TubaOrNotTuba

My personal calendar had two events to observe, today. First, and of local importance, was my transfer of the  recycling bags to the road. Once a month, if I feel the need. Today, I did my best to make sure the pile stayed in one place until the bin truck came by; the driver did have to go ditch diving, but that’s probably listed on the “necessary tasks list” for the profession. I’m now good for another thirty days.

My daily bread. A simplification of my daily menu. The last time I actually tried to plan and live under the restrictions of a planned meal system, I ended up with cheap AND BLAND pasta sauce for a record 17 weeks. Learned my lesson, and went back to being chill with whatever was on offer in the nearest kitchen.

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Want to feel really important?  Simple solution: get a dog. Then (although I don’t fully understand the process), let the dog become convinced that you are the ony one that can handle his important need. Things like refilling the water dish, or getting more kibble from where ever I keep it hidden. Or, best, let the dog discover that you can open the door to the outside world, whenever the kidney pressure gets too intense. Sure, there might be some yapping and head butting, but it’s aall part of the fellowship. Lease excuse me. Someone is scratching at the door to come in/out/in/out.

Birds don’t pay taxes (although the government wishes they did). Nor do they vote (although it might make politcs a litte more rational). In any case, if ever the need… we have it covered, with an annual bird census. I had the reason explained, a long time ago: we need to know if there is ever a sudden decline. A “canary in a coal mine”, for the environment.

The current public healt strategy seems to be based on the use of a ratchet strap. Today, the rules went one click further towards a required and eventual lock down. And, like many others, I want to know. What is the goal? We all know that the greatest risk is from travel to/from other jurisdictions. Why not lock the door to our island castle? Pull up the proverbial drawbridge. Every additional case brings risks that far exceed the “cost to doing business”. Can we get a good winter storm, and pull the plows for a bit? I’ve been going with a “careful” plan for over two years, while the idiots continue to undo efforts. It’s not just here; this is nation wide. And it’s getting a little old as a game.

Sit back. Relax. Ignore that small twinge of pain from your lower back. Probably nothing of importance.

On social media, someone was fretting about an impending eye exam, and feared receiving a bit of cold air on the eyeball. First of all, based upon my studies with the GMS (Google Medical School), the test is known as the “tonometric air puffer test”. And if that’s the most invasive thing you have faced then you are among the fortunate. I’ve had close to twenty years of professionals peeking and peering and sticking pointed devices into my ocular globes (needles in the vernacular). I’m a survivor! Just wait until the drops take over your life.

Hard to keep track of everything, but someone has to do it: the first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in a nose swab. That’s not good news, but sometimes we  are better off being aware. I will remain leery of any nostrils that get too close. The lapse of time between the first reports, anywhere, and now show that we might live on an island, but the rest of the world is close by. Personally, I blame the bridge.

Read a good book, they said. And so I did. Many, actually. But here we are in the ‘20s. An update is is order. Fifty years ago (yes, I AM that old), I had time to take a single book and discover it. Digest it. Now, my forward looking timeline says that I should gorge on tweets. And YT videos. Life (the remaining part) is too brief to get hung up on character development and plot lines. There. I’ve said it. Moving ahead.

I made it through many years of education. And none required me to study economic theory. I should have know that the really interesting stuff would be classified as too difficult for people like me.