HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE? DO NOTHING

Even the most irregular and disordered existence,needs a set of guidelines to give it,if not,direction at least form. They abound in sacred text,poetry (if these two aren't the same thing) and cultural mores. Though,there had never been any scientific basis for them,until now. Medical science has now figure out the rules for a happy life and the Protestant Work Ethic,gets busted as the bullshit mythology,I always knew it was. Dr Ray Bennett,in his,'Underachievers Manifesto',gives the rules that gives idleness the respect it deserves. Remember Kids,this is science.

UNDERACHIEVER'S MANIFESTO

1) Lifes too short.
2) Control is an illusion.
3) Expectations lead to misery.
4) Great expectations lead to great misery.
5) Achievement creates expectations.
6) The law of diminishing returns applies everywhere.
7) Perfect is the enemy of good.
8) The tallest blade is sure to be cut.
9) Accomplishment is in the eye of the beholder.
10) Being alive,is your greatest accomplishment.


Two websites that would agree and are enthusiastic apostles of the Apathetic creed are http://www.theidler.co.uk/ and http://www.idlefoundation.com/



Poetry quote of the day,'Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well,poetry is just the ash' Leonard Cohen.



WRITTEN WHILE WAITING FOR THE KETTLE TO BOIL

The cigarette smoke

in my eyes,

doesn't stop me

from seeing the end of the line.



And the red wine

won't wash away

the newspaper headlines.

Epitaphs on a dead cultures tombstones.



The bankcard

in my wallet,

is only useful

for underlining words in books.



And the medical card

shows an address,

I've not lived at

in two years.