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Every winter my husband and I hibernate. We pick a show that has several seasons on demand that we can watch to keep us entertained until the first blossoms bud and the breeze has a warmth in it that whispers of spring. This year we chose "Lost." We watched all 6 seasons in a month. Yup that's how bored we were. Stick a couple of snow days in the mix and we were really bored. If you have never seen the show watch it. Please. Its one you won't forget and one that will keep you thinking for a long time. At first I thought it was about people getting shipwrecked on an island. I don't know about you but anything involving plane crashes scares the crap out of me and so I was reluctant to watch but aside from the first few episodes the crash is irrelevant. At its core the show is about the meaning of life. Deep I know. Its about the time honored struggles of good vs. evil; darkness vs. light; science vs. religion; choice vs. fate. I was most interested in the idea of th...
I was watching "Chopped" the other day and one of the contestants said that she was going on the show to prove that you can do anything you set your mind to. I hear that phrase a lot and its supposed to be inspiring but honestly, I find it incredibly dumb and naive. Think about it, if you set your mind to being an opera singer but you can't carry a tune, your screwed. You can try and "set your mind to it" but the end result will be failure because not everyone is blessed with the gift of a beautiful singing voice. The phrase should be "you can do anything your god given talent allows you to do." Everyone has some kind of talent and some kind of purpose in life but it may not always be what we want or think we will do. I get pissed when people say banal cliched phrases like "you can do anything you set your mind to" because it is simply not true. Maybe you think I'm being angry and bitter right now but I'm really not. I have been known...