Wed

 - I tried collecting broken knives, but it was pointless 

- Generally I give serious kudos to veterans, especially those who were engaged in combat.  There are exceptions. John Kerry for example is a disgrace to our species, and an abomination of what being a veteran in supposed to be. Bowe Bergdahl another.  But these people are far from the norm, they basically amount to statistical zero. People who voluntarily wore the uniform are almost always honorable people.

- Seen: Do you look better in person or in photos?  I think I look better in theory

- Sunday gas here was $2.99…Monday $3.29. So where’s the impetus for a 30 cent price hike overnight? Some ‘analysts’ saying crude oil will be over $100 a barrel by the end of 2023, so I guess the price setting speculators are once again hosing us

- While partly laughing, partly sighing in disgust at an article about the Pentagon’s transgender idiocy, I was reminded of race relations “classes” I was forced to take while in the army.  The instructor was a black Staff Sergeant man who wore sunglasses inside and was allowed to grow a beard as to not aggravate a shaving condition.  This particular training all happened late 70s/early 80s.

During the mandatory participation open discussions, many younger troops used the phrase ‘colored,’ which brought immediate interjection from the trainer ‘what color were they?’ One young fellow asked ‘you tell me…what would you like to hear?’ All hell broke loose then. When the phrase African American was introduced, some people wondered aloud why others weren’t called European American…or Polynesian American…one Cherokee in the group really got annoyed at all the verbiage…

Point? People get so angry when others do not abide by their wishes that the original concept of discussion is long lost.  No matter the effort, one cannot nor ever change what people think, believe, etc.  and damn you for being so arrogant to keep trying to legislate opinions.

- Movies that cannot be made anymore:  Blues Brothers…Blazing Saddles…Here to Eternity…Wizard of Oz…Maltese Falcon…even setting aside woke and social warrior stupidity, the star power talent is just not there anymore, the music is just not there anymore, and audiences that could appreciate what they were watching just aren’t there anymore