Ponderings

 

Energy cannot be destroyed; it can only change its clothes.  You might see it in the wiggle of the cat ready to pounce, or in an ocean wave crashing against the rocks.  It may appear as a desk lamp sending light out into the room, or feel it operating your facial muscles the moment you see snails on your dinner plate.  

It is one of the laws of physics that is always obeyed.  Just as dust particles in a stream of sunlight cannot go away, they only change locations. 

Our energy, once our body dies, does not shut off.  Like the dust particles, it simply moves on.   Some people call that our soul.  Others refer to it as our universal consciousness.   It is not in that energy where good or evil reside.  Those human traits were simply aspects of your personality.  Your energy remains pure throughout eternity.     

 

 

 ZC

even when the system is down - they work.

 

        These are the physical passwords I need not commit to memory.  They are the bulky and pokey reminders that live in my pocket.  They allow access without question, no finger print or facial recognition, just the ability to fog up a mirror, be mobile with enough dexterity to miniplate the proper key into the appropriate lock.   

    Truly, old school. 

In the News

 

        French ceiling walkers in Paris yesterday suffered abrasions and contusions when someone inadvertently switch on the ceiling fan.  Onlookers, thinking it was a part of the act, applauded as the performers flew across the room, striking the walls and slid down to the floor.

        ZC

 

 

There's Always a Reason

        Somewhere, in some industrial city, or on the outskirts thereof, sits a factory making automobile tires. There is a management team working there that, not long ago, made the decision to sell the tires that were not quite up to snuff.   They were not bad enough to scrap, but they knew they were not up to the proper standards that had been set by the company.  They would simply lower the price and tell their distributers to put them on sale.

        Enter – Zobostic Corwin.  An average, unsuspecting chump who just happens to be in need of a new set of tires.  Now, consider for a moment, ZC has been around the block.  He wasn’t born yesterday.  Fact is, he’s been around the block so much that now he needs new tires.

        With a desire to support local business, he goes to a local tire distributer.  He also knows that due to the age of his car, it would be silly to put top-of-the-line tires on it.  So he stays away from the lower priced tires and selects what he hopes is a good, decent tire that won’t drive him to the poor house.  (Which isn’t that much of a drive, but why go there?)

        Yes, you saw this coming from miles away.  He buys the tires on sale.  He drives home all happy because his horse now has new shoes.  Now comes the part of the story were that peaky tire defect shows up.  After his car has sat overnight, the simple weight of the vehicle causes flat spots in the tires.  He discovers it the next time he gets in the car and drives down the road.  Ka-thump, Ka-thump, Ka-thump for about a mile, until the flat spots are gone.

        Here’s the part the management team back at the factory didn’t think about.  Now they have rid themselves of the low-quality tires but their reputation has developed a slow leak.  Each time I share this story, the leak gets a little bigger.  Potential new customers are being drained from their pool of possibilities. 

        What to me is a simple annoyance, will grow into a nail-sized hole in their bottom line.  Sort of like a flat spot on their earnings statement.  Ka-thump, Ka-thump, Ka-thump.

 

 

    ZC

Little Known Fact

 

Everything on Earth is subjected to gravity and bad Juju is no exception.   It is at ground level where bad Juju puts holes in your socks, it is where knees get skinned and hips break.  

Bad Juju has been known to lay across a path in the forest just to trip hikers, and during the night dig potholes in the road.  (I’ve seen it happen)

 

 

 ZC

Please Stay with your Group

 

It is only with the proper footwear that you should step into the inner workings of a pocket watch.  Some edges can be very sharp, and a few surfaces tend to be slippery.  Hearing protection is always a good idea, and no loose clothing, neck ties or dangling ID badges.

 

 

                            ZC

A Life at the Park

 

Balboa Park, in San Diego is so much more than an escape from the city and the freeway traffic.  It goes much deeper than the flowerbeds and far beyond the surrounding sculped architecture.  It contains a built-in feeling that suggests a life other worldly.  Its beauty has the texture of classical music that stays with you long after your time there has ended.  It permeates your memories, like a blend of fine seasonings, adding a wonderful flavor to your time spent that even sunset can’t erase.