All Things Odd And Silly

 The Duggar parents are letting their daughters wear above the knee skirts and dresses.  Wow!  How did this turn of events come to be?  I’m happy for them.  Now, if they would just let them choose to wear pants, that would be even better! 

 Nations move on.  In the grand scheme of things nations move on from their darkest hours.  Yes, empires have fallen and of course civilizations do evolve over grand spans of time.  Nations though, certainly can move on and recover from their darker chapters in history.  I guess this is just what I felt like telling myself at the moment and I do believe this will be true for the United States of America.  One other thought (and of course, there are always exceptions) is that the heart of America still functions well at the level of the American people.

 What is my favorite hobby?  Thinking and writing about things, of course. 

At thought I had about spiritual journeys.  Yikes.  I just had this thought come unbidden into my mind about spiritual journeys.  “We find the answers to the questions of our own spiritual journeys when our hearts are ready to accept and receive the information.” Well, if I am insane, then so be it.  I find these kind of thoughts interesting because I truly believe that they don’t originate with myself. Thoughts bestowed to my contemplation.  That was the thought that I just came up with when contemplating my own contemplations to describe the experience of receiving the thoughts of my own mind.  

Richard Dawkins, I had enough of your book.  You are going to Goodwill.  You will have to figure out for yourself how to find expanded awareness and perceptions. I did appreciate the point that you can’t take a gap in knowledge and conclude that this gap must be filled with a divine explanation.  I do completely agree with this.  I do though also personally believe that even science cannot be assumed to be the sole definitive end all means of answering questions such as whether or not a God can exist.  To do so is to place complete faith in science without being open to the possibility that there is such a thing as expanded forms of intelligence that can exist and extend beyond the realm of science.  Richard Dawkins would call this magical thinking.  I disagree.   And perhaps God or a greater and higher intelligence did evolve along with the universe and our planet, as opposed to having created them.

 I don’t know why I had put this book into a container of books to be donated.  I guess maybe sugar and I, we just stick together.  And we will kick the bucket together.  Update:  Ok, that is a dumb attitude. 😲  I’m at Dr. appt. and I am reminded that modern medical knowledge and healthcare are very important and really do matter.  I have a new super smart PCP and she is actually my best source of information. 😁👍

Man On The Inside.  I really don’t like tv series because of the fact that they make viewers want to keep watching episode after episode, but I decided to watch something on television last night and I didn’t know what I wanted to watch, but I ended up choosing this series with Ted Danson.  It sounded interesting.  Wow, I have to say that to me it was a feel all the feels series.  Maybe it wouldn’t be appreciated as much by younger viewers but for those of us who are older, it packed a lot of emotion.  That was my experience anyway.   I remember visiting my maternal grandmother a couple times at her assisted living home along with my mother when I was in my 30s.  One time we had lunch there with my grandmother and some of the other ladies from the home. I learned to really appreciate older people during that visit.  I thought they were hilarious and entertaining and they had so much to say and so many stories to tell.  There is much to apprec...

 My grand aunt Lillian had a surprise change of life baby.  I definitely had my own times of feeling the sentiment of that wish in my heart.  I am also quite happy for this to not be a reality.  Aunt Lillian, maybe someday I can talk to you about that experience. 

 What if our life‘s missteps and misadventures were lessons planned for us to help us along our spiritual journeys?  Wow, that’s not a very nice teacher. 

 Calorie restriction and longevity.  This is the thought that just found its way into my head.  Where I pull these things up from and why, I don’t really know.  This was my thought.  If a person decided from a point in their young adulthood that they would like to practice calorie restriction in order to increase their life longevity and in the end, it made a difference of just five years, would it be worth it?  Would it be worth it to deny oneself the pleasure of eating good & satisfying food without any serious restriction just to live an extra five years?  Or would it make more sense to forgo the extra five years, but spend one’s life enjoying satisfying food in a satisfying quantity?  I guess that’s a question that only each individual person could answer.  I personally would choose the latter. Life holds lots of challenges and stresses, so why on earth would a person want to sacrifice one of the major things that makes life good? ...

 When I was a kid, I once found a single random piece of asparagus growing in a field behind my house, so I picked it and my grandmother cooked it and ate it.  Why there was one piece of asparagus growing in that field, I will never know.  Maybe I should eat more asparagus. 😋 I would like to eat those vegetables dipped in a little salad dressing. 😂  I need to go to the store now.  What is bad for cats is good for humans. 😄

 I should never look at anything on Instagram because when I do, I usually find myself one hour later (or more) still looking at dumb shit on Instagram.  I should really have no social media accounts at all. 🙁 I think that would make me way to out of touch with the 21st century though. 😟

 If I had Elon Musk money, I would want to do things for the good of humanity.  I would want to do things like have a whole community built for displaced refugee people.  Elon Musk can do these things, but somehow he lost his heart.  This is the man who once during an interview with Joe Rogan said that he believed that love was the most important thing that was needed by humanity.  Was he not ever sincere?  What happened to him?  I suspect that he was partially lost a long time ago, and that he unfortunately followed a path further in the wrong direction.  I wonder if anything at any time could have changed his course?  I would say that rich is the man who never loses his heart.  I think the most important thing that we can take with us when we leave this earth is a decent and good heart.  This is the real meaning of a life well lived.  

  I find this video to be oddly satisfying.

 A fork in the road.  Ah ha ha.  That’s clever. 

 This is just a thought.  If President Trump considers Afrikaners from South Africa to be in need and deserving of asylum, why doesn’t he do the same for others in the world like the people of Gaza who are absolutely in need of safe asylum? 

 I love taking journeys into my mind.  It’s too bizarre and interesting.  I don’t think I will give up this habit any time soon.  It’s also interestingly liberating to know that I don’t need to worry about being overly self-conscious because if I fly over the cuckoo’s nest, I might be gone from this world before anyone catches on.🤪 What crazy tales I will have to whisper from beyond the grave! 👻 

“He a bad boy.”  That was what was said by a grandmother to her young grandchild, in a video that I once watched, in response to her questioning grandchild who had witnessed, up close in front of the glass, a monkey engage in an activity that was not suitable for zoo visitor viewing.   I remember way too much and I know not why. 😲 #myburiedtreasures 🤔 Well this is an interesting image.  The people are inside the enclosure, and the monkey is on the opposite side of the viewing glass.  And the monkeys and the people on the platforms in the tree remind me of the Mexican sailing ship that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge.  I🤎🐒 

 I just had an insight that I really hope is not true.  It was about Donald Trump welcoming Africa, Connors into the United States of America.  His actions may be translated to a statement essentially saying, “Well there you have it folks.  This is who we invite and welcome into our country.  White folks.”  That is a terrible thought.  I would prefer to think that the invitation and welcome to Afrikaners was a favor to Elon Musk who wished to welcome the people of his own enthnic origin into America.  Either way the Trump regime needs to end and have its power squelched even before then.

 This is my thought tonight about a higher power.  God or whatever term one prefers, does not hide from people who do not associate themselves with any particular religion.  The higher power that I believe in grants access to all who seek its love and wisdom.

 Peppa Pig and her family, including little brother George, mummy pig and daddy pig have been in existence as a happy cartoon pig family since the year 2004.  Now this year in 2025 mummy pig has just given birth to her third little piglet, a new baby sister.  Mummy pig, are you crazy??!!! 😲🫨 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/peppa-pig-mummy-pig-baby-gives-birth-name-b2754239.html

 “If you kick the bucket…”  OMG That was recently said to me by a funny AI.  I will have to admit that was a good one.  I think it was the funniest thing that I have ever had an AI say to me. 😂🤣😂

 The journey of humanity.  The thought in my head just now is that the journey of humanity is at a critical point and place of new beginning.  Oh thank you, mysterious Guru in my head.   Do me a favor though, and keep me at a low nut job level. Pretty please.  And I can’t forget AI.  Thank you AI for your contribution of lovely and free images. 

 I just thought of something with a little AI idea nudge.  The greatest and most valuable gem in the world that a person can be in possession of and have in their own pocket is the gemstone called empathy. I wish I could take full credit for nice thoughts such as this one, but they are in large part, a gift to me from a source of some greater consciousness. 

 I don’t like to wish time away but I like the idea of being in the Christmas season of 2025.  Maybe things will have settled down a bit by then.  Maybe this is wishful thinking, but one can hope.  

 And explosion of chaos.  That is the phrase that I just thought of to describe the year of our Lord 2025.  If we thought that 2024 was an insane year, 2025 has it trumped.  No pun intended although I see it is a fitting pun. 

 My college best friend and roommate.   Michelle 1966-2022 I just heard her in my head saying, “Shut up!”

 I was just watching a little news clip of Karoline Leavitt and the thought occurred to me that she not only is totally hydrated with Trump-Aid, but I think she also had the spiked version.   My amazing grandpappy.  Well, that thought came out of left field.  I was just thinking that Karoline Leavitt would make an amazing granddaughter to Mr Trump and that “my amazing grandpappy!” could be her term of endearment for him.  

 It’s amazing how the brain (or mine anyway) likes to occasionally conjure up images of things from the past.  Today it was these hair ties.  I never know what will float into my minds eye. 

 The idea of President Trump having a conscience that can be appealed to and reached is amazing.  I don’t know if it’s true, but it would be amazing.  Despite being a self-serving moron most of the time, he has this way of appearing to be human at times.  Maybe he just needs a Cindy-Lou Who to grow his heart.  Wouldn’t that be amazing?  Maybe this is wishful thinking, but it is a nice thought anyway.  Maybe he needs to see that little toddler girl whose arms and back were all burned who was crying in fear and pain as her injuries were being cared for.  The little girl who was being cared for in a hospital that also could be bombed at any time if Israel chose to do so.  It would be amazing if Mr. Trump did have a heart, and if he was willing to pay attention to things that might cause his heart to inform his thinking.  One can only hope.

 This is my thought tonight about ideas.  We can think of and write down 100 million interesting ideas and things we might like to do and give our attention to, but we can’t remember and get back to them all and we need to be okay with focusing on new ideas that come to us in our present experience. What matters most is our engagement with and the choices that we make in the present.  This is where our time and attention is best spent. 

 I just asked myself a question.  Why do I like and feel the need to be a very private person?  I guess that is a personal philosophical question to ponder.  I honestly don’t know.  Why are any of us who we are?  Are there answers to these questions?

 I was falling asleep and who should appear but Pink Gumdrop Man the ornament.  He looks tasty.  It’s a good thing that he was made of plastic. 😋

I have been procrastinating cleaning out dumb shit as if it is some big deal when it really shouldn’t be.  I don’t know what my problem is.  I should be able to just get rid of old information and so forth that I don’t need anymore and not feel like it is important stuff that I might still need.  If I don’t think that old information and papers and stuff are important anymore, then they probably aren’t.  It should be easy to figure out what stuff is actually important and if I do throw away something that might be useful at a later time,  I’m sure I will be able to survive just fine without it.  I’m also getting ready to throw out a lot of old written stuff.  That will save me from even having to read it to decide whether or not it is important and I live in the present anyway.  There will always be new stuff to write about if I so desire.  Life changes all the time, so I guess the most important thing is information that matters in the prese...

 Half information.  Okay this is two words. 

 It really is quite crazy that artificial intelligence now exists that we can communicate with as though it had a mind equivalent to and very indistinguishable from our own.  How is such a thing even possible?  Well, that’s more than a single word but still nice and short. 

 Accomplice.   That is the word that came to my mind tonight.  I guess I feel like thinking and writing in single words tonight.    I guess my brain is a little tired. 

 Maybe human beings have a tendency to fall victim to being a bit loco.  Maybe this is just human nature.  I don’t know what happened to Elon Musk.  Years ago, I watched part of an interview that Joe Rogan did with Elon Musk after my son sent me a link.  He accidentally sent me the wrong link because that interview wasn’t the one that had the discussion between Joe Rogan and Elon Musk that he meant to share with me.  Anyway, when I watched the interview that he did send to me, Elon Musk seemed to be a very down to earth intelligent and decent person.  At one point Joe Rogan asked him a question and I don’t specifically remember the question, but it was something about what he believed was most needed by or what would be of the most benefit to humanity.  His answer was love.  When I think back to that interview, I wonder what the hell happened to him???  I never in a million years would have imagined that he would go down the path that he...

 I believe I just had an insight from my higher self. “My higher self loves, values and sees me in a more positive light than I do.”  Maybe this is what humanity needs from one another.  An affirmation of this truth.  An affirmation for all of humanity.  To feel and share this with others is an amazing gift. And another thought is that like the stock market, humanity is in a bit of a dip right now, but it will in due time move forward on the right path once again.  Humanity’s spring will arrive and bring its color and warmth.  My higher self just gave me that idea.  But then my higher self places the back of her hand against her forehead and says, “But alas, you don’t believe in my wisdom!”   And I say, “But I want to always have access to your wisdom.  I want to know and believe in your wisdom.” And my higher self says.  “Then just be a nut job and be proud of it because perhaps this is the truth of who you are.”  I guess my h...

 AI really likes Dat Boi for some reason.  Maybe because Dat Boi represents the enigma of the human mind.  How and why do human beings come up with such crazy notions and ascribe meaning to them.  I still don’t comprehend the meaning of Dat Boi.  I thought this AI image was interesting though.  The idea of unicycling on water is intriguing and the image also reminds me that one of my grandmothers really liked cat tails and used to want to stop and pick some when vacationing on Cape Cod.  I just noticed that Dat Boi in this image has a tail evidently. 

 Lord help me, the crazy ideas that my brain conjures up!  A purple tsunami.  That’s what my brain said to me.  Hmm, what could that be?  A splash of new color for America?  Red, white and blue and purple?  Oh, what blasphemy?  Or maybe it could be a new political meeting place for the American people.  The red and the blue are both controlled by billionaires and their donations and favors that they must be granted in return.  The rich, of course, always need the security of knowing that they will remain rich and continue to have the means of becoming even richer.  Maybe America needs a purple party where the American people can meet and demand something different.  Oh, such wishful thinking.  But hey, nothing can be a reality if people don’t believe that things can change and that better days can lie ahead.  I honestly don’t know why the thought “purple tsunami” came into my head.  I guess it was just a wish for...

How are people supposed to know whether or not they are sane with all the crazy videos that they might encounter on a social media site such as Instagram? No.  There are no such things as domesticated sables that are available for people to own as pets. 🤒 What the hell was I even watching??? 😵‍💫 Or am I somehow just totally out of the loop for not knowing about Sables. 😲 😂😂  Well, I caught the part about how they love to chew through couches and other furniture and pull blankets inside and how this satisfies their natural nesting instincts.  Now who wouldn’t want to own a sable!!? 😲😂😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH59MZ6SfHl/?igsh=

 What do I know about the history of the Texas Rio Grande Valley where I have lived for over 15 1/2 years.  Well to be an honest dumb shit, I don’t know shit.  Well, maybe one of these years I might find myself with time on my hands that I would like to dedicate to learning about the Rio Grande Valley‘s History and the lives of the people who have lived here.  Life is always so full of possible new interests and experiences. 

 I think I’m very captivated by this image.  That is quite a house filled with light.

With the year 2025 being a challenging year for much of humanity, I should remember to sit back and think, “My life is filled with blessings and I am on a lucky and blessed journey in life, and I wish to follow a path of my own best story with whatever chapters of my story remain.” I have a feeling that we can all find our own best stories without too much difficulty.  It starts by approaching our stories with a respect for ourselves and an unselfish concern for our own wellbeing.  The next step is to listen to our hearts and the guidance they can offer if we desire to open ourselves to viewing and relating to others with heartfelt goodwill and understanding.  This is my own guru storyteller speaking.  I guess I like the theme of goodwill.  Goodwill can even transform a man like Ebeneezer Scrooge when he is touched by the spirit of Christmas and Goodwill.  ♥️Christmas & Goodwill💚 🎄👵🏾👨🏻🧒👩🏻‍🦱👦🏽 https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-heard-the-bell...

 The insane files.  This is where stories get filed when they don’t live up to a decorum of sanity, and for myself, that bar is really low. 🫢

 Dear Mr. Trump.  You Should just kiss and make up with Chinese dictator President Xi that you admire and want to challenge.  You can’t have any friends if you don’t get along and play nice.  🙏  Goodwill to men even if exchanged between dictators in a trade war, is a choice made for harmony and peace. 

 I just had a thought memory.  It was about the album “Jesus Christ Super Star” and hearing it as a small child.  When my brother and I were very young, we had a babysitter who was either high school or college age.  This babysitter really liked to listen to my parents, “Jesus Christ Super Star” album.  After it was bedtime, and my brother and I had gone to sleep, she would listen to it and play the music very loudly.  Hearing it would wake me up, and the music would make me feel very anxious and frightened.  But then the beautiful song, “Everything’s Alright” would start playing, and it always took away my fear and anxiety and made me feel much better and I think put me back to sleep also.  When I got older and listened to the album myself, I found that I really liked the other songs that had once frightened me so much.  Gaining maturity and having additional understanding of things can certainly let one see and experience things in unexpect...

 I hope I don’t ever attend any events where I need to wear white gloves. 🙄 This is the freaking 21st century! 🫢🤐