Day 6: Miffed ...

Is your dream to own a home?

Is your dream to steal a scene?

His dream is to toil the loam,

Her dream is to live ‘til thirteen.

Do something for me. Snap your fingers to this beat. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... snap. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... snap. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... snap. Okay, stop counting and just do it to that rhythm. Hear the fingers abruptly sliding off one another. ... ... ... ... snap. ... ... ... ... snap.

Do you have it yet? Just the snap. Keep going. It becomes pretty abrasive, right? It's a bit irritating. How do you feel that every time you snap a person, flesh and blood not unlike you and I, dies of a hunger-related cause. ... ... ... ... snap. There goes someone. ... ... ... ... snap. ... ... ... ... snap. Two more. That is like the sound of a gunshot. ... ... ... ... snap.

It's a chilling thought. Suddenly snapping got a lot more discordant.

... ... ... ... snap.

Homework: A $10 Mosquito Net Is Making Charity Cool. A fortuitous follow-up to yesterday's post. I don't agree with all of it, particularly the “You won’t find them giving money to research,” she added. “It’s too far off."' part, but the article highlights why the campaign has been effective.