Kurt Vonnegut on Buying Envelopes

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?

And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.

I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I’ll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is – we’re here on Earth to fart around.

And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it’s like we’re not supposed to dance at all anymore.”

Let’s all get up and move around a bit right now… or at least dance.

Lesson From Enzo Mallorca

Enzo Mallorca

The famous Italian diver Enzo Mallorca was diving into the hot sea of Syracuse and talking to his daughter Rossana who was on the boat.

Ready to submerge, felt something slightly hit the back. Turned around and saw a dolphin. Then realized he didn’t want to play but express something.

The animal dived and Enzo followed it.

About 12 feet deep, trapped in an abandoned net, there was another dolphin.

Mallorca quickly asked her daughter to grab her diving knives. In a few minutes, the two managed to free the dolphin, which, at the edge of the forces, emerged, issued an ‘almost human cry’ (Mallorca described).

A dolphin can resist underwater up to 10 minutes, then drowns.

The freed dolphin still stunned was corralled by Enzo, Rossana and the other dolphin. Then came the surprise: It was a delphine, who soon gave birth to a puppy.

The male circled them and, pausing in front of Enzo, touched his cheek (like a kiss), in a gesture of gratitude… …and swam away.

Enzo Mallorca concluded his intervention by saying: “Until man learns to respect and to talk to the animal world, he can never know his true role on Earth.”

Freedom Danger

Freedom Danger

Many of these government imposed restrictions are against the principles of human rights, Magna Carta etc. You are NOT being selfish to insist your rights be respected and not violated.