A little musing on the irrelevant and obscure

If I had any clear idea of what the heck I was supposed to be doing in this life, it would be a lot easier to ignore the obscure and irrelevant. But one of the cool things that I have discovered as I got a little older is that you never know - at the time it occurs - what is irrelevant and what isn't. Sometime the seeming "irrelevancy" that pops up in your life suddenly drags you off in a direction you weren't expecting. And one that is much more gratifying than the one you had in mind. I have invariably found much more fun in following tangents than in adhering to my little plan of the moment. And when you're following tangents you occasionally find yourself in places where what was obscure in your former setting is suddenly seen to be center stage. It depends on your point of view.

I read somewhere that once the mind is stretched, it can never return to its former shape. That's why I would read every thread, if I had the time. Because you never know when one little idea, dropped in the middle of some BS thread that you never intended to read, might change everything.

I came here first for the music - but I come back for the company. I hope you all have a lovely day. It's the longest one of the year, you know.