To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
A few minutes ago I saw a picture tweeted by a reporter covering an anti-abortion protest in Ottawa, Canada (my nation’s capital). The picture showed someone who appeared to be well beyond her child-bearing years. She was carrying a sign that had a picture of a fetus and the words “PLEASE LET ME LIVE.” Considering [...]
I turned 60 today. You know what they say, “60 is the new 40.” This just goes to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are incurable freaking imbeciles, because that’s a heaping pile of warm crap. (Although, that having been said, I’m approaching the age when staying regular is often an important [...]
I recently bought some socks. In and of itself, that is not what one might normally, or even under exceptional circumstances, label “an extraordinary event.” In fact, nothing even vaguely related to anything I’m going to write about today is something that anyone at all would normally, or even under exceptional circumstances, in any way [...]
I often wonder who was the first person to think of performing certain activities or, rather, not so much who thought of them, but why they did. I also wonder who first thought of some products, but I’ll save that discussion for another day. I’m not thinking of activities that make perfect sense now and [...]
Well, it’s that time of year again. The weather is what it is. Flowers and foliage are in their current states. Stores are displaying goods appropriate for the season. And people are busy doing what people are busy doing. I would expand on this thought, but I don’t know if you are reading this shortly [...]
At what point in history did people start to consider wrinkles to be ugly? It makes no sense to me. In my opinion, wrinkles add character. Although, I admit that might merely be a handy rationalization from someone who has only a few months left on the birth side of 60-years-old. My upcoming shift to [...]
I know I don’t write here particularly frequently, but I feel the time has come to post an urgent request that will have the utmost impact on what I think of as my humanity. The suffering experienced around the world due to insufficient local resources is horrendous. Millions of people cannot afford adequate food or [...]
I’m in my friendly, local Starbucks using its free WiFi. Before I could log onto the WiFi I had to click an agree button on a screen that, in addition to a link to the terms of service, carried the following message: “Starbucks is pleased to offer complimentary Wi-Fi to customers who are enjoying our [...]