Floating where life takes me - and maybe sticking an oar in, once in a while.
Watching the world go by is a fascinating study in human kind. I’m undoubtedly spending more time than is healthy watching world politics, and thinking, “but it’s like a car crash - you can’t look away” - actually…I can look away from car crashes (and recommend you do - you can’t unsee things), but the state of present human interaction is even more dreadfully compelling.
Since the death of my father, I’ve been straining under the weight of my depression...the dreaded black dog. With the oowsnn (orange one who shall not be named) ranting destructive impulses into the body politic, and climate change ringing the bell, announcing its presence and import, I’ve been struggling to find a reason to get out of bed.
The Eulogy delivered at my Dad’s funeral services.
While sitting at my dad’s side, watching him die, my brain goes strange places. It turns out, that as much as you’ve discussed the inevitable moment with family, and know what dad wants, the moment you tell the doctor to stop treating your father, and make him comfortable while he dies, sucks.
The oowsnn (orange one who shall not be named) did a weird. Even for this President, that was weird. That’s a really high bar for him! What happened in Helsinki? What was that? Taking my observations and belief in the fundamentally good nature of men - and trying to come up with a motivation that makes sense…leaves me struggling…
There are people I see, wandering around, getting on with their lives like these aren’t terrifying times, and I envy them. I read the news, watch events, read way too many presidential tweets, and I guess I get on with my life, but only because running around in a panic needs better legs than mine.
Kay, don't even start this one, unless you read the last one. Go on...
Right, so now we watch the human organism dealing with disease. The biggest infection is well represented by Brexit and Trump. We are a social species. We are not a species of individuals. Individually we are weak, ignorant and stupid. Collectively we are strong, knowledgeable and stupid. Two out of three isn't really enough...
Another year over, a new one to begin....It's been a pretty darker year to follow-up a pretty dark year. We don't seem to be moving the right direction on that. I'm looking for the possible bright light's in the near future...and looking....they're hiding like they mean it! I'm sure they'll turn up somewhere...Please?
As always, I wish the best to all people everywhere, but particularly people I know, cus they're more real to me and I'm a fallible mortal that way - lotsa other ways too, don't get me wrong! I've been thinking lots about lots of stuff, and have reordered my mind around a new (to me) concept.
Was at a funeral for an old family friend last week. After the time in hospital and interactions with life and death and dying there, and other friends losing parents - it seems to be coming up a lot. Part of it is just my age and therefore the age of my cohort's parents.
Back in the depths of time, this Asimov guy wrote about a Hari Seldon as a fictional character who understood the underlying forces of human behaviour so well, he could put it all in equations, figure out crisis points in the future, and put odds on which way the crisis would settle. There are famous economists on record as being inspired by Hari Seldon to enter that field of economics, as it was the closest thing to psychohistory on the menu.
Apparently, there are some having trouble discerning meaning out of The Health Knight. On the 4th of July, 6 years to the hour, perhaps second, of the car thing, I was told I had a spot on my lung. They have been imaging and poking and injecting enzymes to dissolve bits of bad, and some of me for over two weeks.
