As I have done in the past here on my clog, I am especially happy to share this particular article from the Harald Read Newspaper because it includes me!  It is written by my buddy Chuck who co-stars in my play,”Toe Roaster”.  For those of that have not seen him in Toe Roaster.. Well, Hamlet (his best friend in the show) puts it best, “He’s got all his tater’s, but half of ‘em’s mashed”.
So, here is Chuck’s latest article enjoy!
–   Bryan

HALF EMPTY or HALF FULL?

IS THE GLASS HALF EMTPY OR HALF FULL?
THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO ANSWER IT BEST
IT’S NEITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
THE ONLY ANSWER IS ..  ‘YES’

Bryan Kennedy

A poem some songwriter named Bryan Kennedy wrote thinking of the most popular question to judge a persons outlook on any subject.  I don’t think he knows as much as me, at least he didn’t explain this like I can.
I have always thought the the glass half empty or full question to be very shallow, or it tends to get too deep depending on how you see it. I mean there are so many factors to consider;
First, whose glass is it?
If the glass didn’t belong to me, then what business is it of mine that I should become somehow attached to a situation that doesn’t concern me.  Should it be someone else’s then I suppose it would not matter if it were full or empty.. unless of course I wanted what is in it?  Still, it wouldn’t be mine.
Well, what if it were mine? Would I even like what is in it?
What if it were half full or half empty with something in it I hated… maybe that is why it is half empty AND full.  Duh.. OR, say it had something in it I loved!  Well, then I would most certainly would have enjoyed the first half and would no doubt savor the second.  Whereas if I hated what was in the glass I would have hated the first half and not wanting to waste…  would then dread, and hate the second half.  Which doesn’t match with the ‘half empty half full’ question.  Cause according to that… half full is positive, and half empty is negative!  But wait!  There’s more…
What if I had only intended to fill the glass up half way from the start?  You didn’t think of that one did ya?  Neither did I.
Either way I hope people quit judging people on what they drink and don’t drink!
Say you get half thirsty one day, and say you would like a half a glass of water…  Try going up to Wal Marts or Targets and buying half of a glass?  People they are going to make you pay for a whole glass! You can’t buy half a glass!  Buying a half a glass is like trying to dig half a hole!  No matter how deep you dig, it’s always half dug. Think about that!
Well, here’s hoping you dig my column, or at least half dug it.
World Peace
—– Chuck     from Toe Roaster

Many of you that read my blog, (or ‘clog’ as I like to call it) know that I play a character named ‘Chuck‘ in my play “Toe Roaster”.  He is an interesting guy to say the least.  I often get asked if this ‘Chuck‘ and I are one in the same… Hmm?  I think to be fair you would have to ask him.  You see if I were him… I don’t think he would want to be me.  That should clear that up.  I again am happy to share an article from the Harald Read Newspaper from my buddy Chuck. For those of that have not seen him in the show.. well, Hamlet (his best friend in the show) puts it best, “He’s got all his tater’s, but half of ‘em’s mashed”.

So, here is Chuck’s latest article enjoy!     —   Bryan

“Wiping Up an Issue”

I know you haven’t heard from me in a while…  The truth is everything around me has been so negative lately. It’s been hard to write something positive!  All the people I heard about in Nashville and the flood, and then at the same time the gulf oil leak.  Now, notice I didn’t call it a spill!  No sir!  I know what it was, and I was yelling at the TV every time they called it a ‘SPILL’…  cause it seems to me nothing spilled… I mean to spill something don’t you have to drop it?
The dictionary defines a spill as ;

verb (used with object)

So it seems to me a spill  would need gravity…  and go downward?  Everyone remembers spilling something when we were kids, right?  I do!  And I know that when I spilled something the first thing my mom would say is “Go get something to wipe that up with”.  Yes, wipe it ‘up’.  That would mean that the spill has gone downward and I need to wipe it UP.  This oil deal was rising not falling, therefore even I knew it was an oil leak.
See, the dictionary defines Leak as;
–noun