Look what I found. I really like it. My friends tell me I should take it to Sotheby’s to see what it’s worth. It would be hard to part with; but if it sold for a lot of money I could do good for various charities…maybe even make a political donation to help some Senator get the courage to veto some of the new cabinet picks.
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So. I have been thinking about what several people have been telling me lately about what they are thinking. They say in two, maybe four years at most, ‘Things will right themselves and we will return to ‘Normal'”. (…not necessarily ‘Great Again’ – but ‘Normal Again’… aka: MANA.) Then they recite some theories about Cycles and Patterns and Waves and History being compelled to repeat itself…and I take little comfort in all that. “Soon, maybe in two years, you will be taken off the torture rack.” What good is that? Permanent damage could be done in the meanwhile. And when, exactly, when was it “Normal’? …and for whom?…There is a song which sings “…Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was…”…and I say things are more different today than they ever were…and yesterday, and the day before, things were more different than they ever were…and I am doubtful if we get out of today’s political predicament that everything will be set aright.
A few years ago we had the Roman Empire…They had Swords and Axes and Chariots, and Gladiators, and yes, they also built roads and discovered taxes. It was not all bad. And then a lot of other places had their own empires and contributed much to Civilization. And then We came along and invented Shareholder Capitalism, Hollywood and Rock ‘n Roll, improved asphalt paving and many other good things. And now We, somehow, are steeped in: Bitcoins (?), AI, Chatbotting, Photo-shopping and: Misinformation and Disinformation is abounding and are our nation’s major contributions of the day….and I fear We are not going back to the good old days of the unbeatable New York Yankees, Bonanza and Ozzie & Harriett. -Not going back in two or four years to where we were before, if ever we ever were really there before …and we may just keep rolling in the direction to which we have rolled…
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Some Quotes and comments thereon:
- “What we looses in the Swings, we makes up on the Roundabouts” -Uk, Cockney slang referring to traffic in Fairgrounds (In today’s world I find it difficult, sometimes, to get off the Roundabouts…but where are the Swings of the day?)
- “The Ebb and Flow of life…” -Meaning: “a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth: the ebb and flow of state politics and power.” (But what if you get caught up in the Ebb and can’t get get back with the Flow?…who cares about the ‘Ebb & Flow’ then?)
- “Wax on, Wax off.” -Karate Kid (Have you ever tried to remove old dried and hardened wax?…and don’t you have better things to do with your time?)
- “Lie Only Become Truth If Person Wants To Believe It” – Karate Kid, Part Two (True that.)
- “What goes up, must come down.” -This idiom originated in the 1800s and refers to the physical properties of gravity. If you throw a ball in the air, it will come back down. (But where and on whom?)
- “Hey Mister Tally-man, tally me Banana” -Harry Belafonte, Song, i950’s
That’s it for the week…and a good “Hello” to Krishna…wherever you are.
