Showing posts with label Superheroes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superheroes. Show all posts
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December 21, 2023
February 15, 2023
October 14, 2022
September 22, 2022
Atypical Superman Hat
September 21, 2022
September 15, 2022
August 25, 2022
Superhero Bedding!
June 28, 2022
Great Vietnamese Cold Brew
April 14, 2022
November 18, 2021
Way To Go Girl Power
March 11, 2021
Where Have All The Heroes Gone?
When we had heroes in the real world there were also superheroes on television, movies, video games, toys, and more.
But alas leadership in our times has seriously fallen short.
Who is there to really look up to as a model for us to respect and follow?
It seems like everywhere these days we are confronted by:
- Failing leadership
- Poor decision-making
- Party politics
- Obstructionism
- Finger-pointing
- Fraud, waste, and abuse
- Bullying and sexual harassment
- Bribery and kleptocracy
- Big time narcissism
There are few if any heroes these days!
It's sad for us as well as for our children.
I hope we see Batman and Superman and other superheroes again: strong in the physical sense but primarily a symbol for strength of character/integrity and for the fight of good over evil in this world.
The void is painful for our times and is going to impact our near term future as well. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 17, 2019
Great Spider-Man
Like so many things, this superhero is better in colors (and not just red)!
He's also got two spiders on his chest, and as we know, two are better than one.
I also appreciate how he stares down evil with the tilt of the head and those over-sized eyes.
There is still plenty of evil in this world, and we need every superhero we can find to vanquish it! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 23, 2019
My Fun Socks
November 7, 2016
We All Have It In Us
We all like to think of ourselves as possible superheroes.
Whether we dress the role or not, the most important thing is acting it.
Every day, we face circumstances and decisions and we have to decide whether we rise up to the occasion as the superhero or we acquiesce to what's easy or lucrative and do the villain thing.
From the time we are kids, we glorify the superheros not just for the awesome cool powers they have, but for doing something amazing to help people and the world with it.
Somewhere from being a kid to a grown-up, many people end up letting go of that superhero dream as they face the harsh realities of life everyday.
But deep down inside all of us is that superhero!
Good over evil is not just a story for children's bedtime or imagination, but it is our battle to be fought and won--that's what a good life is for those that never lose their fundamental beliefs. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 8, 2016
When Technology Is Our Superhero
There is something great about the promise of technology (with G-d's help of course) to make our lives better.
When we get excited about technology, envision it, invest in it, and bring it to market--we are superheros making the world a better place.
While many technologies may be "pie the sky" invoking more hype than higher purpose, if we can discern the doers from the duds then we can achieve the progress for ourselves and our children that we desperately want.
Technology should be a superhero and not a villian--when its about the mission and doing what we do better, faster, and cheaper.
While Washington DC is a long way from entreprenurial and innovative Silicon Valley, the nexus between IT and public service has never been greater or more important.
For example, when it comes to ideological clashes between (the iPhone's) security/surveillance and privacy or between the proliferation of robots vs. jobs for real human beings, balancing the competing interests is the soul of technology and public policy.
Every truly useful technology should have it's superhero to represent and advocate for it, while us mere mortals sort out the implications and make sense of it all for the real world. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 27, 2016
Iran Man
And what did we, the Superpower, do?
We hightailed it out of there.
Yet, presumably we were in international waters this time, so it's curious why the U.S. military would take it's orders from Iran if we were legitimately there.
This is just...
- A little more than 2 weeks after Iran seized 2 U.S. Navy ships and 10 sailors and put them execution style on their knees and broadcast this to world.
- And less than a month after Iran fired missiles within 1.3 km of the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
Wonder why did Iran warn us this time and not last month with the aircraft carrier--should we be "thankful" again to them, this time for warning us.
- And just less than 2 weeks ago, Iraq-based Shiite terror militias (alleged proxies for Iran) abducted 3 more Americans (almost simultaneously with their prisoner swap with us--refilling their human cache).
- All this, plus the 2 ballistic missile tests (those capable of carrying nukes) that Iran conducted in October and again in December in violation of U.N. resolutions, and what do we have?
A new "Iran Man" (not Iron Man) in town--with over $100+ billion to spend on global terrorism while chanting "Death To America"--and he most certainly isn't a superhero. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
September 25, 2015
Kid's Games, For Survival Mostly
Some nights, I dream of fighting and others of running for my very life.
This last night, I woke up from the dream, and thought how these instincts of fight or flight are so pervasive in our lives, and even in our sleep.
But more than that, we are literally from the youngest age, programmed for survival (of the fittest).
Ok, here's a simple hypothesis about kid's play:
Kid's play is not just play, but rather the preparation through acting out of these basic human survival instincts.
At it's core, kids games mimic the fundamental human tendencies of fight or flight.
Think for a second of some of the most popular games that kids play...the ones that mostly have been around forever, and kids from the youngest of ages gravitate too.
Tag -- Running after from someone else running after you.
Hide and Go Seek -- Running to hide from someone looking to find you.
Play Fighting -- Fighting an opponent to see who is stronger and can overcome the other.
Action Figures -- Often superheroes and villians that once again, fight each other.
Dress Up -- Girls often dress as the beautiful princesses to be admired by boys who are in turn dressed as (macho) heroes that seek to protect them.
Video Games -- The most popular ones, first-person shooter (fighting) and racing (running away, faster than anyone else, and over the finish line or into the safety zone).
Whether we are playing games, sleeping and dreaming, or going about our daily life activities, make no mistake, we are in survival mode. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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