ITS THE ECONOMY, STUPID It is inevitable that the whites (linens, towels), Christmas decor and health club sales of January kick off another year of consumer spending. Which in itself has kicked the economy into high gear. Always remember, our spending accounts for two thirds of the GNP (gross national product) if I remember my econ studies in college. Yes, grocery items are crazy as well as cars and eating out, but I see restaurants crowded, cruise ships packed and people providing their families with incredible experiences. It is hard growing up as a squirrel (saver) though I am actually being a little freer with the "purse strings" as I realize I save when I don't have to - YOLO (you only live once) and the older and more decrepit I become that is even more true. So damn it, buy the hideously expensive Ben & Jerry's and Hagan Daz - it's so gooddddd! Restaurant food is made, served and cleaned up by someone else-indulge. Fly first class and enjoy your mimosas before takeoff.
Also, big advice in January is how important sleep is especially for the Boomer aged. Can you also tell me about the secret magic for obtaining that golden eight-hour night? I have not had an eight-hour night in a dog's age says the woman who used to go to the exercise club at 3 am to avoid the crowds and the crazy people. I now force myself to stay cocooned until 6 am but I am awake an hour or two before that. As a "senior" citizen the need to visit the porcelain bowl becomes more insistent even when one has an alcohol free night. No water after 8 o'clock makes one relive their youth or pay the consequences. Then you find new friends as you discover, and regret, all the body parts that may have been over-used the day before by walking, carrying, lifting, living. Funny how that works.
Actually, I am a proponent of red wine as a sleep aid or white, whiskey, beer whatever you have lying around. Used to be able to snorkel several cups of wine with no lasting effects, but now it's like mentally wading through a mucky bog and the bounce just isn't the same, gasp. When does a buzz on become a cataract issue? Either condition leads to diminished sight. Though promising, wine's actual somnolent (I know so many cool words) effects are limited after the first couple of stuporous hours.
COMMERCIAL BREAK Shifting gears. For those who still utilize the obscenely expensive cable television, are the commercials getting worse or have they always been obnoxious? I do DVR so I can avoid some of that, but it seems the more I loathe a particular advertisement it shows even more frequently. Building contractors and insurance companies; and lawyers, lots of lawyers. The builder promises but never delivers, from personal experience, the insurance ones are just grossly cheerful. If an insurance adjuster turned up at my house during a fire promising instant comfort and hotel vouchers, I would believe I was in an alternative dimension. Considering the last contractor I contacted said it would be six months before they could do any work based on the insurance companies' feet dragging on settling claims from last August. "Are you sure that tree fell on your house during the windstorm? After all, can one really see the wind." "However your policy does cover gremlin attacks leading to foundation instability, radon not so much". etc. etc. Then of course the attorney steps in when either of the other two do not work out. Perfect triangle with the consumer teetering on the point.
Stealing from my b-i-l; every time I see the Farxia commercial with the dancing woman I see "Diabetes: The Musical" Did the call go out for a dancing/singing overweight person for the commercial which also features a store clerk or postal worker explaining the science behind the pill. The fact that diabetes sufferers always have problems with their weight and that they made an attractive woman look like a banana in horrible clothing is quite insulting. If you want to be honest about it put her in "jeans" (genes, get it?)
Then all those commercials advertising drugs, often for some disease one has never even heard of. With a list of side effects that sound worse than the disease. In some cases, I believe they create the drug and then look for the malady. And of course, be sure your doctor knows what you are taking. Are we diagnosing and writing prescriptions on our own now? Yes, facebook university makes everyone an expert. Opinions are science and all that. The best line is do not take if you are allergic to it.. How do you know unless you take it? Logic has no place in pharmaceuticals.
Don't get me started on Lume. Those are the grossest commercials and are everywhere - TV, radio, online claiming people must be as odorless as a crash dummy mannequin. What is their problem. If you have an odor besides the natural pheromones from being an adult human person maybe you should have it checked out. By claiming it lasts 48-72 hours I see a problem right there. Have these people never heard of soap/baths/showers/toilet paper? Are they living with wolves? Hunting and hiding your scent from wolves? Right up there with the intelligence requiring a recall for plastic wrapped cheese slices. Apparently, people were not getting all the wrap off and were eating it along with their obviously tasteless cheese slice as they could not tell they were eating plastic.
On the happy side, the floor has been completed (last two transitions put in place) and the latest podcast guest realized that the program was good as originally recorded while heaping great praise on my ability to keep the conversation focused. Alleluia. Not my first rodeo... Peace out and GO LIONS!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙
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