Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 07, 2019

Let’s hope it is not “an awfully big adventure”.

An adventure is somebody, far away in space or time, having a horrible time. I can look back on adventures that were more or less continuous struggle when I was having them. With mosquitoes.

All the time!

Frazz is the ultimate optimist. He anticipates nothing specific but with expectation that whatever happens will be an adventure. As witness his tee logo. Got to admire that spirit in light of present circumstances.

“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” William Penn

“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.” Rebecca West

Never actually seen Frazz in an adventure. competition yes but adventure no.

“Now, I was born to have adventure….”

I do believe I follow the BIlbo Baggins school of thought on Adventures. “Nasty, uncomfortable things! They make you late for dinner.”

“I love adventures, as long as they have indoor plumbing.”

Well, already I’ve fed the cats and doggies and taken the doggies for walks, checked the chickens and gathered eggs for a Sunday morning frittata. Later today go to the butcher for some cuts for the humans and odds and ends for the furkids and then review some patient’s files. And then…

My wife and I have some smaller adventures, like detouring around a detour or taking an unfamiliar route to a familiar place (intentionally, usually). Your adventures don’t have to be grandiose, just interesting.

Nobody mentioned the Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.

In 1981 when I joined the Navy, they had an ad campaign, “It’s not just a job, it`s an adventure.”I learned that an adventure is a dangerous situation that you survive.

Does it count as an adventure if you’re expecting/planning for it?

Anyone else notice the Magic 8-Ball t-shirt? Nice, and thematically appropriate.

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Be honest: What percent of your true adventures were on the agenda? If it’s a low number, you might have a little planning problem. If it’s a high number, you might have an over-planning problem.

I’m not advocating an absence of planning. You can’t make something from nothing, and adventure doesn’t typically pop up out of nowhere. Seems to me that what adventure does, typically, is come storming in out of the shadows to obliterate the plan.

I don’t know. Maybe it works both ways.

Good pilots say, “Plan the flight and fly the plan.”

The better pilots add, “… but don’t fall in love with the plan.”

But they sure don’t just sit on the ground and leave the plane in the hangar. That’s not what airplanes are for.

“To live. To live will be an awfully big adventure”

“Sam: I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, ’Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes, that’s one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, Dad?’ ‘Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that’s saying a lot.’ Frodo: [continue walking] You’ve left out one of the chief characters – Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam.