October 18, 2005
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The Daily News
1 Life would really work nicely if we just had a goodly supply of the simple things.
2 Sometimes so much depends on a glue stick, for example.
3 I don’t know. I just thought, “If you bought the right glue stick for the right job, the world would be a much better place!”
4 Ever notice? With the right glue stick, why you could place people you know all over a collage, and none of them would fall down. With the right glue stick, you could even put a paper kiss on your mom’s cheek.
5 You could certainly stick your homework to your jacket so when you got home, you’d remember your homework.
6 With the right glue stick, Romulus and Remus would have stuck together, and Rome might have worked out much better than it did. Why, the right people would know to stick together, and good friends would stick to each other, well, like glue. No idiotic fights, because you absolutely must learn to stick TO each other.
7 Ah, yes…there would be nary a letter that would lose it’s stamp; students would stick to their assignments, and really, everywhere, the world would stick together when they would see signs that someone up there isn’t really appreciating the way it’s being treated.
8 You would certainly know to stick to a promise.
9 All that could happen with just the right glue stick.
10 It’s funny; this started out as a salute to kindergarten supply lists, which would include crayons, paste, glue sticks, play dough, baby scissors, and water colors, among other things.
11 But I just hesitated, and thought, “The right glue stick for the right job…”
12 I’d stick to the people I really love.
13 I’d stick to my roots.
14 I’d stick to who I am.
15 I’d stick to the point.
16 I’d stick to my promises.
17 The other supplies are important, don’t get me wrong. Crayons bring all the colors to the world, and helps guys to understand colors like “perriwinkle” at a decidedly young age.
18 Paste was always good for a stick-to-your-ribs snack at midday.
19 Play Dough would help you mold things into shape, and the name alone sounds almost Roman, and therefore, philosophical.
20 Baby scissors would help you to cut things out without hurting yourself.
21 And finally, water colors would bring wetness and color to everything that needs them.
22 This all began about having the right supplies for the right job.
23 May you be supplied with everything you need today.
24 This one goes out to Heidi.
25 Peace.
~h~
