So Much Sadness

So Much Sadness

Texas, Florida, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and now Las Vegas.  I’ve got nothing to say.  I don’t see answers, I don’t know who to blame.  I’ve got nothing to say. 

North Korea, slavery, poverty, famine, inequality, hatred…I have nothing to say.

Weather, politics, terrorists, guns…I’ve got nothing.  Nothing but sadness.  I’ll let others sort it out. 

I am not particularly religious.  I don’t know or pretend to know what happens when our time is up.  I don’t know why God lets these things happen.  Maybe when the time comes, I’ll find out. 

“Oh, so that was the plan, that’s why God allows this to happen…now it all makes sense!”

For now, I’ve got nothing.  I’ve got nothing to say. 

I’ve been one of the luckiest persons to ever spend time in this world.  I know it, I appreciate it.  I thank God, but I also wonder,

“Why, why have I been so lucky?”

I have no answer, I’ve got nothing to say.  Perhaps the time will come when all is revealed…perhaps there is nothing but nothing. 

We are but a tiny speck in a universe that knows no limit.  Our time is but a blip in a great unknown.  

The world is a wondrous place.  There is so much beauty, so much to rejoice in, but for now there is just sadness.

We have sunlight, we have family, there are puppies, there is love, there is laughter. 

I want to hold on to all that is right and wonderful in this world, but for now there is so much sadness, and I have nothing to say.

The Logic Train Doesn’t Stop at the Water Heater

 

The Logic Train Doesn’t Stop at the Water Heater

This cranky re-run is from October 2013

Mrs. Cranky sometimes has some strange ideas.  Sometimes these ideas defy logic.  Sometimes I try and understand her.  Sometimes I am a jerk.

This morning was a cold day for September.  There was a chill in the old townhouse.  Mrs. C asked me,

“Could you go down to the basement and turn up the dial on the hot water heater?”

“Ah…ok…but why?”

“It’s so cold, I want hot water for my shower.”

“But the heater will heat the water to the same temperature regardless of what the outside temperature is.”

“Maybe, but not as fast, and I want hotter water on a cold day.”

“Well just turn up the nob in the shower, it is never on maximum.”

“I want the nob on twelve o’clock, not nine.”

It was at this point that I knew I was not going to get anywhere in this discussion. 

The logic-train does not stop at the water heater. 

I plodded on anyway.

“If the water temperature was to your satisfaction yesterday, it will be just as warm today.  If you turn the heater up, it will just provide the potential for a higher temperature, and it will really not heat up any faster.”

This comment was followed by a dissertation which talked of open doors, cold tile, steam, nozzle settings, and nob-clock positions none of which made any sense to me.  However, Cranky is getting smarter.  I nodded my head and went downstairs to turn up the hot water heater.

When I returned I just said,

“Sorry, I’m a jerk!”

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So you greet people "Not-heaveno"

STUPID HEADLINE SUNDAY

This week’s stupid headlines and my stupider, sometimes sophomoric comments. 

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Saudi Arabia accidentally prints textbook showing Yoda sitting next to the king –

Your hat looks silly it does.

Police shoot at actor on movie set, mistake him for real bank robber – It might have been a good idea to notify the police they were filming a movie.

Adults are banned from dressing up as princesses at Disney parks – I smell a LGBTQIAXYZ law suit brewing.

Drunk driving through McDonald's drive-thru a 'McFail – The best part of the story, McD’s was closed and he honked his horn and cussed waiting for service with a police cruiser 20 yards away.

Fish rain down from sky in northern Mexico – Ian Zering and Tara Reed race to the rescue.

Charlie Daniels protests kneeling athletes by not watching Thursday Night Football on Wednesday – I don’t think this is going to hurt ratings very much.

Gym teacher arrested after reportedly choking students with jump rope -  And I thought being fored to do jumping Jacks was tough!

Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’ – One fish, two fish, red fish, jew fish, black fish, wop fish, towel head-gook fish…little known verse from that notorious racist Dr. Seuss.

O.J. Simpson to live in gated community after release – Ah…why not just let him stay in his current gated community?

Welsh rugby player bitten by lion in South Africa – It is unusual for a Welsh player to be bit, this is definitely a Welsh rare bit.

Woman's detailed shopping list for husband goes viral – It’s not Mrs. C’s!

FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE WEEK

Officer tells woman to pop trunk because brake light is out, doesn’t realize she’s recording him –

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