The Forgotten Flag

As this world whizzes across the internet there are always people who will stand as watchdogs to make sure we do things their way. Their ideas of protocol are RIGHT. Their notions of Right are STANDARD. The following tips from a Great Defender show HOW TO CREATE A WONDERFUL HOME PAGE. "#1. Don't bore people. The last thing people want to see is a picture of your dog, your wife, or your husband. No one cares about your personal belongings. For Goodness Sakes, SEARCH the internet and put some useful information and pictures in your page, not stuff about YOU!"

Can’t you just hear this Great Defender telling the husband of Mona Lisa to go chasing other women because Mona is "just your wife"? Can’t you just picture Mr. Thoreau receiving the edict that he must move into a huge skyscraper and bump his head against the wall because "his" boring thoughts keep trying to escape? No one cares about YOUR personal belongings? Mr. Great Defender has never watched YOUR visitors then, has he? Why, they practically raise the couch to peer beneath it, and once they are alone in the bathroom, the first thing they open is the medicine cabinet, right? You KNOW people are interested in YOU.

If your dog is important to you, put him up for the whole wide world to see. I put my dog up, and I revealed some of the words of wisdom he has taught me too... like: "Steak is nine times better for you than Snickers!" Why, everyone in the world is going to say, "By Jove, He’s RIGHT!" And when I tell people the true story about Hooch chasing a tiger until the critter wouldn’t turn him loose, PEOPLE wrote back saying, "LOL, LOL!"

Just being on the web gives us enough strength to be different, and enough sense to be better. On the web we can find people who agree with us, we can find souls who are precious, and scoundrels who are perfidious. We don’t have to listen to the Great Defenders lay down the law about what to put on our home pages.

Why be ashamed of the diamonds in your own backyard? Put them on the table for others to admire. If your dog is as important to you as mine is to me, tell the world WHY he means so much, explain what is different. Sure, Sure, Sure, EVERYbody is not going to be enthralled. So what? There is at least one guy out there advertising for pictures of dogs, send him yours. I did.

Tales from your childhood make you laugh? Post them. Dress them up as best you can, and post them on your home page. On the Internet you are as big as Louis L’Amour. You might only find one reader to his millions, but at least you are read!

Cain bored Seth to death with all his whining about the need to steal what OTHER PEOPLE had. God didn’t put us on this earth to be just like Joe! God has given us a sacred obligation to be US.

My home pages don’t whirl like Joe’s. My home pages don’t have links like Joe’s. My home pages don’t bristle with cutesy little doomerfloggies like Joe’s either. But I can tell anyone on earth, "This is me, this is it."

The web is out there. It is a treasure ripe for plucking, and the reason it is ripe is because people like you and people like me, are serving up the best we have for the hungry and the needy. Much of it is garbage to you, some of it is great, for you. YOU decide what you want. You decide what treasures you lug home to show your neighbors. And if the Great Defender snurls up his nose, tell him to catch the next wave out; Your Home Page is YOUR castle!

Essays have been with us for nearly 2 centuries. Ralph Waldo Emerson perfected the elastic form and gave it life. An essay is much like the traditional talking circle of the Navajo, but with only one speaker. An essay doesn't have to prove anything, it doesn't even have to be new; it does have to be honest. The object of an essay is to share, to share thought, feelings, observations with the reader. Here below are the essays I wish to share with you.

Your tightly written essays with strong values will be published here free of charge. A link back to your home page, or to your email address will be provided inside your byline, IF you want it. And if you need help polishing a good idea off so it becomes ready for publication here, that is yours for free too.

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A message for Garcia is one of the longest enduring and most published essays of all time. It saw the light of day in 1899 and has been reprinted in every written language on earth.

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Moonbeams are the original fuzzy kind of logic. If you've ever seen a tree turn into a gnome, or remember your first kiss upon the sweet silver grass, you won't want to miss this nostalgic essay of a way of life that maybe only seemed to be.

Sweet and Sour by Anne Clemmons. Which is stronger, the practical future, or the one we dream about?

Mama's almost gone now. We don't always run from Death. Fact is, Mama's chewed on his lip so many times Death looks about as mean as a St. Bernard on a mission.

My first eagle. I shall never forget the thrill of seeing him sweep by in front of my own two eyes.

The Moon on Six Pence Uncle Bob was an unforgettable character who traveled the world on bargain rates and golden smiles!

The Almost Good Housekeeping monograph is a good excuse for the harried homemaker to put off until tomorrow all those burdens of yesteryear, and quit trying so hard.

Sex before the Sax: The first thing I learned about Lois was she had a label for being froward. Kids at school said she had had sex with Alfred. Not long after I arrived, another boy came forward to admit he had made a score at her door.

As the war clouds gather round us again the War Will Make Us Rich theory rears its ugly head once more. The theory is that war will save our economy and in some magical way boost the supply of Happy Bucks bumping around in our pockets.

Coping with War, getting ready, prepared for those with children who still think it will be a thirty day lark. John Wayne won't be there. Neither will Rambo.

Eugenics Anonymous Albert Edward Wiggam said: "The laws that govern the evolution of plants and animals apply to man. We can have any kind of race we want -- beautiful or ugly, wise or foolish, strong or weak, moral or immoral."