The MacBitseach

You've probably heard the old Chinese blessing/curse, "May you live in interesting times." Has there ever been an uninteresting time? It's the person that makes what he can of the time he has. Some of us decide we're going to wear kilts, or play poker, or ride a unicycle to work, write a book ... or carry a whoopie cushion. It doesn't matter! We're the interesting part of our time! Time is a theory. We live. I know people from all walks of life. I've had a hundred different jobs from the tech industry to ditch digging. I've sharpened skates, planted trees, sold my own oil paintings, written stories, and at times, gone hungry. I understand the joy of lifting a boulder way too heavy for me out of a hole and I understand how mass curves space. I've been in love and I've been alone. For most of my life I've had a part of me that is childlike in wonder of it all. There has never been an uninteresting time. Ever! I don't get people that s...

I can't help thinking there's a lot in common between guys who wear kilts and poker players. Both like to see a friendly hand. Ha! With kilted guys and poker players, there's a mindset there that says, I can't be beaten; a certain risk factor ... no, a bit of derring-do that challenges others to do what so few can do. Sometimes it's a bluff and sometimes it's real and you just can't tell with either kind of guy unless you call the bluff. Kilted guys and poker players can both look you in the face with a twinkle in their eyes, smiling and ... you just can't tell. A guy in a kilt is usually bluffing when some guy makes a rude comment about his kilt. There's some danger of physical violence there. Poker players have a similar level of violence in many of the games they play, though not on the higher echelon tables. It's learning to live with risk. It's gambling that you'll be around to play another day. But none of us are fools. Smart poker ...

It's a long weekend? Whodathunkit? Victoria Day. For those of us who are struggling to make a home business work, (read struggling to pay rent), there's not even regular weekends off. Long weekends are a myth, like three headed dogs ... or a photo of yourself that you're really happy with. I have a large order of kilts I'm working on and will be finished soon. Then, I'll be trying to catch up on old orders and put more kilts on my In Stock pages. I'm hoping to add some women's kilts soon. I'm still taking orders, too. I found a kilt forum I really like. It has the feel of the now defunct Tom's Café but it's larger and more strictly kilts. It's called Brotherhood Of The kilt . It's a fun forum and that's been lacking for a long time. Caption contests, haiku contests ... and there's stuff here that would be banned on other sites. Nothing too awful, as it is a family friendly site. It's a site that allows the fun of wearing a ki...