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A whirlwind of a day

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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Wow, oh wow did we have a day. The baby girl and I did a tremendous amount of exploring today. We took full advantage of the Metrorail, the Metromovers and the Metrobus because I made the conscious decision not to rent a car so that the baby girl can learn how to navigate the city of Miami independently of a vehicle.

There were a few slight hiccups in our travels, we have found out the seedy parts of Miami and now we know to stay clear, we also learned that there are few pedestrian friendly areas and these are in the glitzy parts of Miami. I thought that the metrorail stop called Historic Overton/Lyric Theater would be a good area and it was one of the stops on the map, looked as if we could transfer to a Metromover (a small type of shuttle). I was greatly mistaken, the area was deserted, no cars, no pedestrians, just poor homeless people. I even went to a police car to ask a police officer directions and he steered us to an even worse section. I saw three young males that looked very sketchy so I turned us right around and I decided that we were going to another stop. That proved to be the best move because the next stop got us to the metromover directly and we were able to find the Bayside Marketplace, it was beautiful and a lot of fun to walk around and poke around all the tourist shops. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe and my baby girl was very happy with that, we looked at several yachts and enjoyed the breeze off the water. We commented to each other that despite spending a day and a half in Miami, we were still searching for the open water; the Atlantic Ocean. Don’t worry, we eventually found the water.

We grabbed the Metrobus and it took us over the Venetian Causeway and right to Lincoln Road the main drag with restaurants, night clubs, shops and it eventually leads you to Miami Beach. We passed by the Ritz-Carlton and other gorgeous hotels. The beautiful people were definitely out and about.

We had a good, long day.

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Miami is beautiful, isn’t it?

No longer a mere mortal

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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You’ve imbibed a special potion that makes you immortal. Now that you’ve got forever, what changes will you make in your life? How will you live life differently, knowing you’ll always be around to be accountable for your actions?

I am not sure that immortality is a good thing. I am reminded of a story in Greek mythology, one of the lesser goddesses, I think that it was the goddess of the Dawn who fell in love with a mere mortal and went to her father, I think that it was Helios, to grant her mortal lover immortality without thinking it all the way through and after years of love, she watched him shrivel up in to old age. Her sister Selene the goddess of the moon fell in love with her own handsome mortal and remembering her poor sister's outcome, asked for her father to grant him eternal youthful sleep. It worked out well for him, he dreamt of a beautiful lady with beautiful daughters, all of which was true to Selene's delight. So there you have it, always leave it to the Greeks to logically take a question such as the appeal of immortality and distill it to its logical conclusion.

Immortality is best left to the horror stories and mythology. I can't imagine having the intestinal fortitude for an immortal life, there aren't enough resources for the people that we have in this world already and to have the hubris to inflict my permanent consumption on others would be irresponsible at best and cruel at its worst. I am more than satisfied with my allotted time on this wonderful planet and I refuse to be greedy.

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