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Shopping is like Hunting
I don't know if it was Rabbit Season or Duck Season or Deer Season, but I hunted for about five years for three specific things: A Job, a Shoppe Space, and/or a home. My bipolar attitude of "find your own joy" had me hunting in every town I could get to from Florida to Georgia to Alabama to the Carolinas to Virginia even all the way to New Jersey. The mind is a terrible thing to waste, and when fear and pride are an individual's leaders, time and money get wasted on fruitless searches like a machine gun spraying bullet ammo aimlessly. I may have lost my tank and machine gun, but from those five years of hunting, I think I got two out of three. No job, but home is good and the shoppe space online is sufficient. I'll not buy another tank or machine gun for Duck Season, Rabbit Season or Deer Season. I've decided to give those up like vegetarians and Hindus give up Cow. I still have credit cards and some cash to go shopping with and the internet is still showing me lots of great "targets" of acquisition, so I'll just shoot for cans when I can.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman3 months ago in Poets
The Reign of King Jamshid and Zahhak the Serpent-Shouldered
The Legend of King Jamshid — The Second Part of the Shahnameh After the death of King Tahmuras, his son Jamshid ascended the throne. Not only humans, but even the fairies and demons accepted Jamshid as their king. At the dawn of his reign, Jamshid was proud and confident, yet over time, he devoted himself more deeply to the prosperity of his kingdom. With the sacred fire that had been discovered before him and the iron drawn from the mountains, he and his people forged weapons, crafted shining armor, and for the first time in history, they made armor for their horses to protect them in battle. From the threads they spun, they wove beautiful carpets and garments finer than any seen in the world. For fifty years, Jamshid labored to build and perfect these wonders.
By ALI ABBASI3 months ago in Poets
