THANKSGIVING EDITION
Welcome to a day designed to give thanks for… something. Everyone’s list should be different. You know the mountains you’ve climbed, the dangers you’ve faced, and the audacious ridiculousness you’ve had to endure. Some of you trot through today, others wobble, and me, I’m going to sleep. We did our turkey yesterday. I cooked all f’n day by myself. The results?
If you’re having trouble finding something for which to be thankful, let me make a few suggestions:
- You woke up
- I woke up
- The food you eat today probably won’t kill you immediately
- You didn’t have to broker a cease-fire to make it to today’s dinner
- You’re not marching through Manhattan in the rain being chased by a massive balloon
- There’s not a cat in your shower
- You live in the same universe as ME
And now that we’re done with the whole turkey thing, you know what comes next? Let me give you a couple of hints.
TAKE THE FUCKING HINT!
MY BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY!
I have expectations. Don’t disappoint me.
Monday Morning Update: 12/02/24
With great thanks to all those who wished us well yesterday, we move forward into a new week that seems bound to substitute cacophony for content. Yes, a father pardoned a son. For all the screams and howls, the pedantic protests are superfluous. Empty rhetoric carries no consequence. There is no power in a 100-day agenda, either. Rules must still be followed. There is no penalty for time taken. Media desperate for eye-catching headlines stoke fear where there is no danger.
Take a moment. Breathe. We’ve wound our emotions so tightly that we’re ruining the things that should bring pleasure. People have gotten hurt. Fines are being levied. If the loss of a game adversely affects one’s life, does not the consequence belong to you, not the team? Media encourages putting money at risk, but your hands place the bet. The money you lose profits those already rich. Better we watch the games in silence than bring ourselves to hatred and poverty.
Worry gets us nowhere. Already, natural elements fight against the empty threats of a blithering fool. Tree workers with chainsaws are more dangerous to your grandparents than most political threats. Snow threatens more lives than do meaningless embassy appointments. Most of us choose the content our eyes see. If we choose to linger among the purveyors of fear then we create for ourselves an environment of concern. Can we not peruse information elsewhere? Are there no books that need to be read? Solutions are seldom found on a web page.
December offers too many alternatives to fear. Art installations are almost everywhere this time of year. Whose heart is not buoyed by spending time with pieces of beauty? Networks do their best to shove elements of peace and goodwill at us whether we observe a holiday or not. After spending more than $10 billion on Friday, Shoppers are likely to set another record today. Need support? Here, buy this bra. If all you do is sit at home and worry, there is no one to blame for your angst but yourself.
Even as we look toward the new year, perhaps the best response to all the drama is to take an art class. It may well add another seven years to your life. At least, Jane Fonda thinks so. Yesterday’s video is included for your benefit.
Getting older doesn’t mean dreams age, either. Thinking one is 18 again, attending a prom that never happened, fortunate that the vomit wasn’t real, and neither was the rejection, shows how flexible our minds can be.
Although, thinking I’m being kissed passes from joy to disappointment when I wake and find that it is only Solaris nibbling at my face, wanting food.
There are reasons to smile today. Look away from your screen and you may find them.
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