On Alfalfa and Humankind
Today my grandpa and I led a losing battle against Dodder - a bright orange parasite that feeds off the
beautiful alfalfa hay here in El Paso, Texas. My grandpa called the Dodder murderers because of the nature of the parasite
is to kill its host. The ironic twist is taht when the alfalfa dies - so does the dodder. It's a cycle of suicide
that makes no sense. In nature, usually one's own species of plant would not deliberately kill another. I've never
seen the beautiful purple alfalfa blossom wrapped around the stem of another. That's why animals are so funny.
They will use their minds and their fears to protect or agress ones family or enemy respectively. Now I do digress,
that plants do tned to compete for water and sunlight when either is in small supply, but I do not see any purposeful
intent to harm another being in that struggle. Just like Animals, plants are entitled to self sustainment. The
parasites are the sole agressors in the plant world. Does that mean that a nation of agressors is a parasite species
within the human race? And what if the agressors thought that they were right and the enemy is wrong; or worse - Evil?!
I'm sure that the dodder has no clue that its own demise will eventually come with the death of the alfalfa, and I bet that
dodder even thinks that it has a right to agress, or live in other words. But there is a second victim that stands with
the alfalfa. My grandpa, who continues to fight a losing battle to save his precious commodity; but let's pretend that
the alfalfa is really you - and humankind...?
-daniel griswold
A Little Something
You know why mom and pops go out of business? - because they lose the hype. Remember the
movie High Fidelity with John Cusack. Well- he owns a small record store; but what if a new store moved in across the
street and was part of a massive coglomerate chain that wanted to put him out of business. Most Mom and Pops go out
of business and you know why? Because they don't match the hype! When a new store opens and has a Grand Opening-
John Cusack's store should have a grand opening- heck! A Great Grand Opening! Oh, and who cares if his store's
been around for a thousand years and a penny and his store is old as bricks-There's no friggin law that says you can't have
a grand opening whenever you want to. Just think about it! Match the Hype!
-this has been a short message from
Daniel Griswold
