Thoughts

You should never grocery shop when you are hungry.

Don’t eat on an empty stomach.

Never dance when you are drunk.

Never make a major life decision by saying “Ahhh…Why not?”

A company party isn’t the place to tell the boss what you think of him.

There is no right place to tell the boss what you think of him.

People will always disappoint you.

Make an effort to not disappoint those you love.

No one else cares what you look like or what your opinion is.

You don’t look as good as you think you do.

You look better than you think you do.

No one looks good naked. Not even her in real life.

You have a bad memory for a very good reason.

Divide how smart you are by half and then by half again. Now you are getting close to the truth.

You couldn’t have done any better than you did, or you would have.

The reason you didn’t do better is that you are lazy.

Time is not on your side. Time doesn’t take sides.

Everyone has a better opinion of you than you have of yourself.

You treat your family worse than you do strangers.

A lottery win wouldn’t change you; you would be the same person with a bigger bank account.

You will never understand why someone else loves you.

That pimple on your nose…we all saw it.

When you said “He’s no better than I am!”, you were wrong.

You don’t really have very good taste, but we like you anyways.

Hockey, baseball and football really are a waste of time, but most things are.

No one actually NEEDS a cell phone.

Yes, you do look stupid always holding that cell phone. At least you look busy and stupid.

Nothing is real on TV, not even the news.

People lie to you all of the time. You should thank them.

That was the truth!

Take responsibility for your actions.

Never believe a politician or a lawyer.

Politicians and lawyers don’t care what you think.

Read what makes you happy, not what others think you should read.

A Guy Can Hope

I thought that I had written about Frank Herbert’s “Dune” books before in this blog, but unless the search function on the computer is messing with me, I haven’t ever mentioned “Dune”. That is hard to believe.

 

I am a pretty big fan of “Dune”, “Dune Messiah” and “Children of Dune” Written by Frank Herbert from the mid sixties to the mid seventies and has become a science fiction classic. I don’t think that “Dune’s” rise in popularity had anything to do with the surge in the use of recreational drugs at that time. It probably didn’t hurt though. The “Dune” books were pretty heavy going for science fiction of the time, but the complexity of the story just added to the universe that Herbert created.

His son and a writing partner have written thirteen prequels which fill in the complex history of “Dunes” universe. I think I actually like these books more than the originals. Well, let’s just say I like them differently. They answer some questions that I had from the original series that I though would never be answered when Frank died.

There was a movie made of Dune in 1984 by David Lynch, which I have never been able to sit through in its entirety. I don’t know if it is because of the cheesy graphics, the changes to the script, the poor acting or any number of other reasons you may care to name. It was nominated for an academy award and has since become a cult classic. I don’t get it!

 

It was on TV the other day so I figured I would record it and watch it when I was in the right frame of mind. Today was the day. I figure that as the years have passed and I have matured, I would be able to see what others find appealing in the film. I tried, God how I tried. It is one of those movies that I have no trouble getting up and wandering into the kitchen during the slow scenes. My trouble is finding a reason to wander back in to finish watching the movie. I still don’t get what the deal is with this movie. It is as bad today as it was the first time I got up and walked out of the room those many years ago.

It has been thirty years and I have probably tried to watch it ten times and have yet managed to see the whole thing. I don’t think I am going to waste any more of my life on this movie. I bet I have said that at least ten times. Maybe this time I really mean it.

I keep hoping that someone else will take on the task of making Dune into the film classic it should be. Perhaps now that Peter Jackson has finished mining J.R.R. Tolkien’s books he will move on to Frank Herbert and do a proper job. I doubt I will live long enough to see a movie of “Dune” that actually brings it to life. 

A guy can hope though.