"look in the eyes of the face of love
look in her eyes, oh, there is peace
no nothing dies within pure light
only one hour of this pure love
to last a life of 29 years
only one hour so come and go"




Football season is upon us and I salute Ricky Williams, the recently retired football player who used to play for the Miami Dolphins. Here is a man who was destined to go to the Hall of Fame with his natural talents and ability for the game and then realized he didn't enjoy his job and proverbially said fuck it, leaving millions of dollars and notoriety behind in return for his choice. I respect that.

Here are some quotes from an article I read about his retirement written by Dan Le Batard:

''The people in Jamaica, living in these little tin shacks, they were the happiest people I've ever seen,'' Williams said. ``This is an opportunity to be a real role model. Everyone wants freedom. Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do. They're supposed to be given direction and a path. Don't tell me what I can and can't do. Please.''
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Williams has never been interested in money or fame, finding the former empty and the latter corrupt. He keeps thousands of dollars in hundreds in the unlocked glove compartment of an unlocked car and gives it away to strangers. He cut off his famous dreadlocks while on an Australian vacation (even though it cost him $750,000 from Gillette advertisers who wanted to capture the moment) because he craved the new anonymity baldness gave him.



Another Installment of 'Notes from a Time Traveler':

02/26/2001: In my opinion, the Gen Xr's ended up in two categories. There were the ones who had learned to be independent by breaking away from tradition and societies expectations and the others who had no idea how to take care of themselves and just wanted the trains to run on time. The ones in the first group feel very guilty about "letting" the world go to Hell and the ones in the second group are dead.

02/27/2001: There's not a great deal I know about Canada except to say they were pretty much in the same type of conflict. They did have the Dew Line you know.