"There's only one me, and I'm stuck with him." --Kurt Vonnegut

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I'm getting to the age...

... where I encounter many younger people that "don't respect the old ways," and I feel like an aging Native American chief watching my language and traditions slowly evaporate.

I'm not that old, and quite skilled in my profession, but the sheer numbers of younger folks that don't know what I know makes that knowledge suspect and often irrelevant.

Renewal has great value in all human activities (fresh young voices and new ideas), but something is also lost.

And there is a difference between aging into irrelevancy and aging into marginalization.

And none of this is new. It's as old as Moses' toes.

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This commercial was frequently parodied when I was a child:

Keep America Beautiful - Crying Indian Earth Day Commercial 1971

[2012-11-14]

 

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I think some folks may regard my posts as occasionally clinical.

That's partly intentional, because...

a) This is more or less my autobiography.

b) It let's me tell some things that otherwise would be too emotional to get through.

c) It allows for quick, unexpected turns that introduce absurdity in ways that you can't show by just saying "the world is broke and I can't fix it."

[2012-11-14]

 

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Say something else in that ear.

"I'll listen to anyone with a cogent argument about anything, but I may not change my mind."

--Clarence 0ddbody

 

[2012-11-14]

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