OBSESSION Ok, ok. I have a thing for ice cream; Ben & Jerry's to be specific. Yes, I try to eat lo-cal, no sugar popsicles, but sometimes you just need the real thing. I can make a pint last several days, but whenever I have some in the 'fridge it calls my name late in the evening until I succumb. I am weak. It used to be my go-to when I was on the road. Nothing like hitting a grocery store and grabbing a half pint and then devouring it in my room after dinner. YOLO (you only live once) though a lot of time is consumed by worrying about how much I ate or what I ate. How do we get that way. It's been especially aggravating as my walking keeps getting curtailed. By basic starvation and pushing the illegal exercise I have maintained my weight, but I really hate the obsessing about it.
Television or internet does not help with their constant subtle jabs advertising the next great treat, which is never particularly healthy. Then there is the socializing where wine and desserts flow unabated. Cannot go a'visiting without treat in hand and people usually object to a potful of legumes or carrot/celery sticks. Not overtly, just a gentle sniff and lots of leftovers.
AND SO, IT GOES Another fascinating week in politics. A bizarre VP pick and a new Presidential candidate launched. Literally the rump explained the JD pick was because "he likes me the best". Find me the barf bucket when I think he can't get any more narcissistic. Lots of talk about "God spared me" but no particular concern for the man who died instead. And his people lap it up like hungry coyotes hovering over a carcass.
As for Vance, he is a man who believes violence is an illegitimate reason for divorce regardless of his front seat at his grandparent's lethal marriage which included child rape, drunken attacks and trying to burn one's better half. But they never got divorced he proclaims! That lady knew her place of housekeeping, raising the kids and defense. The "other side" is full of childless cat people apparently. Well cats do need love and food and clean litter.
He also believes childless people should pay more in taxes. Bet the rich didn't see that one coming. And if we had any further illusions, he described a bizarre situation in his first speech. He lauded an example of an older lady with 16 guns secreted around her house, so she is always near lethal force as a celebration of the second amendment. I just call it nuts. A hapless salesman approaches this lady's door and is greeted with the eyeball of a .45 from Grandma Death. Hopefully any grandchildren don't go looking for a pair of scissors in the kitchen drawer or utilize the clothes hamper; each of which is marked with a tastefully rendered skull and crossbones I imagine and the smell of gunpowder.
VIVE LA FRANCE On another topic. I thought the Olympic Opening Ceremony was fantastic and, so French. From decapitated Marie Antoinette to the Phantom, to the provocative menage 'a trois to the humorous drag fashion show. The music was sublime and the lighting and ascent of the balloon/torch amazing. Some thought it was "too French", but I think they have the sophistication to parody themselves in most delightful ways. And for those who were offended by the last supper bit, what is much more dangerous is rumple silly kin proclaiming to a conservative religious organization Turning Point that they only have to vote once for him and "everything would be fixed" so they never had to vote again. And they want to call Biden impaired. Impaired and evil is much more offensive. The fact that he literally said it OUT LOUD should have people walking, no running to the ballot box as in his plan there will be no ballot box in the future. Media are you listening? UPDATE: The majority thought it was a fashion show with drag stars though the banquet was actually a humorous rendition of a painting from Greek mythology, but outrage needs a target, I guess.
Kamala has been called too liberal as she has spent much of her career fighting for things like maternal health care, equal rights and supporting the police while creating job training programs for first time young offenders which hits her both ways. The critics say she changes her mind; at the same time that she is labeled totally progressive liberal. Like it's wrong to change your mind, decision or stance with new information or when the windmill banging proves ineffective. So, if that is too liberal, count me in. We don't have all the facts yet, but definition: Liberal means using our tax money for programs that benefit the people, the bane of the Republican party.
LIFE AFTER DEATH? Another fun fact about aging is thinking about "final" plans. If one has money and time, it is a major boon to your loved ones to handle such arrangements ahead of time. Some friends recently made the investment and apparently, they were offered multiple spots in ye old skeleton park. They were told, no shi--, that people are very picky: sun or shade; near the noisy road or near the woods. But the topper was the dude who insisted on laying down in his tentative choice to see how it feels-huh? What am I missing here? I assumed I would be moving on, not just taking an eternal dirt nap, especially as I prefer to be rendered into a little pile of charcoal.
YOU CAN'T SEE ME... In reference to the Howell march, why do white supremacists and KKK faithful wear hoods and masks? Maybe because they know they are wrong and want to stay friends with their neighbors? Try the last part first.
Our picture today is brought to you by an annoying woodchuck who managed to take a bite out of a beautiful home garden tomato through the cage! Maybe he needed to floss. Peace out.....💚 💙💛
