What Do YOU Wanna Talk About?

As I walked Chevy in the sprinkling, cold rain this morning, I was taken aback by the special moment. Chevy NEVER walks in the rain! Especially COLD rain! He must have really needed to "go" badly!!

It's moments like these when we receive an ipiffany apifonee...I'll look it up...epiphany! 

Epiphany is an “Aha!” moment. As a literary device, epiphany (pronounced ih-pif–uh-nee) is the moment when a character is suddenly struck with a life-changing realization which changes the rest of the story. Often, an epiphany begins with a small, everyday occurrence or experience.

I came to realize that we can do things beyond our expectations if we want something bad enough. 

What? You already knew that? 

Well...uh...then...what do you wanna talk about? 

The stock market is doing "gangbusters!"

gang·bust·er

/ˈɡaNGˌbəstər/

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noun

INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN

plural noun: gangbusters

1. • very successful, especially commercially.

     modifier noun: gangbuster

     "the restaurant did a gangbuster business"
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Of course, I ain't got no stocks, so I don't give a "pigs patoot!"

What else? Okay! Soon we will all need that "Real ID" card to fly anywhere, but since I never fly anywhere, it is a moot point for me.

. A moot point can be either an issue open for debate, or a matter of no practical value or importance because it's hypothetical. The latter is more common in modern American English.

According to a LOT of commercials, gold and silver should be bought NOW, because the value will climb through the roof when our economy crashes to smithereens! 

smith·er·eens

/ˌsmiT͟Həˈrēnz/

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noun

INFORMAL

1. small pieces.

   "a grenade blew him to smithereens"

Man! I'm really edjamacatin' you folks wit all these definitions! 

1. Who has the money to buy gold at 1400 dollars per troy ounce, and who's Troy, anyways?!!

2. Who has the money to buy silver at 17 smackers per ounce? That's 272 greenbacks per pound!!

Silver weighed 1250 lbs, which would make him worth 340,000 pazoozas today, if my ciphering is correct. 

ci·pher¹

/ˈsīfər/

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verb

gerund or present participle: ciphering

1. 1.

   put (a message) into secret writing; encode.
2. 2.

   ARCHAIC

   do arithmetic.

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If any of you Bloggadocious 222 aficionados care to add an iota of newsworthy items to this particular posting, be our guest!

There Are ALWAYS Trade Offs!

I'm using green on orange letters, due to the fact it's Monday, and it feels like a green on orange day. 

Ain't this nauseating?

At least to me, here in central Illinois, U.S. A., where it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but it FEELS LIKE COCK-A-DOODIE WINTER!!! 

Where you live is probably better than where I live, weather-wise. Especially if you live in California, where all the fires are, or Australia, where all the poisonous snakes ans spiders live. 

I guess there's always a trade off, right?

Take the Beatles, for example. Arguably the most successful band in the history of the world, but fraught with unfortunate trade offs! 

1. No rest from clamoring, adoring fans.

2. Yoko

3. An unfortunate assassination

4. George leaving us here on earth for Gokula.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Goloka (Sanskrit: गोलोक) also known as Goloka Vrindavana, Krishnaloka or Gokula, is the eternal supreme abode of Lord Krishna and Radha.

5. Having to live in Liverpool during childhood, where it rains and fogs a lot.

796 mm - around 30 inches? That can't be right.

In Liverpool, the climate is warm and temperate. There is a great deal of rainfall in Liverpool, even in the driest month.

Speaking of trade offs, and I am, you are probably wondering why I'm so super late with my blog today, right?

No? I'll tell ya, anyway. I had to trade off my time to write this blog, so I could go to Five Senses Spa this morning. 

Hey! Don't laugh! Real men go to spas and have the guts to admit it! 

Actually, the spa treatment was a gift, and I only got a haircut, and a neck and shoulder massage, and a detox...Just kidding about the detox!

Here is the before photo.

Here is the after photo.

Sorry, but that's all the time I have, today! I'll try and do better mañana.

What Would You Eliminate?

I hear tell that the Illinois government folks are trying to eliminate the stupid time changes that happen twice a year. 

Finally! Something good! Those time changes are such a waste of...wait for it...TIME!! 

"Spring ahead,"or "fall backwards" makes us confused, tired, clumsy, bad drivers, cranky, late or early, and feel as if we stepped into The Twilight Zone!

So, I'm happy they are working on getting rid of that useless time manipulation! Even though, I have my doubts about their success. 

With this in mind, what other  things would you like to eliminate, that make no sense, are useless, time consuming and dumb?

I'll start us out. How's about space travel? What has space travel given us, hmmm? Tang? Velcro? A few moon rocks? 

Picture of actual moon rock. Ain't it grand?

Shoot! We can't breathe in space! That should give us a hint we're not supposed to go there! 

We spend trillions of dollars to go to places that are unable to sustain human life! 

Okay, Matt Damon is an exception.

In addition, I've seen enough syfy movies to know that we would definitely encounter vicious, man-eating aliens, flesh devouring diseases, deadly, giant asteroids that will smash our space vehicles, sun flares, Van Allen radiation belts, and sharp edged  space junk, in the deep, dark, depths of outer space!

Another thing we don't need is insurance! Try to keep up with me on this, okay? 

Tomorrow we wake up, and there is no such thing as insurance. Hospitals and doctors could not charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for stuff, because everyone could only pay out of pocket! 

When we  accidentally smash our pickup truck into the neighbors "she-shed" (with her in it), she could not sue us for a million bucks in damages and injuries, if insurance didn't exist! 

Before insidious insurance, everyone could only pay what was considered fair to both parties. Folks didn't have a stash of millions in cash, to make the suing party fabulously rich! 

Doctors got chickens in payment, instead of enough insurance money to buy a private island!

"Gazing balls" are ABSOLUTELY unnecessary, my friends! 

I never could figure out what purpose they serve! I'll look it up.

Gazing balls or gazing globes have been used to decorate gardens for centuries. These iridescent glass orbs, often perched atop a pedestal or wrought iron base, were originally believed to ward off evil and bring good luck. Today they are merely decorative objects peeking out among plants and reflecting the garden.


I still don't get it. I'll stick with sensible yard decorations, like gnomes and flamingos! 
















Now is your opportunity to share what YOU think should be eliminated! 

Disclaimer: Any snarky remarks about me or Bloggadocious 222 needing to be eliminated will be stricken from the record. If you think wars, poverty, diseases, and such, should be wiped out, we already know that, so don't waste your tom  with all that. Please, no political jokes about Trump or Pelosi being eliminated, because we are apolitical here...

Apoliticism

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Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. Being apolitical can also refer to situations in which people take an unbiased position in regard to political matters. The Collins Dictionary defines apolitical as "politically neutral; without political attitudes, content, or bias". Wikipedia

Please don't let me down, gang! Your comments will make or break this blog posting, however, do not feel pressured to comment, because life is not about getting involved in stupid surveys. questionnaires, opinion polls and stuff like that. It's about ELIMINATING things like surveys, questionnaires, opinion polls and stuff like that!

If you have the hankerin' to tell us what needs to be eliminated, be my guest. If you wish to abstain from commenting, that's your perrogative purogggitive prerogetive ..I never could spell prerogative!