That Was The Week That Was

 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.  

No it's not.

I am craving Hot Dogs. So I've got that anyway.

The Way We Were

  Flagler Hotel St. Augustine Florida circa 1890's

Notice on right side of picture: lock and doorknob.

Was that the key to the past?

Who knows. Who knew.

Was she thinking or imagining how people would be watching her sitting there in the Courtyard of Henry Flagler's Beautiful Gilded Age Hotel in 100 years?

Or maybe she just wanted a snickers bar... but she knew they hadn't been invented. Oh Snap!!!!

Isn't It Pretty To Think So?

 Before we had the always popular and vivacious world wide web, we would amuse ourselves by balancing spoons on our noses. No Fussing, no mussing, no drama, no stupid security updates, no twitters turning into X's, no Book of Face. nothing but just goofing around with spoons. 

We had no idea what was coming. And when it started, we thought WOW THIS IS COOL!!! But it wasn't cool. And it is getting worse. AI telling young people what to think. How to act. Giving it's version of God. They are all soaking it up. As we circle the bowl, The words to an old 60's Steppenwolf song come to mind:

"There's A Monster On The Loose, It's Got Our Heads Into The Noose, And It Just Sits There Watching"

Pre 21st century internet days

Can't we just go back to balancing spoons?

 "Isn't it pretty to think so?" a famous line from Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises” It certainly covers a lot of ground. Thanks Ernest!
Stay Cool!!!!

New Blog Name

Changed the Blog name. Seems closer to who I am and what I'm doing. It's all about what I think about, what comes to mind. Day by day. Don't need a bunch of hits or followers. It's my stories. 

Abuelo 

Life Without Meaning

 "So you decide to take a holiday
  You got your tape deck
   and your brand new Chevrolet

 Ah, but there's no place to go anyway
 and what for..."
       

Captain Jack - Billy Joel

There have been times I have felt this way.

ho hum

Advice for a happy life

Tell the truth always. Make that a habit. Let it be such a natural part of who you are, what you say, what you write. So you don’t even have to think about it. Tell the truth and no one will ever catch you in a lie. Pressure’s off. Tell the truth always. Make that a habit. Let it be such a natural part of who you are, what you say, what you write. So you don’t even have to think about it. Tell the truth and no one will ever catch you in a lie. Pressure’s off.

As The World Turns

They say the earth is rotating faster. A very small amount. Who watches this stuff? What instruments show this? What’s the impact to me and to you day to day ? 

Inquiring minds wanna know!!!

"ATC Clears"

 After my Navy Daze I did a stint as an Air Traffic Controller at the New York Air Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma NY. 

Did some of my best work there:

Not many were that good. The 2 aircraft missed at the last second. And I did not even use AI

Dats All Folks

Old age medical crap

 

Big deal doctor visit Friday. My labs led to a few scans showing an irregularity with my parathyroid gland. This is a mini gland that hangs out next to the thyroid gland which is in the neck. For some reason it is behaving badly and putting out too much calcium into my system. Age is the main reason why this would happen but the doctor is going to tell me how he will deal with it. My Doctor son says it needs to be cut out,  too much calcium is no good,  so I foresee some surgery in my near future. So between now and Friday I will be stressed out and worried about it. Everyone tells me not to worry it’s no big deal. My response is that when they have a lump in THEIR necks then they can not worry about it. I can’t stand the fake well wishing.

          Disgusting medical sketch of the culprits

They look like aliens. 

I’ll know something Friday. Until then …. ??????

Fin