The myth of "cool".

Cool is looking into the eyes of your first born for the first time.

Isn't that just the strangest thing you've ever done? I remember it like it was yesterday but it was almost 32 years ago.

I have no idea what you're talking about, Gracie.....
Unless you mean, these awesome humanitarian pioneers? (They're in disguise)!

LOL! You totally understand my point!

But I'm so confused! They're so totally COOL!!!!!!

hehe

LOL!

Someone who makes a difference in how people live.

I've always told my kids that I'd rather have them nerds than cool. One of my best friend was once a cool guy, he became my friend when he heard me tell a bunch of girls that I'd rather date a nerd, muscle and clothes do not make a person, character and brain does, since then he became my friend and it's been 20 some years.

My daughter (just turned 13) calls herself a nerd, she's fine w/that, and so am I~ :)

This entire dialogue sounds like a personal rant.

Maybe you're just "too cool" to understand it.

Exactly. I would know.

Why do we have to be someone who values "either" a doctor "or" an actor. I admit I think a doctor does better but an actor's expertise simply lies elsewhere. Back to your comment. I agree, actually. We should learn to value things to genuinely progress society.

It was just an example of how we overlook real value and celebrate shallowness.

I think we as America.... are really lacking in value/judgement/morality/what... you want to call it.. when it comes to who 'we' idolize. It's really ridiculous! I mean, we actually elected the leader of the free world because of his celebrity status... and skin color- which is related to his celebrity status...

Cool. Sitting in Waffle House, you know where it is Gracie, I-4 and 33 in North Lakeland, right next to the Harley Davidson dealership. maggot puts a couple of dollars in the old 45rpm playing juke box, we hear some old Hank, some American Pie and then Lee Greenwood starts in



"If tomorrow all the things were gone, / I'd worked for all my life. / And I had to start again, / with just my children and my wife. / I'd thank my lucky stars, / to be livin ..."



Softly but steadily increasing we realize that the entire restaurant is spontaneously singing along. Waitresses humming, tattooed bikers, the girl mopping the floor. The family with the whiny kids, now happily singing...



"And I'm proud to be and American,

where at least I know I'm free.

And I wont forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me."



The louder it got, the more smiles appeared as people glanced around and then joined in.



The song always brings tears to my eyes...by now I'm crying like a baby!



Happy Memorial Day!

Awesome! I can't listen to the song without getting all teary eyed. I thank God there are so many decent people living near us, especially the Maggots!

......sucks to live among the haters........ :*(
We will have to find a way outta here...

MM- I would be bawling, I'm near it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How awesome is that!?!?!?!!

I don't believe I'll ever forget that exact moment, and how proud I was.

I can totally imagine~:')

In todays culture it is more important to appear smart than be smart.
I always valued intelligence and a sense of honor more than popularity.
I guesss that is why Sean Connery was always my favorite actor he remained cool headed in the face of danger.

All to often people vote for politicians as if they were choosing a Prom King instead of a good leader.

I like the example of the Prom King, it's just so appropriate!

Cool is for the insecure followers! Seems we have way too many of them these days!

So true, Andrew....just so true!

What is your idea of cool?

well, to be honest, not me.

My idea of "cool" is to be the person certain some very special people once believed me to be...not an easy chore, but sooo worth it!

Cool is not giving a damn if others think you are cool or not.

That is pretty cool... ya gotta admit.... :)

These things are cool

Indeed they are

I remembered the scene, they were "cool", but unless caught, shall indeed be a myth!

Keeping count of nine decks of cards made more than a little pocket change, but they drew attention. Go feed your cat, Dude.

Cool?

To thine own self be true. Cool.

Thirst for discovering and expanding your world. Cool.

To leave the herd and go forward on your own. Coo.l (but don't let the lions get you)

Allowing others to march to their own drummer. Cool.

To strive to better yourself. Cool.

To be the person your dog thinks you are. Way beyond cool.

LOVE that one~ Just perfect~:)

"Cool" has always been defined by society as adhering to the latest fleeting fads and fashions or athletic achievements. I remember when it was "cool" to smoke cigarettes.

Not cool!

Look Mommy, Daddy's "cool", just chill'n on the "Barf Couch" which earned its name early in the first trimester when a freshman across the hall from Obama [in the Haines Hall Annex dorm at Occidental College] drank himself into a stupor and threw up all over himself and the couch. In the manner of pallbearers hoisting a coffin, a line of Annexers lifted the tainted sofa with the freshman aboard and toted it out the back door and down four steps to the first concrete landing on the way to the parking lot. A day later, the couch remained outside in the sun, resting on its side with cushions off (someone had hosed it clean), and soon it was back in the hallway nook.