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Any good thrift shop finds?
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Hey Baby!
Any good thrift shop finds since we saw each other last? There were a few good ones in the states, but I couldn't get the treasures back. So I left them. But I took some pictures of what I've found lately....
Mind you I don't go that often, a little bit too broke, this new house is a bit expensive. Cheap for the market, but rich for me. Mind you, the market's due to bust anytime soon....
A number #12 Medalta Bowl. Mint condition, no chips or cracks. Bigger than the ones you have. I didn't take any of yours, when we split up I kinda thought of splitting things up like that, taking one from each pair of candlesticks, alternating things of value so they could suffer the same pain I was.
Over time they'd find each other again...
Well, maybe.
Some antique candlesticks from Value Village, $4.00. the pair. Note the style of the shaft and the base, unusual. But old. Also found another pair identical to a pair I already have - $8.00, also very old.
This is the old movement from the clock that didn't work, I had Ron put in a new movement. The one with the twisty pillars. But I liked the old movement and saved it. It's kinda cool.
This is a kinda cool old antique clock, for a toonie at a Springbank Garage sale. Runs, sort of (not well). But the dial is great, all crazed and cracked porcelaine, nice bevelled crystal.
SO you turning up anything good? I must say, the two or three times I've been out there since I've left I've not found anything. Nada. And Tina's as chipper as ever. New hunky male-volunteer sales assistant, though, any luck there? He was sooo friendly I wanted to kill him.
Go for a coffee?
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Hey,
The best of Autumn is past, it's been three months and I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to go for coffee, catch-up, you know....
Actually, let's be real. Coffee probably wouldn't cut it. Maybe a glass of wine, or bottle or 2. Probably need that just to meet you.
I've thought of calling you, but you weren't exactly friendly the last few times we spoke. All high and mighty, morally righteous, I guess you had to justify it somehow. To me it wasn't such a big deal, a bad card to play for sure, but not a surprise.
I hate writing you but you were such a part of me...
How are you doing, anyways? I didn't mail you some postcards from our trip back, we got back, eventually, see the postcards I didn't mail you for details.
So whatcha up to this Friday night? Busy, I figured - Lava-date? I got the kids. We're probably not on the same schedule anymore, things got all mixed up after the vacation. Big night out with the girls? Sean over and getting drunk, talking about the good 'ole days? Moving to England anytime soon? I'll miss you, I like having you near, even if we don't talk or see each other. It's strangely comforting.
Yeah, I know it'd be uncomfortable meeting so I came up with some rules that might make it work. We don't talk about the kids. At all. Not yours, not mine, this is something we'll forever disagree on, and we each have to live with our own theories and views. So maybe we just don't talk about that, it'd be better, just about you and me.
Let's go for coffee when your not dating. It would be a bit of a betrayal for your new boyfriend, and, as much as I want you to be happy, I don't want to hear about how great things are with Joe or Fred, and what a "kid" person he is....
So what's new? Any new art shows or sales? Get a lodger in the basement? How did the garden come in the end, it looked a lot better when I was picking up my stuff. Figured it would. Didja harvest the poppies? How were things with Sean when you got back - did he get all morally righteous as well, and be the "Good Dad" for all of a week before he got busy? Did you get back together with him for a couple of weeks before you came to your senses? No? You can tell me. All right, if you don't want to, I won't press it.
Say sorry to Amy for me. I didn't want to throw away her stuff, didn't want to throw away your stuff, but we couldn't take it with us. You were right about the boy overpacking, but he was supposed to be on vacation for a month. He was in the end, he lost a fair bit of weight on the trip back, was looking good. Sorry, wasn't supposed to talk about the kids. My fault.
Have you seen my "Frida" CD? I liked that one. Can't find it in the library, must be MIA. You never called me about the stuff that you were supposed to put in the garage. Like the yohimbe powder. Did you slip it to Sean in his tea? All of it?!! Oh, well, will be a while anyways.
Although I've been 'couged' a few times. Last time at Higher Ground, petite, she kept looking at me, then stopped and started talking to me about Millarville and the farmers market and how she was on her way, was awkward. Do you still go to the flea market? I do, once in a blue moon, I cruise the parking lot to make sure you're not there before I go in, remember that email in which you told me where you were gonna be so I couldn't be there too? Glad you stopped that, I sometimes hope I'll run into you...
Listen to any good music lately? See any great movies? Read any great books?
I finished up Casanova, loved it. I know you wanted to read him, maybe I could lend him to you. Got a new book - edited letters by Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo, old 60's paperback, looks to be good. Not happy with the "Edited" part though.
Oh, I have a question I meant to ask you. Something I never really understood, and I'm generally pretty astute .. What's that thing you have with saving irrelevant messages on your answering machine? Remember that artist who called you after the Vicious Circle show, told you how great you were, he was an artist as well, left his number and you saved it for months, and I had to save it for the time you were in Montreal? What's that about, anyways? It's kinda like all the phone numbers of dates you had posted in the cupboard for a year or so after I moved in. Sorry about that, too, I'm sure you'd be calling a few of them up now.
What else? Yeah, OK, dead busy for damned little cash. Crazy. But started a few things I've been meaning to do for a long time, and other projects are coming along. We'll see, happiness is a journey, not a destination. Too busy to be miserable, and generally when I get depressed is when I have free time and end up thinking of you. So I try to keep busy. Eve reading "Junie B. Jones" - I hate that kid, what a spoiled brat. And she never gets spanked in any of the books. I think Eve makes me listen to her reading them just because it winds me up so much.
Sorry. That slipped out. No kid talk.
Well, it was good talkiing. I mean, we didn't, but it feels like we did, sorta. Still love ya, hope your well, not TOO well though. A flaw in my character I must address. But god do I miss you. And thank god I'm soo busy or I'd be missing you more.
OK. See you. I got this. No? OK. We'll go dutch. I'm not rich. Not now. Kiss on the cheek? OK. Miss you too. Take care.
Self Directed Evolution
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More ideas that could change the world.
The idea that evolution is to some (part or perhaps even wholly?) self directed.
By which I mean we decide within ourselves what traits we will pass on to our children. Of course, this is true with social evolution, we as parents pass on our values to our children. But why not physical evolution? And not necessarily "Intelligent Design" - there is no need to invoke God or a third party, why not ourselves? If our beliefs determine who we become, and what is possible for us, [and here I don't necessarily mean "The Secret" - there is plenty of excellent research on how outlook affects perception...], and in so doing socially affect our children, is it not possible that there is some evolutionary benefit (or detriment) associated with our beliefs? Is greed a belief that will help us continue to evolve? Is self interest?
With genetic engineering we are now self directing our evolution in ways that we have no means of predicting or even controlling. The antithesis of Intelligent Design. But I am speaking outside of the lab, a more personal evolution.
An interesting link here - youtube clip of Bruce Lipton speaking on the Biology of perception. If you haven't time for all 7 clips (70 minutes) watch the last 2, in which he explains how genes are turned and offed by perception.
Kid Weekend
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A full weekend with children and the work doesn't stop coming in. Which is my way of saying forgive me if there aren't a lot of posts in the next few days...
Gotta go to the Killarney pool & play volleyball with the boy - this is a big one, attended his first tournament game the other day - tried to be the proper sports dad, pick a fight with the other parents, yelling at him to "Hip-Check", "Dribble", "Pass the Puck" and "Punch his lights out!!".
Don't know if I'll be invited to another. And I've promised to go jogging with him...this should be, well, funny. Well, maybe not funny, but...interesting. He's taking an interest in running, past month 3 km a day, I have to encourage this. Looking very fit, his features losing all of the baby fat, he's gonna be a big boy. Must be good for him, but not so sure it will be good for me...
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