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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Regrets...
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention!
--"My Way",
written by Paul Anka
When I hear that song, I think of Frank Sinatra, and sometimes Elvis or Sid Vicious -- all of whom have been known to perform, in their own unique manner, that wonderful song. Wonderful because -- though I don't always enjoy hearing it, I've heard it so much -- the song is a wonderful personal anthem. That's something we all need: a personal anthem. A song that praises our individuality; a mark of devotion to oneself. After all, they say you're going to have a helluva time loving anyone else unless you've first learned to love yourself, right?

This is not to replace your love for your God, or your spouse, or your family. I'm simply saying that we all need to give ourselves a bit more self-love at this time of year. (No, not that type of self-love !) Too many of us beat up on ourselves throughout the year, and then nearly destroy ourselves at year's end. No wonder there are so many suicides during the Holidays; the messages bombarding us are to Buy Buy Buy and to Give Give Give -- but what if you have nothing to give but love? If you have a dearth of that good stuff, then you'll have a bitch of a time spreading it around to your neighbors.

So be good to yourself, whether you're Christian, Pagan, Wiccan, Athiest, Hindu, Islamic, Mormon, Podcastin, or otherwise. Don't take the pills, they won't do you or anyone else any good; you'll simply miss out on the Next Big Thing (which may turn out to be Your Next Big Thing). Just do things your own way, singing that little hymn as you do so:
For what is a man,
What has he got?
If not himself,
Then he has naught.
To say the things,
He truly feels,
And not the words,
Of one who kneels.
The record shows,
I took the blows
And did it my way!

Sunday, December 21, 2003



Friday plans were unveiled for the world's tallest building, a skyscraper that will be constructed at New York City's World Trade Center site. Dubbed the Freedom Tower, the building's design borrows from architect Daniel Libeskind's design of last year, including its height of 1,776 feet tall (mark the significance of that number).

The model looks impressive, and I believe the building will be the ideal addition to New York's skyline. There have been some other impressive designs, including an interesting Jules Verne-ish throwback, but the chosen design has that Fortress of Solitude (Superman's crystal city) look that marks the center of the city while not imposing upon it. Plus it's really, really tall. Some even say too tall.

I'm awed by skyscrapers, even though the tallest towers I've been exposed to are the relatively minor-in-comparison-to-New York buildings of Los Angeles. I believe in their sublimity; their overpowering grandeur stirs a quiet spot of my being into action. (I usually get a hard-on when I see an image of a skyscraper.) Perhaps because of the architectual developments, this past year or two I've been drawn more and more to New York. I've never had any attraction to the city and have never had more than a passing desire to visit, but lately--and especially in light of the upcoming additions to the city--I've been feeling the pull. I'll hold out, though, until the Freedom Tower rockets into the skyline.
posted by Harold  12/21/2003 02:37:00 PM | 0 Comments | Links to this post

Friday, December 19, 2003

Okay, it's been long enough. I'm such a perfectionist, I always have to wait until I have something brilliant to say or do before I make an entry here. But if I wait around for something brilliant to come, I may be waiting a very long time. So here I am, posting an entry.

Speaking of brilliance, are you aware of my Internet radio station, VoyagerRadio? That is what consumes most of my time, besides selling on Amazon. This past month and a half have been a struggle financially (okay, the whole year has), and so I've been selling CDs to make ends meet. It's helped out alot--I've even begun to entertain fantasies of making a business out of it. [Link courtesy of Your Mac Life.] I guess I'll do anything to keep my Internet radio station "on the air"!

I just realized I was trying hard to find appropriate links for this blog entry. That's common practice in the blog world, but Something That Happened isn't your typical blog. This is a space for experimentation (as noted in my little introduction on the left side of this page--at least, today that's where it's located). This is not a restrictive, 3-journal-entries-a-day-this-is-my-life-in-a-nutshell blog. This is me, and then it's not me, it's my other self. (No, I'm not schizophrenic--I'm referring to my subconscious self.) This is that creative impulse, that spirit of producing that overcomes me and simply must be wrought via electronic bits. This is...

Oh boy, I'm ranting. Perhaps I have nothing more to say today? We'll see.
posted by Harold  12/19/2003 12:46:00 PM | 0 Comments | Links to this post

Businesses in Huntsville, Alabama

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I once posted, in this space (this right column), the following:

If I had friends they would be listed here

That particular bit o' text, that silly and idiotic phrase, was repeated a dozen or two dozen or so times and was intended to be temporary. I had been working on a project -- a new layout for this blog -- and had intended for that text to be placeholder content. That is, the text was supposed to temporarily replace the content that had previously occupied this column (which was a list of links to friends -- that is, other blogs and web sites I linked to). I didn't know what content I was going to place into that (this) space, so I placed a bunch of duplicate phrases here as a placeholder so that I would remember to fill in this space again later.

At the same time, I thought I was being cute with the heading:

NEW & IMPROVED FRIENDS!

The fact remains: I still don't know what content to put here, in this column. Links again? Pictures? Video? Audio? Ads? Oh, hell no! It hasn't come to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually, and when it does it'll come quick and (as usual) with consequences.