and complete idiots??...maybe the folks in the board rooms of the insurance companies should take the pill splitter and cut their bonuses with it.

Music...from the inside out

Maybe some of you will get this...recently i found myself trying to define the term "vacant" that someone (who is a musician) used to describe their feeling about a specific young band (who will remain nameless at this time)...and it was something that flipped a switch in my head...first, understand that i'm no musician...i rely on years of listening experience...and impeccable taste (ok so humility is lacking when it comes to this...so shoot me...lol)...but this is not about me...it's about what's missing...or maybe absorption is a better word...sucked in by the shoulder shrugging attitude today...things are ok...not great...the most for the least amount of effort...from the outside in...not the inside out...that's where the vacancy comes from...it feels incomplete...the lack of conviction is very evident...and what's most bothersome...is that there is so much potential...but it falls short because it's "good enough"... what the??...do something right...and the brilliance will come from the inside out...you'll know and feel the difference

and the randomness continues...

amusing 'thoughts' floating around:

• Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
  


• All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
  


• In the '60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
  


• Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
  


• Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

a cake by any other name...

You can tell when someone loves their work...there is something spectacular that occurs...it is such a gift to do and create what you love...time simply flys by and stands still simultaneously...a most wonderful place to be

to see more celebration cakes:
http://www.pinkcakebox.com/

and the question is...

sometimes i think i'm just a wuss...might as well lay down and write "Doormat" across me....diplomacy morphs into something unrecognizable...i find myself making excuses... and not saying what is usually the truth...just to what??...make someone else feel better??...why do i have to be the "nice guy"?...what will happen if i just tell it like it is?...how difficult can it be to present circumstances in their true light?... i've perfected "white washing"... and worse, "white lies"... and to whose expense??

found it...again

seems like i re-find this blog every 6 months or so...a good friend is now blogging here...so i will try and leave an occassional profound word or two...even if it's just to listen to myself...a thing, i admit, i've perfected...i'm contemplating changing the blog name...wonder if that's possible(?)...going to investigate