Rambunctious

It's all just a distraction to keep us from enjoying life, isn't it? Society, politics, religion, school, ad nauseam.

Don't fall for it. Of course this message is just one more of the pesky things, isn't it? They'll tempt you with jewels and sex. The good stuff is free and right in front of you. 

Maybe the saddest part of the scheme is that so many of the ones who pile up the trinkets can't be satisfied until the majority is doing without. War and famine are tools to maintain some shaky status quo.

If they ever run out of soldiers, it's all over for the bad guys.

 

Nitro After Dark

I'll do what I can, but mostly I'm along for the ride. Nothing in this world is going in any way that I might have predicted a decade ago. My life is as close to perfect as any that I might imagine. I'm so used to whining that I have to stop and remind myself of that frequently. 

Sure, I still worry about the planet, the hungry, the victims. 

Maybe I'll live long enough to see peace and love come back in fashion. Meanwhile, I'll keep pinching myself to pay attention to what's in front of me. 

Heaven showed up in Florida a few years back and introduced me to paradise. I thought that was all fairy tales.

Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war.

 

Sweets For Breakfast

Why waste your time here worrying about life after death. What on earth can you do about it? Today's NY Times has an article on the professionals who study it seriously. It's a lot like worrying about dessert during the soup course, isn't it? In my case, maybe the end of the main course.

If we do come back, we're gonna have some fine tales to tell. If you wished to live in interesting times, you got your wish. It's all semantics, buddy.

Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war.

 

Resolutions and Revolutions

If last year wasn't wild enough for you, buckle up. This one should get your attention. 

Hate's an easy sell. Love's a little more of a challenge. I learned all I really need to know at the wrestling matches. Loser leaves town. The bad guys win. The crowd goes wild. Happy New Year.

Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war.

 

Work Ethics, Christian and Otherwise

As Bucky Fuller once famously said,

"We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living."

We've got enough stuff- food, medicine, housing, love, eggnog. We've got a supply chain problem. There is a small bunch who have created a bottleneck in order to gratify enormous egos and worries about penis size.

                        If I had an idea of what we could do about it, I'd write it down here for you. 

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war.

 

Merry Christmas Ronny Elliott

Pay Dues Or Pay Attention

Somehow I seem to end up at the right place at the right time. Maybe wherever you are is the right place at any given time. Now, of course, I've been "run over" by a car and I've been hit in the face with a violin. In the case, I should add.

Maybe I should write my life story. Who would believe it? Who would read it?

If I'm proud of anything, it's that I'm a dreamer.

I wish for you the happiness that I have this holiday season. Give us peace on earth and end this dreadful, dreadful war.