Lead with safety and others will follow

                    Hopefully not too closely.  Tailgating is not very safe.

Warm weather is almost upon us once again.

And time for air conditioning everywhere you go.

One question:
What is it with the air conditioning systems installed in commercial and institutional structures that the only two settings on them seem to be either "Off" or "Siberia mid-January"?  Never anything in the "medium" or "reasonable" range.

You would think, this being the 21st century, air conditioning units would have improved a little by now.
Instead, an ongoing "Goldilocks complex" continues.



                 The above is my Musing For Today

Slogans

End Discrimination Now
Anyone caught treating any group or individual unfairly will be ostracized

Stop Abuse Now
Those guilty of abuse shall be beaten and kicked

Stop The Violence
Violent individuals are to be beaten, shot and hanged

End Harassment
Those guilty of harassment shall be publicly shamed everywhere they go

End War Now
Are we going to have to bomb the Pentagon to make our point?

Black Lives Matter
If you're not of African ancestry just crawl under a rock and die.  This also goes for you, too, Native Americans, Jews, Asian Americans, Hindus ...

To Protect and to Serve
"Protect" and "serve" who?  Or what?

Take Back The Night
Who took the night away in the first place?  And what do you plan on doing with the night once you get it back?

See Something Say Something
I see things all the time.  Does this mean I'm obliged to talk non-stop?

Fight Hunger
Who is this Hunger fellow?  And why would I want to fight him when I don't even know him to have any feelings of animosity towards him?

   "The People I Run Into Who Seem To Be The Oddest Are Often Those Who Consider Themselves To Be Normal."

I can't remember where I came across that quote (or one like it), but it's an interesting observation.

My personal experience with normal people seems to be more that they tend to be prejudice more than anything.

By "prejudice" I don't necessarily mean racist or sexist.  More like an inability to be accepting of co-existing with those who are different from themselves and their friends.

This isn't to say that normal people can't be provincial, ideological, or idiomatic.  But all that indicates is the simple fact that most people are affected and influenced by their upbringing and whoever they're around the most.

"Poor people don't vote..."

so says the illustrious Bernie Sanders.

No shit Mr. Sanders!
That's because we don't feel represented by our society or by those in charge of it.

I'm not bothering to register myself, especially with the caliber of candidates who are offering themselves up for "top banana" position (here in the U.S.).

Any group of 5-year-olds trying to perform Shakespeare would be more authentic and convincing than the current crop of contrived "snake oil" hacks presently bidding for the "top billing".

Pop Music Epitaph/Obit (Again?)

Prince
Our Prince seems to have actually been quite a "king" judging by his immense cult following.
To me he was simply a prominent and prolific singer/songwriter/record producer who had hit records and also wrote songs for others.
A "superstar", along the same line as Elton John, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, and so forth.

Lonnie Mack
All I know about this guy is his 1963 instrumental version of MEMPHIS


More and more my audio disc collection is transforming into a pop music obituary.

                                               Adages For Today

Part of being an individualist is realizing they put the same brain inside the heads of everyone except you



Going out in public wouldn't be so bad if they could just get rid of two things:  inclement weather and stupid people