Talk To The Hand

Sometimes you wonder what people are thinking. Well for some of us it may be more often than sometimes actually. I have spent some serious time trying to figure out what people mean when they say things this election season, trying to figure out if they are saying anything. I actually now wonder if the issue is what are people hearing.

I have concluded that just about everyone running for office and all their handlers are spouting rubbish. My hearing of course. Okay, this is no different than any other season, it is just louder rubbish – spawned perhaps by the thinking that if one talks louder someone is more likely to understand them. See it is a hearing thing, but by this time haven’t most people figured out that yelling does not improve comprehension? 

I think the overall increase in volume and arrogance we are seeing in society right now is simply to hide the fact that nothing is being said or that no one is listening. We just do not want to hear anything might even in the tiniest bit create any cognitive dissonance in our lives. The easiest way to do this is just not listen no matter how loud it gets. Even if they do go to eleven.

Talk to the hand. Thank you very much.

The Iceman Goes

So a few things have me pondering today. One is a concern about global warming. A consequence of which has just been pointed out to me of which I had not even considered - but it makes sense. As the ice masses at the poles melt, the size of the seas change (okay i knew this) but this then impacts the rotation and tilt of the earth. If the rotation and tilt of the earth changes I am sure a lot of ecology physics as we know it will change.

I am kind of hoping the change is acute enough that the gravitational pull that holds us here releases certain of our species - those windbags called politicians - they are full of hot air and seem most likely to fly away first. 

I do think we would be better off without them don't you? I am not sure they serve any useful purpose unless you are into greed and war and in general taking advantage. Perhaps just a quick one time tilt and extra high spin speed (like that on my juicer) will fling them into space sooner rather later so they can hang out with those worms on Mars.

I am not a fan of global warming or politics. I am also not a fan of Teflon either - nor people coated in it or cloaked by it.  I probably should hibernate during this time of year.