Whatta' ya Got?

At this point I suppose that I continue with this just to make sure that I'm still here. Now, with AI, everyone shows up at the prom with Marilyn on his arm. My favorite brand of stupidity has been appropriated by the stupid!

On the other hand, this is my way of staying in touch with everyone I've ever crossed paths with. I tend to miss folks I never even liked. Oh, there have only been a few. 

Pay attention to all those cornball postings on social media. Tomorrow is certainly never promised. Love like crazy and pay attention while you're at it.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsYAd1D0y8Q

 

Somebody's Gotta' Do It!

Making wine has brought along some new life lessons. If it feels like something could be going wrong, don't do anything. Probably not good advice for crossing the street, but otherwise, it seems to have universal application. 

As my buddy, Leo always said, "Don't kiss a gift horse in the mouth."

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiVEecogOHw

 

Good Eaters Make Good Companions

 

The idea that the world revolves around you isn't all that silly. It doesn't, of course. It revolves around me. Or maybe Taylor Swift or Vladimir Putin or Diana Dors. You can meditate till you're blue in the face, see what I did there, or follow the most fashionable of gurus. It doesn't matter.

You've only got one point of view, a single perspective. You're gonna see things through your eyes. Your truth is what your mama told you, what you learned in school, what you ran across on social media. Of course every now and again, some Sunday school teacher explains something that contradicts Mom's lesson about walking under ladders. That, or you go to M.I.T. for your PhD and find out that we're all stardust and nobody came from anybody's rib.

Be kind. Be patient.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-PKE1K5BZc

Don't Get Used To It

 

Once you're in on the joke, there's no going back. The brain serves as something of a receptor, I suppose, helping make some little sense of everything going on around us. More importantly, it functions as a filter, blocking out more input than we can handle.

As I look around, there seems to be too much filtering and not nearly enough receiving here lately. Somehow I can't help but think that AI is going to exacerbate the situation.

Oh, I'm not hopeless. I would be lying, though, if I told you that I'm optimistic. 

If you love hard for all your worth, you'll be doing your part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9emZrJuIJs

Is It All Really Relative?

 

What if all my ducks are in a row? Is it possible that there's no new Temu package on the way, no eBay treasure in transit? Could it be that there are no songs or "revelations" for a blog keeping me awake? No frequent flier miles about to expire?

All my life I've waited to stop waiting. 

Can you worry about having nothing to worry about? Asking for a friend.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ahbvZK91BM

Now You Tell Me

 

Okay, I've started over enough here. Everything I write is starting to read like some version of walking a mile to school. In the snow. With no shoes. Oh, I did walk a mile to school, but it only snowed once that I can remember, growing up in Florida. I had Jack Purcells, too. Sometimes Red Ball Jets.

It's not that I mind being out of style. I've almost always been that way. I've had a moment or two when fashion swerved and there I was. Never lasted.

Remember when everyone whistled, or even sang, as they strolled along the sidewalk or washed the car. I'm gonna start doing that again. Seems to me things were better then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM40KGbkfuU

Why Now?

Why do you suppose that we're so driven to make sense of it all? Who decided that life must have meaning? Surely this is just it. I'd bet the ranch on it.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJchZ1zzGk