SELFIE ELBOW: (What is there to say here? This is a self-explanatory word coupling. If you are troubled with this condition: Get Help. Do not just endure; theories suggest you could be on the path to the Disorder of a Narcissistic Sociopath. Just warning.)
OBOR: ONE BELT ONE ROAD. The new Silk Road going from inland China by rail, road and sea – through India, Eurasia and wherever it is necessary to get to various parts of Europe. OBOR will pass through 75% of the world’s population and commercially engage with 75% of the world’s energy supplies. We are talking; Infrastructure and Infrastructure. Thoughts:
- …and we are having difficulty building a ten-mile long extra lane on Route 66 going into Washington DC.
- …What’s in this for us? It must be a good thing, no? I will put my five dollars on the bet that within five years we will come up with a movie that is titled something like “Murder on the OBAR Express.” Or, it could be a Netflix series; but either way, we will not be left behind in this. Nobody knows how to make money like we do, or at least, like we did.
CHINESE SAYING: “Slaughter the chickens to scare the monkeys.” This means:
- The Chinese have horrible sayings.
- It is a metaphor for beating up on the small guys, so the bigger guys see what you can do – and then they behave.
- Are we the “chicken” here? Or the next bigger guy? Or, are we out of this picture?
The Chinese are everywhere and doing everything these days: (See OBOR above) and now slaughtering chickens. I read where they are now into our pork. Is this inevitable? Is ‘Our Era’ over? Is this a good thing? Is it anything? I cannot help but wonder.
- XENOPHOBIA: Fear, or hatred of Foreigners. (Word of the year in Dictionary.com -2016)
- POST-TRUTH: (New word in Oxford Dictionary)
- EAR WORM: Not a worm, per se; but a tune that wiggles from inside your ear to your brain and no matter how hard you try, you can’t get it out. (I have an ear-worm right now. Here are the words to the tune I keep hearing: “Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, Dear – and he shows them pearly white.” [‘Mac the Knife’] I do not know if this has anything to do with any of the above. I’ll see if the worm vanishes after this posting.)
It has been suggested I end each section with an uplifting thought. So here goes: “He who seeks beauty – will find it.” American saying, attributed to Bill Cunningham, New York Times’ Photographer – in his Obituary.
