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I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT 2 JACK DEMPSEY & LUIS FIRPO I’ve always had a hard time understanding art. Maybe it’s because my brain is tuned to music as my form of artistic expression. In an effort to become more well-rounded, and to be a cheap date to art museums, I’ve recently begun to study the traditional form of art.  It is for this reason that I rediscovered the George Bellows painting, Dempsey and Firpo. The painting depicts one boxer…

NO BROWN M&M’S Pueblo, Colorado 1980.  Van Halen was at the top of their game and the top of the world. They were at the start of their Women and Children First tour. Before their concert, Van Halen entered their dressing room to find a bowl of M&M’s. Upon further examination of the M&M’s, the band saw … brown ones. This threw them into an eruption of unchained rage. They trashed their dressing room, causing $3,500 worth of damages, but that was…

TO KILL A WOLF Wolf hunting/ trapping is known as a tremendously difficult activity due to the creature’s elusiveness, intelligence, cunning, sharp senses, and adaptability. In order to wolf hunt, you must have an intimate knowledge of the canine’s behavior and habitat, along with your state’s wolf hunting regulations.  However, according to the oral traditions of the Inuit, wolf hunting is a surprisingly simple endeavor.  The steps are as follows…  When the hungry wolves smell the fresh blood they beeline…

STRENGTHENING WEAKNESS I try to be a well-rounded musician. I seek influence from many different genres. Although I listen to all types of music, I definitely have a comfort zone when it comes to what I can play. For example, in order to play a “simple” jazz standard I would have to essentially relearn how to play the guitar. I would have to learn new complex chords, new strumming patterns, and (worst of all) learn basic music theory. Sure, music…

LOVE YOUR ENEMY…EVEN THAT ONE May 2, 2011 As I was sitting in the kitchen eating my cereal, I looked to my right and saw President Obama walking to the presidential podium.  “Good evening,” he said, “Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda…” We had finally found the man responsible for the death of six lives and…

SILENCE We live in a world surrounded by noise. We listen to music while in the car, while making dinner, or even on a hike. We turn the tv on just to have it in the background and, on that tv are loud people with loud personalities competing with louder personalities to determine who can be the loudest personality. Every time there is a lull in a conversation, we call it an “awkward silence.” Why are we afraid to be…

GOD’S RAMBO Bosnia 1992, Yugoslavia collapsed. Large cities were abandoned. Rubble littered the streets and sidewalks. In the distance there can be heard the cries of 100,000 Bosnian, Muslim, and Croatian civilians being murdered in cold blood; among other unspeakable war crimes. 2 million displaced Bosnian civilians need supplies. The United Nations sent trucks full of supplies, but the trucks were either targeted by pirates or the Serbian forces that were more than happy to see the Bosnians starve to…

THE LUMBERJACK In a lumber camp not so far away, there was once a young lumberjack. One night he was talking with one of the older lumberjacks in the camp. He said, “I bet that I can chop down more trees than you can tomorrow.” The old timer agreed to the bet and early the next morning the young lumberjack started chopping trees down left and right. 8 hours in, he looked over his shoulder and saw the old man…