Hobson's Choice (revisited)
Damn, my winter coat is getting a bit frayed.  I've had it a while though.  I could stand to replace it.

Problem is, with spring around the corner will the stores still be stocking winter apparel, what with their "seasonal" stocking practice?  I don't understand why they can't at least keep a handful of, say, winter coats in stock throughout the year, even in warmer weather, for those who wish to make a purchase of an item for future use.  It's not like if I buy a winter coat in March or April I intend to parade around in 95-degree (F) July weather wearing it while everyone else is strolling around in cut-offs and t-shirts.

It's like when you buy paper clips, you only need one or two, but you still have to buy the whole box of 500.

I'm old enough to remember when I could go into a record store and buy just one blank cassette tape if  that's all I thought I wanted at the time.  Then, years later, they started only offering pairs and packages of five and ten---eventually doing away with the pairs.

    NO SHIRT 
                         NO SHOES
                                               NO SERVICE 

 Just what kind of a restaurant is this anyway?  And what kind of employees do they hire to work here?

More CeleDeaths

*With the passing of Peter Tork the Monkees have now officially been "split in half".
I never knew he was a multi-instrumentalist.  He played the harpsichord on THE GIRL I KNEW SOMEWHERE---a song written by Mike Nesmith, with Micky Dolenz on lead vocals.


*Mark Hollis, lead singer/songwriter of the 80s group Talk Talk.  He was 64.


CeleBirthdate: William "Smokey" Robinson turned 79 last week (the 19th)



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                                          Musing For Today
A lot of projects that end are often not really finished or completed.  Many times they're merely discontinued.  You'll find they had "more cards to play", but for some reason they never went any further even though they still had plenty of substance to work with and good reason to continue.

There are usually three main reasons one would suddenly abandon a once-ambitious project or hobby:  financial, circumstantial, or psychological
*They can no longer afford to constantly incur the expenses that come with the project due to other expenses in their life
*The project has taken over too much of their time and seems to "own them", creating an imbalance of sorts in which they aren't giving enough attention to other areas of life
*The world and life itself is interfering too much with their life, cutting into the time and resources necessary for them to be able to focus adequately enough on their project
*The stress and effects of dealing with adverse personalities and situations is messing with their minds too much for them to be able to remain clear-headed enough to retain the focus and creative energies needed for executing the project properly.

It's a lot like those who quit their job, not because the work is hard, or because they don't get along with the boss, but more due to insufferable coworkers---those who constantly mess with them, sabotage their on-job efforts, behave threateningly toward them for alleged "offenses" (being too "gruff", not being dutifully respectful or for being "unfriendly"---never mind these coworkers themselves have their fair share of "meltdowns" and also act rude when they're experiencing "personal issues"), and act like they're also "in charge" and can make rules of their own.  

Where have all the sit-down full service restaurants gone?
Only a handful remain, and of those remaining chains only about 1/10 of the number of them remain scattered about.
These days it's all either ethnic or specialty "health conscious" eateries---vegetarian-based, or "grain-fed beef only served here".  And all exorbitantly priced with small portions at that.

I just crave the good old traditional "meat-and-potatoes, vegetable and rolls" type of  meal.  At an affordable price.
It's not like I'm not on any kind of "diet"
...well, actually, I am---my own "whatever I can afford and whenever I have time to eat/fix it" diet.

But I'm just saying it seems the restaurant and food industries have also been hijacked by the "social reformers" (the ones who want to lecture us about what's "for our own good")---the same way the television, movie, and music industries have.
All these "self-help" gurus have more authority and clout than even the government and police it seems.
Alas ....cue up a copy of DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY ....or even THE OLD PHILOSOPHER ....

                                            Occam's Razor
                                            No Other Brand Can Guarantee A Smoother Shave
My overall interest in politics is pretty much nil.  Like, when it came to the partial government shutdown my main concern was primarily with not being able to access certain government services if needed, and the way it might mess with the economy.

I'm a simple sort.  All I really want from society is for the trains and buses to run on time, to be able to mail a letter and have it arrive at the right address, to arrive at a scheduled appointment with my doctor or dentist and not be told "I'm sorry, he/she is not in today.  We meant to phone you but apparently someone forgot.", and for those I do business with to have a modicum of transparency in their dealings and not just be "out to 'fuck with others'".

                                      2nd Musing For Today
When I was in grade school I had buck teeth and the kids would beat me up and mock me over them
...a couple years later my parents put out a few hundred bucks from their own pocket to fit me with braces
...then those rotten fascist-minded schoolmates beat me up and mocked me for having "tinsel teeth"

The privileged and favored are always free to throw rocks at the "lessers" all they want
...but should the "lessers" decide to throw any of those rocks back at any of the favored in a gesture of "Thanks, but no thanks!  I don't need these---you can have them back!" they stand to get taken down by the system for being a "menace", a "threat", or a "terrorist".

The "Israel complex":  when the eternally persecuted decide to turn the tables and be the aggressors for a change, then the world starts condemning them for being "barbaric" and "terroristic", conveniently ignoring their past histories which explain why they would assume such a radically defensive stance
...a term which also readily applies to all outcasts of the world. 




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