Softly killing

Softly killing everything I love.  For instance the Onion. Haven't leafed one in years. Just following on twitter. And now it is abandoning printing. Makes me laugh and cry. My abandonment killed it. Like Blockbuster. Like Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Square.  NYTimes are you following?

finished work

Know yourself. Wisdom from deep antiquity. But they did not have mirrors?  How did they  see their own faces? In still water? In polished silver?    Don't recognize myself in photos. When I am forced to admit it is me, am totally horrified.  In fact not sure I remember how I should look. When did I ever look presentable?  For a long time I considered myself as a work in progress....
And now I cannot make this claim nor can I hide this finished work as we live in this age of incessant photo shooting. Hope the sage  meant know your inner self.

Empty

Lofty ideas, without the capacity to carry them out! Idealism. Obama and his government are really despicable for their negligence. To say - This is my thing, my signature. This is what will mark my presidency in the history books. And then not pay attention to the execution? Brave ineptitude. Giving ammunition to political and ideological adversaries without accomplishing much in exchange....Tarnishing a movement! With failure do accomplish what was within the possible. This president is pretty empty. Like his predecessor.