Kaden Analogies
Don’t pay bills that you didn’t run up.
It would be like the vault door is open but
no one walks by.
It’s like being in a congregation and the preacher’s
trying to get you to say “Amen,” but you’re only there because your girlfriend
wants you to be.
If you’re fighting a pterodactyl versus
fighting a mountain lion, either one of them is going to kill you. It doesn’t
matter which is the better fighter.
Betterment
What should I “be about?”
Mindful of all the living/little things
We reflect the light of Christ, which we
must first welcome into our lives.
It’s easy to be annoyed with people and
circumstances. Remember that you don’t know the whole story.
Current Events
Privilege is the dirty word of 2020
When tearing down monuments and pointing
fingers at history in the name of Black Lives Matter becomes a French
Revolution.
M.I. Horne hosted “women’s only indignation
meetings”—where can I sign up for one of those? 😉
Musings
A woman: cursed with crippling selflessness
Where are the astronauts? (When did kids
stop aspiring to greatness?)
We have a magpie friendship—we
create/collect shiny things and then share them with each other.
People lied to me in high school and college
about professionalism. I work with authors of business textbooks who respond to
my emails with emojis sent from their iPhones.
Sometimes we give the people in the
scriptures a hard time for not recognizing signs or for falling into wickedness
again. But hey, I menstruate monthly, and somehow I’m still shocked every time
it comes around. I only recognize the many signs after I see the blood.
Rachel and Lara are alike in choosing favorites
and thinking the worst.
Even the word “misogyny” (hatred of or
prejudice against women; mid 17th Century origin) was around long
before “misandry” (hatred of or prejudice against men; late 19th
Century origin).
What is the human equivalent of a bird
perching on a wire?
When was the first stroller introduced? (It’s
a good Wikipedia search.)
No electronic system is more likely to work
than when doing so would prove the user wrong in something. (reporting errors)
Separation of Church and State—Separation
of work and love.
Media Connections
Lies of HSM: working with high school friends;
unrealistic expectations for audience enthusiasm
Frozen 2 culture: “Then don’t go into fire”
(Scarlet Pimpernel “Into Fire”)
M. Knight Shyamalan had The Last Airbender.
Andrew Lloyd Webber had Love Never Dies. Paul Gordon had Pride and
Prejudice: A New Musical. You are entitled to one glorious failure.
The Count of Monte Cristo to Sweeny Todd to
Little Shop of Horrors
From Zero to Villain: Managing an
Antagonist’s Arc (featuring Hans and Mother Gothel) (and the reverse, Zuko)
“You Matter to Me” from Waitress crossed
with “Only Us” from Dear Evan Hansen. (It could swap places with “Suddenly
Seymore” from Little Shop of Horrors.)
LTUE conference (or other) panel: Ethical
Responsibilities of Authorship (where does the buck stop for what your content
can do in society? Good and bad)
I like my musicals with overtones of social
justice. But how sad to perform musicals about a class of people that could
never afford to see a play about people like them (Little Shop, In
the Heights, Hairspray)
“Laying a foundation for the sensation
story of her own life” (Little Women)
From So You Want to Talk About Race:
These conversations are never painless, but they can lessen pain. Intersectionality.
We build policy to address needs. As needs change, policies should shift to
reflect the new needs. We are building a better world, and that needs to happen
step by step—because human nature doesn’t change in leaps. BUT the principles
or doctrines, the ideals of this country—those remain.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: God’s
final message to his creations: “We apologize for the inconvenience.”; The real
problem of time travel is one of grammar. The term “future perfect” has been
abandoned, since it was discovered not to be (Book 2, Chapter 15). ; Lunch as
the center of spiritual life.
Know Thyself
You remind me a bit of my most recent
almost—that’s why I’m afraid.
Brian B. has never followed up with me,
never made me feel like there was anything beyond a first date.
I’m not fully awake until I’ve had at least
one semi-passionate rant.
I feel things deeply and describe them
well.
Am I the last sibling they choose to
confide in?
Sometimes I converse by skipping from soapbox
to soapbox like stepping-stones.
I don’t want to feel like I have to
convince family members or friends that someone I’m dating is “good.” That will
be a personal red flag for me.
Facts
There are vast amounts of fibreoptic
cabling through the earth’s oceans that connect the globe to the internet.
2,300 people in India died in 2018 because
of lightning.
Recommendations
11.22.63 Stephen King (not horror)
Miranda Hart (author)
The Blue Castle (book)
Stars and Moon (song)
Me and the Sky (Come from Away)
Podcasts: Hidden Brain, The Happiness Lab,
The History of the English Language, The college Investor, Writing Excuses.
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