Cleaning out the Closet of My Mind

Before he passed away many years ago, I used to read the Boston Globe columnist, George Frazier, and my favorite columns of his were the ones where he just “cleared the air” with his thoughts. The column would be made up of several one or two line random thoughts. Totally random. Stuff that he was thinking and/or wondering about.

This is my version of one of those columns.

(Some of what you are about to read are my ideas. Some are thoughts that I've accumulated from my reading. If, while reviewing the following, some of it appears familiar to you, then those are the things that I've compiled from other people's writings. If you don't recognize any of the following, then they are all completely original ideas made up by me.)

So here goes:

I take back all those times when I didn't want to nap as a kid.

Nothing sucks more than that moment in an argument when you realize that you're wrong.

We can't change the cards we are dealt in life, we can only play the hand as best we can.

The words "may," "possibly," "could," "potentially" and the like should be banned from news reporting. ("Just the facts ma'am, just the facts.")

If the Democrats are against the soaring deficit and the Republicans are against the soaring deficit, why is there a deficit?

What you do every day matters a lot more than what you do once in a while.

Why is movie rain always coming down in buckets at a hundred miles an hour? (Remember that the next time you see a scene in a movie where it's raining.)

Anne Hathaway's singing of “I Dreamed A Dream” in the movie, Les Miserables, is one of the best scenes I've ever seen in movie history.

A year from now, you may wish you had started today.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least a little bit tired.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

Ask yourself if are you spending your time on the right things?

Weather people should be held accountable for their accuracy in forecasting, dammit.

I'm so glad hockey is back. Is there any way to make the NBA go on strike forever?

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone, just so I know not to answer when they call. (But I ALWAYS take your call.)

We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. (Mother Teresa)

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

The happiness in your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

If Daniel Day Lewis doesn't win the best actor award for his for portrayal of Lincoln, there is no God.

We should all show more gratitude.

Did you ever get a song stuck in your head? (Now try not to think of the song, Mama Mia, for the next five minutes.)

There's a great line in the movie, "The Lord of The Rings" when Gandalf says to Frodo, "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." (I love that line.)

Did you know the first testicular guard, the "cup", was first used in hockey in 1874. And the first hockey helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for hockey players to realize that their brain is also important.

Did you ever see a rainy scene in a movie where in the background it's perfectly sunny? (Did they think we wouldn't notice?)

There is a great need for a sarcasm font.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

Newspapers should only print the sports page.

There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Whatever you've been meaning to get to, get to it now, you'll sleep better.

Charles Krauthammer, on Fox News, is the smartest guy on television ever. (Google him. He's lead a very interesting life.)

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

All elected officials (and I mean all) should only be elected for a single term, that way they would have to try and rob us blind very, very quickly.

I never know when it will strike, but there sometimes comes a moment during the day when I know that I'm just not going to do anything productive for the rest of the day. (Assuming I was doing something productive prior to that.)

Pick up the phone and call somebody. And start off the conversation with, "I was just thinking of you and I thought I'd give you a call." Screw emails.

Mama Mia.

Until next time..................................

PS I'm starting a new blog. It's called, “You Are Of The Mistaken Belief That The World Is On the Level.” I try not to be too overtly political in my writings here. The YAOTMBTTWIOTL blog will be a bit more “pointed” in its presentation. 
This will be your only warning. 
http://yaotmbttwiotl.blogspot.com/