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Who's In Charge?

©2008 David Boyne

Where I live in Encinitas, California, the beaches were closed last weekend because a man from Solana Beach, two towns over, while swimming in the ocean on Friday, was attacked and killed by a great white shark.

That same night I received an email from a dear friend who wrote with heartfelt despair, citing this once-in-50-year fatal shark attack where we live as being hard proof and startling reminder that death is all around us. And we can do nothing about it.

My friend is right. Death is all around us. And we can do nothing about it.

I could be wrong, but while we can do nothing about dying, we can do a hell of a lot about living. In fact, the mind-expanding Life-altering wisdom I am about to impart to you, dear reader, has been around for millennia, in one expression or another, and was even a hippie slogan from the 1970s that I was, back then, probably too stoned to have paid attention to. Here it is:

Was $14,345.95—
Now just $1.95!
(While supplies last)

Time, in partnership with CNN:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735577,00.html

Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352603,00.html

USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/fatal-shark-att.html?loc=interstitialskip

Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shark26apr26,0,3429715.story

10 News San Diego:
http://www.10news.com/news/15993296/detail.html

San Diego Union Tribune:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080425-1006-bn25shark.html

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/25/ca.shark.attack/