Wednesday…

 - Wars are stupid…wars that don’t directly deal with American lives and interests should be illegal and grounds for immediate impeachment.  Consider Vietnam, Angola, Sudan, Iraq,  Ukraine, soon to be Taiwan, the list seems endless: how many actual American lives were saved vs how many lost? How much of our money spent saving someone else while our own people are killed or living in unbearable condition?  How about we stay out of other people’s business and save countless lives HERE 

While I have unwavering support of our troops, I have undeniable mistrust of those sending them to engage in mortal combat for basically inane reasons. It’s long past time to completely rethink our stance. Stop sentencing our grandkidS to fight, die, and pay for other’s problems

- Speaking of things that NEVER end, nor will they…abortion debate.  Was a big deal 50 years ago, still is.  If this is still a debate, than it’s pretty much political treachery , not an issue.

- Things that keep me awake at night, #3,791: most know that certain creatures can see and hear wavelengths that are far beyond human abilities…is it possible there are lifeforms (from insects to small civilizations) coexisting on Earth that we simply cannot see, and their visual/auditory abilities can’t see us?  Same question applies to life on other planets. My bet is that if there are such advanced lifeforms, they never went through stages of making up genders or disco.

- Many (many many) years ago my sweetie and I were traveling somewhere and stopped at a McDonalds right off IH10 on the Fredericksburg highway. The place was clean enough, and there wasn’t much of a crowd, but the gal behind the counter has been forever etched in our history. She was a pretty attractive, tall, kind of athletic woman, mid 20s, that spoke with a heavy Russian or Ukrainian accent. The most remarkable thing was she was sporting a beehive hairdo that would put mid 60s Dolly Parton to shame.  With her hair up, she was likely 6’7” or so. As I stood in awe placing our order, Deb was nearly hurting herself trying not to giggle. 

- Last Saturday, the impossible happened. I was expecting a package scheduled to be delivered on Saturday, and it *actually arrived*.  We live in an area that’s been zoned office space for decades, and as such USPS usually blows off any deliveries until the following Monday as most businesses in this area are closed on weekends. But not this time! They came through with flying colors.

- An oft published researcher from Harvard has been caught falsifying her data…on a series of papers studying consumer honesty.  Sometimes, Captain Obvious does make an appearance.

- Speaking of obvious…sometimes I get annoyed, mostly get tickled at completely unnecessary signage and warning labels. Examples include ‘bridge may freeze up in cold weather’… ‘do not ingest contents of battery’… ‘do not use this product while sleeping’ … ‘falling off this ladder may result in injury’… 

- I’ve gotten to a point in which I don’t get jokes occasionally. Need to look up key words that fall outside my old man’s vocabulary.

- One joke I do get: thanks goodness it’s not snowing. Could you imagine shoveling snow in this heat.

- Something I don’t understand about pop culture is the fervor over people expressing their opinions.  Celeb A says something, it’s in the news. Sports figure B says something, it’s in the news. Dipshit guitar player Z says something, and less than 30 people on the entire planet care (1 of which is Blogger’s AI algorithm)…

What’s really strange is how Celeb A gets all sort of exposure and likely residual money…Sports figure B gets exposure and residuals…Dipshit guitar player Z gets dirty looks from 20 people, a ‘nice blog ‘ from 9 people, and increased scrutiny from 1 algorithm.

(Yes, I’m Dipshit guitar player Z)

- Gameshows used to have interesting hosts with typically smarter than average contestants. These days, the hosts are basically obnoxious geeks with absolute morons as contestants.  Yes, there are some refreshing exceptions, but dang, y’all…saw one in which none of the six adult contestants knew there were 26 letters in the alphabet

- Amazing how strong inverse correlations can be. The higher/longer temps stay over 105, the dumber drivers seem to be.