If only I had an imaginary country to swear an oath of citizenry and move my virtual wealth to…hmm…
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Challenge to self…
From now until the end of the year, I’m spending more time developing my own parallel universe and less time reviewing/reading our Earth-based news which fed subsequent satirical blog responses.
A Terrorist Tower of Babble Rabble in Runes
Life is one long conversation with the universe, n’est pas?
In shocking news earlier today, the Government Subcommittee for the Management of Fear in the Masses announced that marketers, marketing departments, adverts, advertisers, advertising departments, public relations firms, newspaper/magazine/book publishers/editors/writers, film producers/makers/staff/actors, videographers, photographers, financial institutes, stock traders (human and electronic) who short shares, money lenders, librarians, museum curators and memorabilia/nostalgia collectors are officially labeled as traitorous terrorists — they should be considered extremely dangerous to the wellbeing of all persons, businesses and governments and reported to death squads without hesitation.
Any activity resembling the above, no matter how innocent, including geotagging your location at a place of business, writing a positive/negative review of a product/service you recently purchased, commenting about the news (weather, sports, politics, religion, arts, lifestyles, etc.), or using a product/service in public is deemed suspect.
Anyone caught not reporting such suspicious activities and/or persons are accessories to traitorous terrorism and will receive extra punishment as a reward.
Every violator may be eliminated on sight, no questions asked by the authorities.
If this does not generate sufficient fear in the masses, private/government spying will increase exponentially until you look forward to dying and meeting your Maker/Great One(s), the omniscient/omnipotent Being(s) who knows all your thoughts/lusts/desires/sins/mistakes and will punish you lovingly for them, Heaven/Nirvana having been filled with the first 100,000 worshippers millennia ago as promised, no room for the rest of us, who are now merely playthings of the Maker/Great One(s).
Those who are able to create their own Maker/Great One(s) are exempt from the above law and may proceed without fear throughout society unscathed.
Always a fun situation
Two political points:
- Many in the U.S. Congress are lame ducks, with no aspirations for a political future, meaning they can make waves in the days before their legislative duties are complete.
- In a way, Obama is a lame duck because he can’t be reelected for his political office. So, for the rest of the world, there are four years to cause havoc and mayhem that put the insurance company adverts in perspective.
Let the games begin!
Wordyisms
Best observation of the recent U.S. presidential election:
“Pundits argue whether Obama’s reelection is a mandate for change. To single women and gays, he’s simply a man date.”
Worse source verification of the recent “Hillary says let’s avoid talking about Benghazi, get revenge on socialites and philandering men in the military” scandal:
Save you the trouble…
For those of you who weren’t sure if you wanted to shell out a lot of clams for the pearl of a film about James Bond, here’s the short version.
Ticks and Tufts
To act the part of one who is insane, one can get to know the insane.
But what is insanity?
Have you ever visited an insane asylum?
What is the absence or opposite of insanity?
Two recent events have bummed me out — the loss of the political party of my parents in national elections and the recent spy movie called “Skyfall.”
Both imply that the generation which raised me has passed the torch to a generation that has been labeled the “Me” Generation and the Baby Boomers, allegedly including myself.
The next generation, as exemplified by a recent restaurant server of ours who reminded us of the character Mr. Humphries in “Are You Being Served?” and knows neither Benny Hill nor “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” will have to decide for itself what of my generation is worth perpetuating.
For them, a “war” on foreign soil must seem normal, having experienced sensational news headlines about the continuing war on terror in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, etc.
For some of them, the phrase “7/7” or “9/11” will seem as old-fashioned as “Remember the Alamo,” or “December 7th, 1941…a date which will live in infamy.”
The old wars of military might have not completely faded away but new wars — cyber, financial, cultural — pick up the pace.
With Stephen Covey dead and gone, will anyone in the new generation know what a win-win situation is?
What about insanity?
How much of any one generation (generation being a label, of course, that generalises, not always accurately) is insane and is carried on by the next one?
250
250 films in 2.5 minutes — is that a record?
Never Say Goodbye to a Born’n’Bred Winner
Nuttin, honey
Overheard: “That guy is the stray nut left in the bottom of the bowl at the end of a party.”
Here’s the stop-action video for this week, honouring those who have given their time, talent and lives for victims of disasters, including the latest in the United States — Hurricane Sandy.
Reminds me of a joke.
Q: What do you call a werewolf elf on the beach at Christmas?
A: Sandy Claws!
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