Saturday, June 27, 2009

My Summer Vacation - Part 1






I just got back from taking about ten days off. We loaded a lot into these ten days. I've decided to spread this out a little instead of trying to tell you about it all in one swoop. So let's start out with the best. My contemplation of bubbles!



Did you ever contemplate the “Bubble”? Think about it! There exists a thing that is lighter than air; that possesses a skin so thin and fragile that the slightest touch will penetrate it; malleable enough to be stretched and pulled into oblong irregular shapes during its creation, yet when left to its own devises will form a perfect sphere. When fully formed is crystal clear, yet capable of shimmering with all the colors of a rainbow. It can be found under unique conditions to form naturally; and is capable of being manufactured by the dozens for just a penny, one red-cent. Bubbles used in the right circumstances can be quite erotic; but are found most frequently as sources of shear joy by the young of heart!
I’ve often wondered how the world be changed if the most serious of us were subjected to “bubble therapy” as part of our lofty existence. Think about it, presidential debates wherein you had to create a perfect bubble prior to being allowed to express each campaign promise. Or soldiers that were required to qualify with a bubble making machine, then run through the bubbles without popping any prior to graduation from basic training. What if engineers were required to take “bubble breaks” once every morning and once every afternoon just to bring them back down to earth? How about requiring managers in any field of endeavor to play with bubbles at lunch every day as a means of ensuring they retain a sense of humanity and humility?
Think of the educational challenge if you had to measure the viscosity of a bubble prior to completing high school chemistry; or to be able to calculate internal and external pressures of bubbles made from different substance at different temperatures in high school physics? What if in your art class your entire grade was dependent on your ability to paint the rainbow sheen seen on your standard soap bubble?
Ahhh, but that’s way too deep! I think the best use of bubbles is to give the means of making bubbles to a bunch of kids, and then re-learning what pure joy is made of by watching them. The only thing better might be to join them in their merry making.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It was fun watching the little girls giggle over the bubbles. They were pretty cute!

Ok now... bubbles used in the right circumstance can be quite erotic??? I hafta get me some bubbles.