{"id":1055,"date":"2015-05-03T15:55:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T23:58:16","slug":"the-only-flip-flops-i-got-are-on-my-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/03\/the-only-flip-flops-i-got-are-on-my-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only Flip-Flops I Got Are On My Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Postaday for May 3rd.<\/strong> Flip Flop<\/a><\/strong> Think of a topic or issue about which you\u2019ve switched your opinion. Why the change?<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the course of my life I\u2019ve changed my life a lot. I suppose everyone has. \u201cAll I know is that I know nothing.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s where wisdom comes from: being wrong a lot. Not that I think I\u2019m right, now. Well, I mean, of course I think I\u2019m right, now. No one thinks \u201cwhat I think is wrong and I\u2019m not going to bother thinking what\u2019s write.\u201d Then again, I\u2019m pretty sure this opening paragraph is pretty bad\u2026 ah, but that\u2019s laziness when I say I\u2019m not going to bother to fix it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit, I\u2019m having trouble thinking of a topic that I\u2019ve switched my opinion on, at least that\u2019s interesting to write about. Interesting to me, I mean. Maybe this one: When I was a kid they showed us some films in grade school to convince us to never drink or do drugs. And they worked! I was a teetotaler until I was 29. In my 20s I convinced myself that the problem wasn\u2019t the alcohol itself, but the culture, the way youth seemed to almost worship inebriation. Young wannabe priest communing with Bacchus. Then one day I realized I was fetishizing NOT drinking, so I decided, meh, bottom\u2019s up. Got drunk, for the first time, with three scantily clad young ladies. Body shots were involved. True story. Now I\u2019m a regular alcohol aficionado.<\/p>\n

But I draw the line there. (Also, I don\u2019t drink with scantily clad females anymore). No drugs. Weed is legal in this state, but my wife works for the federal government, so for her it\u2019s still off limits. I have no problem with also abstaining. For her sake. (Not sure what I can tell you about the future though, when she retires.)<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t think of anything interesting, though, in the ol’ flip-flop department. And you know what? It\u2019s stalling me, keeping me from writing about something else. I just spent five minutes browsing Reddit, looking for inspiration. So here: on the topic of having changed my mind about something, I have changed my mind from \u201cI can write about that\u201d to \u201cI cannot write about that.\u2019<\/p>\n

When in doubt, go meta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Postaday for May 3rd. Flip Flop Think of a topic or issue about which you\u2019ve switched your opinion. Why the change? Over the course of my life I\u2019ve changed my life a lot. I suppose everyone has. \u201cAll I know is that I know nothing.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s where wisdom comes from: being wrong a lot. … <\/p>\n

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