A Bend in the Lane

I am watching the 2008 Olympics ceremony as I type and it struck me that the world has heard the Chinese national anthem so many frigging times (51 times + 1 time during the opening ceremony) that i betcha a lot of us have it practically memorised!

I know we are all very preoccupied with Bolt's 9.69 sec 100m, and how many chicken sandwiches Phelps eats for breakfast and other trivia that makes a whole lot of difference in our lives. So, i am almost feeling guilty about posting this link for you to read and well..think.

How should we live? "Through knowledge for its own sake, curiosity, the craving to know things as they really are."

begin rant; Oh! Why dont we all shut it and mind our bloody/unbloody business? Oh, why dont we just stop bothering people and shoo away and do our own thing instead? In defeat malice, in victory revenge seems to be the order of the day. Malice, malice, vomit, malice. Yeah, I know. Everybody is nice, unless proven un-nice. But if everybody was nice, why are such shitty things happening right now? You and I think we are exceptions. Well, think again. We are just ignorant. In addition to being filled with malice. We deserve one another. end rant; Sidey Irrelevant Note: Perhaps malice is the reason why I never liked the name Alice/Alaise or the Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass.