Joshua Morrow

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"The Bottom" was an old night club spot, everyone used to attend in Morrow, Louisiana when my Dad was a teenager, including my Dad himself to explain part of the meaning behind the title of the article. But he did not do what everyone else did there: he did not drink alcohol, he did not smoke, and he did not try to get girls. He made himself a high school basketball star by visualizing his game at that night club as well as the physical practices he did, and as a result he had free throws, defense and hook shots with professional like form as a teenager in basketball, better than even the best young draft picks in the professional leagues in this time, the twenty first century. He had discipline, thought and control about his game that stayed with him for the rest of his life in poker, his work (which was construction work), and how he dealt honestly and realistically with people. Sure, he was not perfect, but that foundation made him a good man in many ways.

I tell this story, because I want to give one of the sources of my personal philosophy of rational thinking, disciplined effort, honest realism and what it takes to genuinely succeed no matter what it genuinely takes. Sure, that "Bottom" for most people was an escape, but "The Bottom" for my Dad was facing reality and what most people falter in life at, they falter in living reasonably and successfully. I realized that when he told me that story of what most teenagers at that time were doing at "The Bottom." Its a funny thing, but he told me that story when I was about six years old, about eleven years before he died, but that story has stayed with me, and the version here is literally Up from "The Bottom" because I realized through that simple story that every man has a choice, to face reality or try to not face it and I chose at that point and probably even before to fully and there is no better story than the story about "The Bottom" to tell you one of the big basic why factors that underpin and are a key part of my personal total philosophy of life, reality and existence.

Everyone tries to escape through "The Bottom," like an escapist night club of artificial fun, the few who make it to the top face reality, unremittingly and honestly. To some, though, the real top may be ridiculous because "it takes too much effort," but I would rather have real success than short term "good feelings." Real success is always long term, not short term.

So, my Dad told me what he saw at "The Bottom," and they design it for losers to feel like they are at the top for a few minutes then reality comes crashing in on them. "Winners are always realistic," my Dad said to me. Sure for many he would not give them the real time of day, putting on a "Fred Flintstone" act and country boy routine. But he, like me knows what is up, what was up and knew what is going to be up. As for telling you "his big secret" about the "Fred Flintstone" routine, well, he died in 1991, so he does not care too much now, does he. To him, the real losers and fish had "more class than he did," like an unnamed cousin of mine and her husband. He also told me, "real class is when you are real with yourself first of all and most importantly," and why did he not say this kind of thing to many. I asked him once and I was satisfied with the answer, but, I know this. Always have class with those who genuinely help you and not drain you, because if you scorn or bite the hand that feeds you and helps you, you die and they die ultimately. For life is a rational give and take no matter how you put it. Sure, you can ridicule the so called insane that live sanely in this society, but at your demise and the demise of everyone else. The really insane people running things into the ground may get praise, but they drain everything and everyone doing it, my point with that statement is, honesty may look boring and even tired. But dishonesty really is boring and tired and ultimately dead.

Dishonesty in this society is like "The Bottom," it is like a burnt store bought cake with pretty frosting and decorations to make it look good. Honesty is like the healthy, but good cake no one wants or "likes the taste of." My point is that no one wants what is good for them until they grow up enough to want it and are smart enough to want it. Everyone wants "The Bottom" in a phony and tired way, but who wants the real top where life, happiness and everything good that counts is? (I know I want the top. That is my answer in parenthesis. Finish this article for yourself with your own answer.)

My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer. As a kid I did construction work with my Dad (Joseph Clayton, Jr.) which taught me many things like plumbing, hard labor and electrical systems, and I took notes for my Dad's home poker games at my Uncle Johnnie Gilmore's house, so I have a lot of life experience, sure. But I went to Cal State Dominguez Hills College, UCLA, and El Camino Junior College and learned a lot, but never got around to getting a degree, just lots of money spent, good grades and some credits. So, here I am currently freelance writing and working at a senior center for a living.

To cocoon or not to cocoon, that is the question

Bedrooms use to be places to just crash in and grab some sleep day ready for a bright start to the morrow. But increasingly, they play a different role in our lives.

One of the interesting themes spotted in home design is how people are using their bedrooms as private zones into which they can retreat, away from the activities in the rest of the home.  Increasingly, this is seen as a response to the "opening up" of the downstairs or living hub in a home. As that area has become more integrated and shared amongst all family members, so the privacy and peace and quiet of a bedroom becomes more important.

This is reflected in certain obvious recent trends:

(a)    Increasingly, people want TV, radio and music available in their bedroom, either in an adjacent leisure area, or in the room itself. This has led to media niches in bedrooms, and increasingly "wired" houses with multiple media outlets.

(b)   Bedrooms can double as study zones if they are also equipped with seating, tables and/or desks, and internet access.

(c)    Increasingly, master suites are accessed from their own corridors, or via lockable double frosted glass doors, both to provide an "entrance impact", but also to give warning of little pattering feet landing on the occupants at all hours.

(d)   Bedrooms come configured with "open fires" (usually of the gas variety) and comfortable seating.

(e)   The stripped pine of the minimalist late 60s and early 70s, when the whole world looked like a Swedish furniture store, seems to be gone. Furnishings have become more ornate, and softer. There is increased use of pillows, cushions, heavy-flock wallpaper, and deeper carpet.

(f)     Colours tend to be deeper and richer. Browns, purples, reds and dark blues continue to abound on the walls, floors, and in furnishings. There are always exceptions, of course, but the bare white look of our parent’s years seems to be gone forever.

(g)   Bedroom lighting is often more complex, and capable of being manipulated to create certain moods. This reflects our more conscious "scene setting" in our homes, and also, to an extent, the smaller windows required by five-star energy regulations.

One thing is certain. Life is likely to become more pressured as the years roll by, not less, as we all become increasingly time poor and as the demands on our attention of both career and entertainment become more complex. A bedroom that doubles as a peaceful cocoon starts to sound like a great idea, doesn't it?

And in a modern, new home, it is increasingly easy to create.

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Y&R... If Nick leaves Phyllis and goes back to Sharon...?

...will you quit watching the show altogether until Shick inevitably breaks up again? Because from the looks of this Joshua Morrow interview recorded perhaps last night, it looks like it just might happen in the near future if ol' Joshie has his way:

Nick won't go back to Sharon, she has proven to be in love and devoted to Jack. I love Phyllis and Nick together.

I'm wondering if Joshua Morrow interviewed the way he did, just to get the talk going among the fans...we are talking about it aren't we??????

I think the bigger storyline is going to be Victoria....who is the REAL father of her little boy and even more so, will she make it through the coma? I hope she does and I hope it's JT's

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Story created Mar 02, 2010 - 11:58:38 CST. Members of Osage Boy Scout Troop 1062 braved a wicked winter storm the evening of Monday, Feb. 8, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

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