Many years ago, there was a TV show "That Was The Week That Was" Self explanatory me thinks. It was always funny. Or almost always funny. But that term describes this past week. Indeed.
I am afraid we are just getting started too. I hope not. But I'm not seeing a lessening of the hatred. Not at all.
Anyway, Have a great weekend. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
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| No it's not. I am craving Hot Dogs. So I've got that anyway.   |
Wednesday. One of those days where I feel very sorry for myself. Where I feel broke. And old. And all those other reasons that we as human beings find to feel sorry for ourselves about. Looking at pictures from years past. Fun to do. But today, it doesn't help.
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| This picture is not helping. |
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In keeping with my personal goal to write something everyday, and, knowing that some days are just like this, I’m just going to just add this run on, going no where sentence , hoping that the discerning reader will see how the mind of a 71 year old Grandpa works, and sometimes doesn’t work. There I’ve done it. I’ve written one absolutely true sentence. Although I doubt that the late Mr. Hemingway would agree that this is what he was talking about. But this is my Blog.
With apologies to E Hemingway
I hit the publish button!!
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Blogging is hard work*** Make no mistake about that. Even mini Blogs like my Dear Diary version takes some investment in time, thought, imagination and at some point you just have to sit at the computer and ... well... create something. Even when you're not in the mood. Like today for instance.
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| Id rather take a nap! |
Recently, I wrote about my first day in the Navy. Just a short synopsis of what I remember. Interesting experience reliving it in my mind after a half century.
So I'm going to switch gears on the memory trip.
Allow me to think back to a different period in my life. I want to comment on my elementary school education Or, anyone's education for that matter. Social Media although it is responsible for so many bad things today does have a plus side. I am able to stay in touch with people I haven't seen since 8th grade. Where they ended up, the details of their lives. It's truly amazing thinking about those people, during those years, and what the school experience meant.
Ok so I am a product of the second half of the 20th century. Society was so different back then. And I cannot help but wonder about the true value of those school years. Do I sound crazy? Irresponsible? I don't mean to be but looking at who we all were in school as kids and who we became. There is very little correlation between someone who was a "troublemaker" or a poor student (read stupid) and what these people became as adults.. A half century later, who you were in elementary school had very little to do with who you ended up as an adult. Not even close in many cases. So then what was it all about, what was the purpose? We spent years going through that schooling "process", there had to be a goal there. To mold the individual into a "proper" member of society? People I know today turned out on the whole to be much better than how I remember them back then. A's B' C' and even F's. failed to predict how a given young person would turn out as an adult. I would even go so far as to say it was mostly a waste of time. Seriously! The entire school process was badly flawed. I interact with people today who were "troublemakers" in school and they are Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants. I even went to HS with a guy who was a total loser. And today, He is a federal judge. He didn't pick that up in grammar or high school.
In summary I'm not just describing a few kids here. Most of my peers and most of what we learned about life back then was wrong. And useless as far as actually navigating adult life. That sounds so negative I realize. But, I'm just calling it as I see it. As I said, Social media is a wonderful tool to stay in touch with others throughout life. And I'm going through a period of looking back and taking stock. The good, the bad. and all the "stuff" in between.
Comments are welcome.
Be safe.
Labor Day 2025 is now in the can as they say. Hope everyone had a great one.
Summers officially over now. We in the south know better but the official words are it’s over.
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| Get your last splashes in before the snow flies |
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I never have. I never will.
Such is the true meaning of life for a man with the attention span of a gnat.
Of course I’ve never read anything of any consequence from any gnats. Maybe their works are out there. I can’t say I know anything of them.
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| ho hum |
Isn’t it pretty to think so? Indeed it is. When your plans or your life goes a certain way, you wish it had gone differently, and you’re sad and you think if it had just gone differently and “isn’t it pretty to think so” Kind of says what you’re thinking and wishing.
Been a long week here. Nothing really bad happened but it was just the stress of waiting on a doctor consult for some tests I’ve had over the last month. They cannot pinpoint the “thing” they were looking for. So we will circle back around in 6 months and start over. For now though I’m off the hook. Again … old age sucks. But for now I’ll take the mulligan.
Meanwhile, down in the glades;
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Difficulty. Wouldn’t it be great if I could write something that took more than 15 minutes of my attention.
I never have. I never will.
Such is the true meaning of life for a man with the attention span of a gnat.
Of course I’ve never read anything of any consequence from any gnats. Maybe their works are out there. I can’t say I know anything of them.
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| They look like aliens. |
I’ll know something Friday. Until then …. ??????
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