One may find

that the right thing to do is the easiest and best thing to do.
Yes.

Word as deity #1.

For example:

If one happens to find this picture incredibly cute (as I do), it bears interesting features to point out.

A dog and a kitten are smoochin'. The point is Aww.

Aww.

I completely encourage any individual who works using a computer into indulgent (yet nihilistic) kitten-pic grazing. That one is able and free to prevent oneself from throwing a computer out the window (Cubicle Freakout!!!) by the consumption of soul candy is proper social function in the vast and chilly digital commons that we share. The changes in language, the nature of friendship, and the spiritual, emotional basis of humanity itself are being rewritten in front of our very eyes. The kitten is exhibiting it's most affectionate behavior indiscriminately. The dog is patient, forlorn, and generous. The Eskimo Kiss is a meme learned from the mother. It is universal. It's what stands between us and chaos.
Aww.
Aww, goddammit.
We all deserve Aww.

The outlets for Aaw were one can, in a sense, walk up to an image and splash some words on it, or see what other people are splashing are social and highly casual. There is a palpable beat to the form of expression. You don't ever have to know whose idea it was. That's not the point; the idea is more like building sandcastles or tagging. "Eskimo Kiss x x x" just doesn't mean quite as much on the written page. The picture free from the text is prosaic. The combination of the two is where the magic lives. The variety of digital interactions using Aww that we have, consciously, unconsciously, hell, subconsciously?! over fleeting images are unlike anything people have ever been able to experience in the past. Teenagers and seniors have common ground over Aww. We can communicate on such a basic level with bits of practical art that may simply go poof or go supernova. We can do it instead of screaming at each other! Yes! Aaw to the rescue! Pretty staggering, right? It is staggering! Aaw will prove a useful weapon if necessary.

We deserve this sort of unity. We deserve some degree of dweebiness. It can save a person.

If you are a lazy f%^&#%#$$ who doesn't do their job or contribute to society, you do not deserve the kitten pictures and should grow the f$%$ up.

Ktxhbai (happen to like that word. it's cute)

Time

itself has the tendency to sway to and fro as we tiptoe alongside it. This morning, for example, watching the road and hearing the radio, time fell apart as my thoughts drifted from the present moment to those that have passed and are yet to come, flung away from center.
That the mind is like a gyroscope holding time in place? When spinning, time becomes slow and stable. When at rest, time flows out in every direction with respect only for eternity.

Yes.

Mockery

is by far the most sincere form of flattery.

At least that's what they tell me.

But I can't find my clown shoes.

Just pour the coffee.

When I first moved to town, I worked for a particular fancy-pants grocer. This was not a happy time for the tiny little cake. Having the tendency to be a manic individual, I would desperately accost customers verbally.
As bag boy:
"Oooh! You got that bleu cheese that's on sale! I tried some earlier and it was so tasty. And look at those nice herbs! Get some mushrooms and you're in for a treat for sure."
"Yeah."
"Really! I love all of those things together. You should try it. I usually use them for pasta or stuffed mushrooms. Or little paninis."
"Just put the food in the bag, okay?"

...

Years have passed.

I went to my neighborhood pet store a few days ago. I know people. People know me. The person that I know/knows me in this case happens to work at the pet store. After we regarded each other over the kitty litter and little tins of food he said some thing like:
"Oh hi! I think I met a friend of yours yesterday named ___. We were on a set together working. Yeah, rock-and-roll all they way. That's how I remember ___. Rock-and-roll ___. They said that they really miss you and that you left a gaping hole in their life."
"Yeah, well... you know."
"___ seemed kinda upset inside. I guess you're pretty busy with all of your different stuff. I would understand, I guess, but you should really talk to ___."
"Just put the food in the bag, okay?"

Sometimes, you see yourself becoming like your parents or your close friends. Sometimes, you see others slowly becoming more like you, thinking your thoughts and having your reactions. Sometimes, you see yourself in the process of learning behavior that you thought you could never understand; behavior that when received appears brash and surly that now feels so obviously righteous as it is flung from your fingertips. Sometimes you are forced recognize that you have been growing even if you do not recognize it.

Attributes

Shoes, like women, have tongues.
Probability dictates that neither are without their hassles.

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