Most recently I wrote about the coinkydint when Jimmy Buffett recently died just in time for Labor Day weekend, which was the title of his first big hit. And now, it has come to my attention that I missed one regarding the rock singer Janis Joplin. It has been noted in the blogosfere that her last song was the Mercedes Benz song where Janis sang:
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends...
She ends the song with "That's It."
A few weeks later she died of a drug overdose.
Some will say this is a reach and was nothing to do with the words. To which I remind us all, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1.1)." Yes, the Logos, which all philosophers spoke of before the New Testament.
So I'll remind you all once more to watch your words, for to speak words is to create worlds. Or as Confucius said, “He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” He also said, "When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.”And since we are on Confucius, how about this one, "Those who know, do not talk. Those who talk, do not know."
So shut the f'uc up.
That's the beginning for me.
