WHY WE BLOG

There may be some three and one quarter million (shortly) blogs on the WordPress.

So we ask this question: WHY DO YOU DO IT?

For many, it is not money apparently, but time is spent typing and coming up with whatever it is you come up with. Why do you do it? There, alone at the lonely keyboard? Today, just on the WordPress, some 100,000 something of you will type out many millions of words. Each word cost .01 calories to produce. This results in a net loss of carbon footprint; than if you were out walking, or talking with someone making body gestures and such. But close to being a couch potato. Perhaps a high definition onion.

Point number one; I just made up that calorie figure.

The blog-o-sphere Internets tubey thingy is full of unverifiable information, suggestions, conceptions, and notions, plus many things I will not mention. Amidst all this highly questionable material, still you decide to blog, and one of you actually decided to read this post.

Point number two; The search for meaning and affirmation in a life of disconnection.

Despite the anonymity inherent to most post, many continue there search for existential meaning on the WEB. For some, it is the opportunity to be heard, no matter how ridiculous ones expression is, or how much you are ignored in the real world. Observe the invisible one typing at this moment. Yes you typer, this is the Great Spirit of the Internet asking you, why do you persist? Is it in the vain hope that the collective information of the Internet will evolve into the future life form of humankind’s destiny, and in this thin prospect, you place yourself as a serving on the plate of being? Just in case that other afterlife thing does not work out as advertised?

Point number three; Nutty and flashy titles get recognition and attention. Is this cheep billboard self glory the reason why you type?

Observe the standard titles of many top post (this one excluded of course), they often seem intellectually/emotionally immature, yet the interest grabbed is worth the effort to come up with a better fish hook. Secret point number four; The self confidence natural to being the editor and producer of your own blog lets you speak in utter certainty about things you can never be certain of. At least not as certain as you let on.

But since it is late, I will discontinue this post now, yet insert tags and categories, a bunch of them, just on that odd chance that someone, yes just one, you, will listen to even things without perfect endings.

and Jimmy calling me to come into the cat pen and play. I built the adobe outdoor room.

YOU’VE GOT SOME SPLAINEN’ TO DO!

Where you live in the country or world will certainly make a difference in my questions to you, or about others. When I moved from the Chicago to California, I was shocked for how bad the drivers were there. That did not prepare me for how bad they were in Portland Oregon. Which in tern, did not provide any insight at all at how awful drivers could be until I moved to the renowned (actually!) friendly city Of Tucson AZ. However, I do hear that things do not get much better to the northwest in Phoenix.

For this post, I am only talking about driving a car. There are certainly other differences as well.

TRUE FOR YOU TOO?

Nowadays in Arizona, it is not unusual to have cars come up behind you at night an never dim their bright lights. It is not just inconsiderate, it is physically dangerous, blinding the driver in front and making them have to possibly maneuver in position to avoid the glare. That takes concentration off the road ahead.

It might have been this way for some time, but it was not always so in the past. I imagine it is all part of the self centeredness running rampant in a culture that has many feeling they are all on their own to survive, who cares about the other guy. You might be on the phone or talking, doing more important stuff than watching out for one another where it is most relevant in the moment.

Tucson was something like the worst city for light running in the nation. One can often see 5 cars making a left after the light has already turned green for the cross street. Tucson has at least a 3 second delay from red to green to accommodate slow reactions. The amazing aspect of this phenomenon is; you can go from intersection to intersection and see the same thing happen just minutes later. What are the odds that only people who turn left, turn without ever knowing if the light has turned against them?

For some reason, it is implied that a possible majority of drivers will do this; follow the leader and hope for the best. I have seen this happen a hundred or more times and never was there a cop. I have often seen gross moving violations with a cop right in the front of the intersection, and still no action. In 40 years of driving, I have never gotten a moving ticket, (one parking ticket the first year I drove to visit a sister at college and got a parking ticket for parking in a way I did not know was wrong. Ignorance is no excuse)

Then there are those always bright blinding blue lights.

FOLLOW THE CROWD PLEASE

First there was the slob look, which lacking anything more enticing, became the “bed head” conformist hair style still an essential in some conformity fit in and look groovy corners.

So I have decided to up the ante. Soon everyone over half a century old will be coloring their skin and having cool hair like mine here.

And then for the cult of narrow glasses that once looked like they were for the ultra cool nerd who likes to look at their rims, but became the norm, they still look ridiculous to me. But not to be a Luddite and not follow the crowd to advancement up with the trends nirvana. I have styled my new line of glass frames that are sure to keep the Joneses biting at your heels.

Yo.

Who said American innovation was all washed up!

I know!

THE CHINA CONNECTION

BIG BOX QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST

Sure shareholders make a bundle off of stock market socialism, that is the pyramid schemes bottom line after all!

And we save our shrinking dollars at at the local WTO store.

But what is best of all, we are left with quality you can hold!!!!!!!

Who said things are not what they used to be?

Expensive plant light in action, approx 2 months into use.

This is the future kids; declining incomes and declining quality goods, but big incomes for savvy business people who know how to work world systems and inequalities.

Remember which political party likes to keep we the public with our blindfolds on when it comes to inequalities, the commons, environmental responsibility’s, and the responsibility’s of those who use the world way more than their share.

Remember, cause the so called party of the people is succumbing to the same money shams as the other one, the one that uses wedge issues to cover their trail. If you do not know what I am talking about. Turn on your light.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

ENIGMATICA

(They way the tee shirt was before thinking of this post.)

THE PIED PIPER ALLEGORY

Of course I wear my underwear inside out, doesn’t everyone?

You have got to be kidding!

You mean they let those tags scratch their skin?

No! You cut them off!

And what about those ridges on the seems? You just going to let those wear away until you get cancer from the long term irritation?

OK. Just forget about the irritation points.

Your underwear is under!

Hello!

Afraid someone going to see you as being different? Oh my goodness, someones different, run quick!?

Who you impressing; the inside of your outer shirt or your pants? You conformist make me giggle. I’m glad there are just so many of you to keep the comedy show afloat.

It’s called do as you are led by appearances. Follow the conformist flow. Don’t be unique even if it makes sense to you. YOU MUST CONFORM! CONFORM. CONFORM. CONFORM. ACT NORMAL, CONFORM…

…and so they went, down to the sea cliff, and over the edge. Never to think for themselves again. But they made excellent shoppers. Knowing which way was up, all the way to the sea.

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