Monday…Clock is Ticking To Christmas

 - Read an article the other day outlining how micro and nano plastic particles in out home’s air and utensils are now linked to certain cancers. I believe this.  Plastic ain’t really good for any living organism more advanced than amebas, yet more and more of it is involved in our everyday lives, including not just food but medical supplies, automobile parts, paint, flooring, you name it. The more of it we are exposed to the more we inhale/ingest microscopic size it’s, which according to the article bond with our cells making it impossible for cells to grow and function as intended.

- The US Secretary of Defense said in a closed congressional briefing that if congress does not approve Ukraine military aid, the pentagon would be “your brothers, your cousins, and your sons” to do the fighting. Direct quote. How is this not extortion? How is this actual defense of our nation, its citizens, and the Constitution

- Occassionally someone will ask what I do with my 'free time' since retiring from doing anything but playing music?  Here's a couple of things that keep me busy

•  Household chores like laundry and such 
• Cleaning up cat shit deposited by the one that misses the litter box
• Looking at the lawn wondering when I'll be bothered by it enough to mow
• Reading the internet news wondering if humanity will EVER evolve
• Coffee, more coffee, even more that that coffee
• Trying to understand my place in the universe, wondering if I'm already there, or will I ever be
• Trying to find things to reduce the genetic propensity of Alzheimers and/or dementia

- Deb and I have been considering when we will bite the bullet and invest in a new(er) vehicle.  We are still a few years away from making a move, but 90% of the time we need just one. Sometimes the expense of having 2 seems, well, silly

- Sometimes the sweet hotness Deb and I talk about different actors and their various roles, only to find said performers died 30 years ago. Does that make us old and boring? If so, so be it, as we are quite content 

- Seen: think how hard it would be to dance to the Chinese version of ‘YMCA’

- Food for thought: if Palestinians are so ‘victimized’ that NO Arab nation will permit their entry, then why the hell should we? Has anyone considered if the 2.8 million illegally entering our country just this year had stayed and done what was necessary to fix their nation instead of running away, our nation, our planet, and our species would be one hell of a lot better than they are now. I could understand the hopelessness feelings of a hundred, a thousand, even 10,000, but 2.8 million? No, this is putting the onus of a better life on us without nearly the risk to them.

It’s way past time to close our borders and consider the devastating losses to law abiding US citizens

- I wrote a book on penguins. I think paper might have been a better choice