Not to get too academic (or depressing), but I thought this was an interesting quote about contemporary American culture:
Disconnection, isolation, transience, impermanence--all of these are symptomatic of a culture that has no connection to place, no connection to history, and no connection to the other.
Disconnection, isolation, transience, impermanence--all of these are symptomatic of a culture that has no connection to place, no connection to history, and no connection to the other.

Why do people send wedding invitations to me and "guest"?
I do most everything else fine by myself. Why do I need a guest to attend a wedding?
I'm not offended; it just seems like a stupid custom to me.
I do most everything else fine by myself. Why do I need a guest to attend a wedding?
I'm not offended; it just seems like a stupid custom to me.

I'm having problems with my internet again...but the Red Hat Society and I sure are having fun here in the coffeehouse.













