Failing Up

We Humans are so smart, just look at all the advancements we make each year with technology, and energy to improve many aspects of our daily lives.  Yet, we Homo Sapiens, Latin for wise human are not so wise. We are the only species that kills for sport, pollutes for profits, invented war for the sake of power, invented chemicals to fight those wars, and yes, made it possible to blow up the planet to keep us safe.  Thank God for Rock and Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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The F word is one of the few words in the English language that is identified by just the letter.  This word at one time was considered so vulgar that it was not uttered in public.
Yet, now it is a part of our regular vernacular, in some circles the second most viable word after, "the".  It is used as an adjective, verb, and noun.  It is an exclamation point that places the ultimate value to an event, our anger,  a lost item, and release of pain.  I don't have proof, but it is my guess it has been uttered often before death, not a good choice.  It is common place in the store, on the road, at events, graduations,  church, you name it!  Yet, the origin of this word cannot be agreed upon, WTF?? 

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As summer comes to a close I am always reminded of Wilbur the pig in the E.B White classic Charlotte's Web.  Wilber who is save by Charlotte at the county fair.

Every year throughout the summer most states celebrate all they have to offer with a State Fair.  There are also County Fairs to show off all a specific region has to offer.  I can only speak to the New York State Fair, that showcases bands, produce, animals, rides, games, our Native American culture, and yes lots of fried things, onions dough, cookies, pickles, potato's.  Lot's of rides to loose you fried food on, and of course games.  The end of a summer tradition.  In this region it is mainly an Upstate thing, and when I say Upstate I do not mean Westchester County.  Ask someone on Broadway about the New York State Fair and they will shake their head as they breeze on by.   Time to eat a sausage sandwich and watch the horse show!! 

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Television commercials are a creative endeavor, and a times a great form of entertainment . Hell, some people just watch the Superbowl for the commercials.  They have made many for their characters house hold names, who can forget Mr. Whipple and "please don't squeeze the Charmin."  But now there is nothing left to the imagination and in some cases food is used to demonstrate the  symptom or product, for example, a cucumber for Peyronies Disease. How am I supposed to eat a salad?  I feel like Lorena Bobitt when I slice up my cucumber? And! they don't bend!!  Point being, I don't need bears to go into detail how Charmin gets into all the nooks and crannies, or some lady being overtaken by spaghetti to demonstrate the uncomfortable odor that some wipes don't get to!  Mr. Whipple called it toile tissue, not even paper.  No wonder we have trouble sleeping!! 

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In the 1960's the message was that if you trusted institutions and leaders without question, you would get hurt, or killed.  Well, that lesson has been proved to be true and also forgotten.  In 1974 a President resigned because of a cover up, in 2023 we have a candidate running with multiple indictments, and that is his platform.  "The Church "( and if you are Catholic like me that  term defines our religion), is paying for past sins.  It was called  "the church" because it was too big to question.  A Diocese declares  bankruptcy to protect their finances and then makes their parishes and schools pay half of their settlements, in some cases half of 100 million!  So, they cover up abuse of children, and  then take the funding for their education away to pay for their sins!  To follow blindly, to not questions is a dangerous now as it has ever been!

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If we have a temperature that reaches over 105 f , well we are considered sick.  This summer Mother Earth has a fever well over 100 f, and  yes she is sick, and we are the cause.  The dinosaurs had an excuse for going extinct the meteor did it.  They perished the planted did not.  We are taking the entire place down.  Soon there will be reverse migration from the south to the north so that individuals can cool down in in mild winter.  Its time to get her temperature down.

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No where is the behavior of the human's more on display then when they are locked in a tube 30,000 feet above the ground.  From the jockeying  at the gate where adults forget how to wait in line, to the need to shove a mobile home into carry on luggage and make it fit no matter what, it is clear how this species roles.  One for one and none for all.  You know that the person in the emergency seat did not read the instructions and really is not able to lift a thirty-four pound door.  It does not matter based on the way people exit the plane anyways.  That tube is a test tube. 

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Every Year there is a the summer ritual of watering the grass so it grows and does not burn, even fertilize it so it grows quicker.  This along with the late spring ritual of telling the world how many bags of mulch you have to spread.  Then people complain because they have to mow the lawn.  Every cycle people support the same candidates then complain that democracy is broke.  You make the grass grow, your vote makes the crap flow.  

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The cover girl on Sport Illustrated is 81 year old Martha Stewart, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards are 79, Bruce Springsteen is 73, and the incumbent President and the most likely  challenger are 80 and 76 years respectively.  When I was a kid it was said by rockers and rebels, "don't trust anyone over 30," now they are all over 70 and rocking.  The revolution of the younger generation, is the evolution of the older generation.  Don't get me wrong I love the perks of two dollars off my Taco Bell and a free drink being a senior.  I just can't imagine being 13yrs and racing for the magazine with a 81 year old cover girl?  But hey she looks great!!!

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Mediation and relaxation exercises cause me stress.  It is not natural for me to slow my breathing and focus on it. Breathing is supposed to be natural and the only time I imagine it slows down and I will focus on it, is when I'm on my deathbed.  Now there is some stress.! If the news makes you feel uncomfortable than take positive action to change it and improve the world, don't hide from it.  If we don't change our underwear we will stink.  If we accept our world as is, it will stink. 

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