LOOKING GOOD Just read an article on how people of a certain age are blessed with "age" goggles. That moment when you look in the mirror and say "damn I look good for 70-80 and beyond". In the writer's opinion we feel we look younger than our peers and very attractive to boot. Then we all get cataract surgery and the fairy tale dies. Although I will say many of us are in better shape than when we were younger - better diet and concentration on exercise and not to forget those surgery recoveries. As I was warned in my younger years, if you don't take care of yourself in your youth, big surprises await as we age.
The OH was just telling me about "Noisy Sunday" at church today. Where a collection is done for loose change. I am afraid it could be taken as a testament to the sermon and how much one feels motivated to tip. As the preacher man went long today, I imagine there were slim pickings on the approval scale in the collection basket. Why not? Tipping expectations are everywhere, and the amount is ramped up when they use machines that suggest one starts at 20% and goes up from there. Though when the robotic/AI (read non human) machines start expecting a tip like Steak & Shake I draw the line. After placing our order and paying through a machine, then picking up the finished product and serving it to the table I am not so inclined as I basically "worked" for my meal. Here's the spooky part - we never saw a human...
TIPPLING RANT Who's next? Doctors. See how much one tips when your wait time, after your appointment time has come and gone, is longer than the actual appointment itself. No tip or a protest $1. Better yet, set out $10 on the counter and extract $1 for every 5 minutes past appointment time. FedEx, UPS, Amazon are another category. But they whiz up to the porch and back to the truck so fast, I do not feel obligated. Pizza Delivery which I rarely do makes me feel guilty and afraid I will get crushed food if they don't get enough on the initial order (do they really get the tip) so I overcompensate as they start to hand me the order and hesitate with great expectations. "I'm holding a pizza man; you want it or not?" So much for the special discount I got originally. I'd put a tip jar out for my podcasts but they're online unfortunately. How about newscasters? They get tipped if they report only news I want to hear which is slightly different from "all the news that's fit to print even if it offends you".
Lawn people. Zip around in their little go-carts spreading fertilizer, seed and advice exhorting the homeowner not to walk on the grass. But what is grass for? What poison has been spread? I refuse to tip anyone who calls me a bad landscape parent as it needs to be rolled, watered (we don't), caressed; not to mention suggesting services to control the grundie pincher bug cousins. If there's no crabgrass I'm good.
ORANGES & APPLES Speaking of taking bribes/er tips the orange one apparently is leading in many polls. I don't know about yo'all but a dude who's declared bankruptcy six times, has 88 indictments in 2 state and 2 federal courts (convicted twice) and can't come up with the money for his legal bills so he has weaponized the RNC while hawking golden shoes and altered bibles would not be my choice for prez. He's no businessman or billionaire and shows no sign of intelligent life, maybe it's his "age" goggles as he ain't pretty either. As the cowboys say most animals do not pick the dumbest to lead the herd. Funny I always thought the antichrist would be a handsome silver-tongued devil not Bozo the clown.
COUNTDOWN Quiet week. Only two doctor appointments (one each) and one pre-interview with the former Chief Ranger at the Grand Canyon. He's the dude you would see doing high hazard rescues hanging from the helicopter and was the guide DuJour for celebs looking to come back from a hike in one piece. He now lectures on the principles of High Reliability in high-intensity environments, Organizational Performance and Wilderness Emergency Medicine. His stories have to be a heck of lot more entertaining than mine. When I set it up for 10 am he responded "Mountain Time". Oh yeah, Colorado duhh.
I plan on doing a live interview with him at the conference next week as he is also our keynote speaker. It may run on Facebook as we do it. I've got a light rope that will wrap around the sign to be lit when we go LIVE. The idea is to entice conference goers and possibly live questions and comments. It will probably look pretty amateurish, but what the hey. As long as I get another couple of programs in the can.
Spring is throwing out the crutches and bringing us a solar eclipse-ye hah! Peace out......💚 💛💙
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