Musings of a Vicks Inhaling Man

He Ain't Heavy

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:00 +0000

A servant's burden.

Contradiction

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:00 +0000

It is impossible to learn anything important about anyone until we get him or her to disagree with us; it is only in contradiction that character is disclosed. That is why autocratic employers usually remain so ignorant about the true nature of their subordinates.

Sydney J. Harris

Simple No More

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Balloons, anyone?

Times has changed for balloons. When I a child, I remembered that balloons are only in round shapes or the long ones used for creating balloon animals. Nowadays, they are already shaped as cartoon characters.

Why is this so? Is is because of growing competition between balloon manufacturers? Has a child's taste changed? Do children prefer elaborately-designed balloons compared to the round one?

For me, I still prefer a bright red round balloon. Come to think of it, I missed holding the string of a balloon for myself. :)

I guess simple things have more meaning than complex ones. You're mind can create more illusions when seeing a bright red round balloon as supposed to a Sponge Bob-shaped balloon.

Majorettes

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Frontline beauties

Smooth Operator

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The round
pegs in the square holes - the
ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules and
they have no respect for
the status quo. You can praise
them, disagree with them,
quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you
can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

Jack Kerouac

Sad and Weary Faces

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Why are they sad?

HK Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:41:00 +0000

Rest in Peace

The Struggle To Keep Up

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:00 +0000

A Performer's Struggle

Laws Like Murphy's

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Conway's Law - In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired.

Lieberman's Law - Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Hanlon's Razor - Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Mask Men

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Hide Your Inner Self
Be One of the... Mask Men

Royal Comination

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:58:00 +0000

A perfect mix of blue and gold,
A royal combination.

Energized Performance

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:59:00 +0000

A girl giving her best performance in a street-dancing competition

Living Dangerously

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:30:00 +0000

Lighting a cigarette while sitting on top of a roof made of dried leaves and grass, that's what I call living dangerously.

Good and Bad

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:51:00 +0000

These things are good in little measure and evil in large: yeast, salt and hesitation.

The Talmud

Picnic @ Levi's

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Maybe these elderly couple are on a date...hmmm.

Empty Bar

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Do you want a cocktail drink?

Establishing Goals

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.

Doug Larson

Garden Patch

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:00 +0000

A vibrant garden next to a school.

Logic?

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:42:00 +0000

How are you going to teach logic in a world where everybody talks about the sun setting, when it's really the horizon rising?

Cal Craig

Fireworks

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:00 +0000

I like watching firework displays.
I do love the light in the dark.

In The Eyes of a Child

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:49:00 +0000

Portrait of a Child : Kyle

Intricate Design

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Guess what this is?

Be Theirs The Glory

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Some men become proud and insolent because they ride a fine horse, wear a feather in their hat or are dressed in a fain suit of clothes. Who does not see the folly in this? If there be any glory in such things, the glory belongs to the horse, the bird and the tailor.

St. Francis de Sales

Signs of Times : Closed for Business

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:38:00 +0000

These won't open anytime soon.
Probably, it wouldn't open at all.

Second Fiddle

noreply@blogger.com (dio t'ama) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Someone asked a famous conductor of a great symphony orchestra which instrument he considered the most difficult to play. The conductor thought a moment, then said: "Second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists. But to find one who can play second fiddle with enthusiasm - that's a problem. And if we have no second fiddles, we have no harmony."

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