Fair warning

at 11/24/08 4:37PM
One thing from Don's lesson yesterday morning really struck me. And it was probably the wrong thing, but whatever:

"...We are awakened every morning by something called an ALARM clock. Do you ever think about that? We are not awakened every morning by an opportunity clock. And we are not awakened in the morning by a gently-awaken-face-the-prospects-of-a-bright-new-day clock..."
I laughed through my tears.

Imagine, if you will, sleeping the sleep of angels in the early hours in the morning, when someone bursts into your room and stands over you screaming "HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY..." You'd jolt upright, arms flailing, twisted in the sheets, yelling through your slobber, "WHAT?! WHAT IS IT?!" And the person smiles and says genially, "I just wanted to make sure you were awake."

I have a machine that does that. I gave a guy some money several years ago so I could have that machine. I think I need to pause and consider.

By the way, if anybody wants to try the above stunt on me, I give you these words of fair warning: You'd better run. You'd better run far, and you'd better run fast. Because when I get my hands on you... ohoho, man. No cemetery in America will accept the remains.
  • this_old_man
    Dire threats make it tempting! :)
    by this_old_man at 11/24/08 4:55PM
  • kimberlyharbaugh
    I enjoyed that thought as well! So, when you were younger and your mom had to wake you, did she have to run for her life?
    by kimberlyharbaugh at 11/24/08 5:19PM
  • yogibear
    I'm not worried, I've been threatened by real men
    by yogibear at 11/24/08 10:02PM
  • the_ghost
    My favorite Don quote recently...(re: vegetarianism)..."If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"
    by the_ghost at 11/24/08 10:40PM
  • all_gods_children
    Very, interesting. I never thought of that! :) Perhaps we should get rid of the ALARM clock and just use the instinct clock?
    by all_gods_children at 11/24/08 10:53PM
  • the_ghost
    I woke up w/o my alarm clock on Sunday, in a room filled with too much light...that is, more light than there is when the clock was supposed to wake me up. Much more alarming that the other option.
    by the_ghost at 11/24/08 11:07PM
  • green_gourmet
    mornings. yuck.
    by green_gourmet at 11/25/08 9:59AM
  • mcmilwj
    hiya mike. viewing your blog in Chrome is a very widescreen experience. Try it sometime.
    by mcmilwj at 12/02/08 5:42PM
  • mcmilwj
    ...and a cheerful Tuesday to you too! ?!
    by mcmilwj at 12/02/08 5:43PM
  • nanajamma
    It was really good to see you on Sunday! By the way the new look is great!
    by nanajamma at 12/03/08 3:04PM
  • timandmichelle
    Have a child ... you'll have that alarm every morning ... in my case at 7AM.
    by timandmichelle at 12/06/08 8:01AM