Ain’t Dead Yet

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As so often happens out here in blogger-land, I have been away for a long time.

NO, not “prison”! I meant “away from writing”!

Actually, I write in a blog every day, just not this one. I use a different blog to write a private, daily “Personal Journal”. Of course, women will recognize this as a “Diary”, but god-forbid a card-carrying male do one of those. Those entries are therefore what’s in my PJ’s. Uhh… wait. That doesn’t sound any more “Manly”, does it?

Yeah, well, don’t they always say to start any presentation with a joke? Assuming that this entire project is not a joke, that was it, so don’t expect me to be a full-time humorist. The stress of that would take all the fun out of it.

Anyway, to start today with today; I got high this morning about 10:40, then I weed-whacked The Glade for about 2-hours, then I came in, showered, changed, and had a refresh hit of flower by about 13:10.

[Oh great, another stoner-journal]

The reason why I can afford to do this on a Friday (it’s a Friday, by the way) is that I’m retired. For almost 3-years now.

[Wait, did this stoner-dude just say that he is “retired”?]

Yeah, man. I’m 66-years old, I’ve been retired for about 3-years, and I absolutely love it. It has also been about 1-year since I reintroduced myself to Miss Mary-Jane after a break of 40-years, and she is even more lovely than I remember from the Old-Days. This is about the closest thing to a “Cure for Old-Age” as the human-race is likely to have for a very long time.

Anyway, I don’t want to tax you “Modern Folk’s” attention span, since I know that it is a commodity in extremely short supply. More later.

Presidential Election Year

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As we head toward another Presidential election year, it may be useful to remember some former ones for perspective. In one campaign year, one of the most prominent politicians of the day attacked the sitting President who was running for re-election. The politician, a member of the President’s own party, decried his “disgusting egotism” and “ungovernable temper” and called him;

 “… emotionally unstable, given to impulsive and irrational decisions, unable to coexist with his closest advisers, and generally unfit to be president.”

Sound familiar? Not so fast.

The election year was 1800, the Presidential target was John Adams and the writer was Alexander Hamilton.

Oh, and then there was the time when a defeated, lame-duck President had the opportunity to rush through a Supreme-Court nomination before his already-elected rival could be sworn-in over the howls of protest from the other side of the aisle.

Also familiar? Not likely.

The lame-duck President who was able to sneak-in “his guy” was once again John Adams, the President-elect cheated out of his Supreme-Court nominee was Thomas Jefferson, and this guy who Adams forced-through onto the Court at the last minute – well, John Marshall, of course, widely seen as one of the greatest Justices ever.

The point is, this country has weathered an awful lot in its history and still managed to pull through. Keep-the-faith, and fer-gods-sake VOTE!

OK, Boomer

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There was an article in the NYT about a new “meme” that just says; “OK, Boomer”. Apparently, this is a phrase of disdain and disgust used by youth, especially Gen-Z in their teens-and-20’s, toward us Ol’-Folk. I think that my social-media response has to be;

 

Thank You;

The reason why we Boomers are subjects of such derision is that we are both numerous enough and relevant enough to be a satisfying target. I do not look forward to the inevitable day when we will be none of those things.