Thinking out loud

If the link dies, listen to Joni Mitchell Both sides now  Just finished Graeme Simsion's "The best of Adam Sharp". To say I find myself in the main character and his story (an old love from 22 years before pops up in his email) is an understatement. While what happens afterwards will be far from my reality at least, some of his thoughts are my own as well.    First of all, he feels that even talking to his former lover is a form of affair because he feels it needs to be kept secret from his current partner.    Second, how certain songs punctuated their story and where shortcuts to those memories they had together. Happy to hear I did that 10 years before the book came out.  Most important though, it's his realisation that his current partner is fighting against a memory. The Angela in his mind is 23, the real one is 45 and has 3 kids.. You can't fight a memory. Or you shouldn't at least. It's good to have memories, but they don't keep you warm at night...

  If link fails, listen to John Lenon Imagine  Bit of a rant coming, brace yourself.  I have this one "acquaintance" that constantly feels he is in some way superior or better thanks to his convictions. He is a self confessed progressist and atheist and he constantly likes to remind us how much better he is compared to a religious person or a conservative person. He doesn't do shit to improve the world around him other than talk to whoever will listen to his ideas , doesn't help anyone (other than a 2 euro per month donation to a charity building a hospital which he seems to think is a pinnacle of humanity, even if he could easily afford 100 times that). Used to be pissed off by his self appreciation, tried explaining the problem to him but it's pointless.    In short, if you want respect (at least mine) do something to make the world better, take away some suffering, help, leave something behind other than words.     I finaly gave up and after pr...