A Sabbatical From Negativity

I can't believe that it's been eight days since I last posted. I can't put my finger on it but there's something about summer that seems to make the hours pass a little more quickly.   I've decided to take a short break from posting excerpts of the novel and just post a blog of good old-fashioned rambling while listening to Jimmy Buffet here on the porch.  I was hoping to get a little more feedback on the story but I'm sure people are busy with all of their summer activities.

I haven't yet achieved my main goal this year of riding a roller coaster, it's been way too long.  Tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, a friend and I will be heading to a mountain bike park in Eagan.  After seeing pictures of the course maybe this will count towards my goal.

This has been an unusually dark summer and it's high time for some good news. After reading today about the Georgian invasion and the proton collider in Switzlerland (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15risk.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss) that may envelop the Earth in a super massive black hole when turned on in less than a month I'm ready for a killer stand-up comedy act or possibly a very long string of them.  This weekend I will be taking a long overdue sabatical from the news.

By taking the "news break" I don't mean to bury my head in the sand but as of late, I often think about the Law of Attraction as explained in The Secret and how powerful this is.  If everyone watches these horribly negative news reports on T.V. it can't help but effect the viewer.  By effecting the viewer it would have to amply the negativity and set off a chain reaction.  This could very well explain the sorry state of the world today.  There is still so much good out there, you don't have to look far to find it, just don't look to the news.