Wednesday,

 - As far as Star Wars villains go, Kylo Ren was basically Peewee Herman with a few powers

- A report going around that a Portland OR woman with breast cancer has been denied treatment because she expressed discomfort and concern over the transgender flag at the hospital. According to the Newsweek report she was offered “re-education training”, refused, and has been barred from any further treatment at the facility. Damn 

- The man that shot and killed the unarmed Ashli Babbitt has been promoted to captain in the Capital police. Meanwhile there are STILL people in jail over J6 events for basically trespassing.

- It’s odd that things we/I didn’t have 25 years ago are the things that seem to break down most of the time. Bells and whistles on vehicles, Bluetooth gizmos everywhere, wireless everything, etc. Methinks it’s past time to remember the difference between technology and *reliable* technology 

- It’s astonishing that dem ‘politicians’ are ok with aborting an innocent human life up to the moment of birth, but won’t execute a longtime criminal for a capital offense.  Seems any group that can’t define ‘woman’ can’t define life, innocence compared to evil, etc…yet they control so much of our daily lives

- The Hungarian government is providing relief assistance and emergency housing for families losing everything in the Maui fire. Thanks, Hungary. Hungarians are sending pop up temporary housing units and such, with no string attached blaming climate change.  

- A 12 year old was banned…banned…from a classroom for having a patch of the Gadsden Flag on his backpack.  Even though the flag dates back to the Revolutionary War, school ‘officials’ stated the flag was a symbol of racism.  Even the history book they cited clearly showed the flag origin, they still went ahead with this tragic ignorance.

Which begs the question: when do once honorable symbols become reminders of racism?  Will they ever be allowed to be seen in the original light? 

- Names young singer songwriters should know, but likely don’t, include: Warren Zevon, Levon Helm, Townes Van Zart, Robbie Robertson, Guy Clark…

- Interesting to note the band I work with, Gary Nix and West! Texas, currently does not have a dedicated tour vehicle…but if we did it damn sure would qualify for a handicap parking space placard. 

- Are safe spaces still a thing? How about teddy bear and crayon rooms for college students? What about bath salts and murder hornets?  Has anything deemed a massive public threat or reaction actually been real?

- An Australian woman undergoing a brain biopsy surprised everyone, when doctors found a 3” long WORM living in her brain, wriggling around like it owned the place

- It’s a weird quirk, but when watching movies or just seeing pics, I notice people’s shoes, particularly the soles. Seeing people wearing road worn clothing but the so,es of their footwear is virtually unscathed immediately takes away authenticity.