Viral Vicissitudes

"I'm putting you on...notice"  "I'll put it to you this way" As in "there's no easy way to say this, other than to come right out with it..." This, versus, being a bit in-direct, oblique...obtuse even...the kind of communications, memorandums you used to receive while doing business face-to-face, person-to-person...while doing business in the place of business... "It's time, that can wait...time to get ready..." This is what I told my Selfie, as I looked in the mirror, rehearsing, prepping, writing in my head, a few posts related to some of the current events, stuff that's at least tangential, psychologically related to "what's going on around here...and there..." Stuff that I think it's other-wise worth your consideration...a... "Look-see" Or, "I'm posting this note, post, where everyone can see it..." As well as with plenty of advanced waning (as in trying to pre-empt your decreasing...

YOU'RE REEK, AH! Newly Discovered Evidence. Bringing this part of Our History: At least this part of the story, this mini-series, sequence of posts, regarding the search for evidence of so-called "intelligent beings" back in the age of "Clue-less-ness" which could, now that We are experiencing the culmi-Nation of all the bills They passed -- the ones that They so willingly passed on, with-out proper funding...the age of "Reckless-ness" -- to a conclusion. One that has managed to pierce what elders used to call Our age of Innocence...what has caused Us in this modern age of Worth-less to grow up too quickly, not enjoy a full and proper childhood...a stage that presumably occurs prior to the age of Reason, which has Us wondering about Them even now...as well as the identity of the One who came along and arrested Their development... Newly Discovered: After all these centuries by Now, legions of US, following so many trails, fastidious footsteps, both bef...

Hot Springs, rumors have U.S. all... Springing into action: to either verify, deny, or simply ignore, as in "not dignify with a response"...the incessant, omni-present rumors, that continue to mount up, almost as fast and furious as the debt They handed down to US here, now. Is there really anything new here, as They just kept repeating "kick the can" the previous generations did, until it got too big, harm-full, way bigger than toe stubbing stuff. And Oh Boy, the rumors that keep swirling about our heads, now that almost all so-called media has gone almost completely cyber, now literally filling the air-waves...something that's never in short supply, even in These lean, mean times, given what They did/did not leave behind... Tracing Their (miss) steps: and trails of clues, mountains of what Their "law books" referred to as circumstantial evidence...and what They left in terms of morsels of wisdom that all-most add up to the bread crumbs We read about ...

Hope Springs Eternal: "What, On Earth?!" The Parting, One. Culmi-Nation of Searching. The sum total of all our poking, digging around, even having to call in the big earth "movers and shakers" to get through all the bull - - - - They left Us in the forms of clues. Having to use the last sticks of dyno-might we found, in order to get through the mountain of debt They also left, as it was just too much to go around or through. All of which may have left Us Worth-less, but at least we will not be found Clue-less, as in "They just didn't get it, what a bunch of dumb - - - es. They signed a lot of blank checks, leaving us to fill in the spaces left behind..." Use Your imagination, it's not so hard...But be care-full, don't get too distracted, as you might fall into one of the many holes left in Their arguments. A pre-cautionary measure: You could turn out to be one of Us, who... Stumbled, then fell. As in, while we were coming to the end of our endu...

Search for the Lone Survivor - aka "Signs" of Intelligent Life...a buy, then gone era... "Let buy gones be   bygones...won't ya?!" So said, pled, the lone surviving representative of what's here and now, from all that are present in what We Our Selves have come to terms, as the "Worth-less" Gens, refer back to Them as the "Clue-less" -- the ones that had access to all the information and history of good, SOUND judgement, and SUSTAINABLE fiscal policy...instead passed on to many generations in the future a level of debt that, "at least in theory" as They were so fond of saying, when inventing, dreaming up these numbers, which were eventually, after an exhaustive search, were made up by two elements or what They used to call, in hard science, two states of matter. Which included "Blue smoke and mirrors" which magicians, especially the subset We still call illusionists, made things magically disappear...whereas these poli...

Manu-mental Mistakes! Those left behind.   "What, on earth?!" Un-earthed: As in no stone left unturned, clue left un-opened...in order for the future no$$$$! Generation to un-ravel this puzzling, updated version of the "riddle of the sphinx" -- one that has had far reaching and deeply felt "negative vibes" (as They used to call them, according to the note found in the time capsule)...clues Thy may have left behind about "why in the world#$%@!" They could have been so clue-less Them-selves. I mean, come on already! They not only had access to all those advanced technologies, "advanced math" even, that supposedly gave Them plenty of in-sights into what should have been obvious under any conditions...that We, even now "going without" have the sense to know that subtracting anything from Zero is going to be heading in the wrong direction. Not only that, but They had ready access to this same blog You are reading along with Me, tha...

Im-Part 3: The Tree of Knowledge - Begat, begot, forgotten...? The Circle of Life, past and future: As in from the Genesis, tracing things back to their earliest beginnings, as in "just how did this all come about?" The perennial questions all children of all generations ask their parents, other elders, who are ostensibly in such a position of experience - both individual and collective - to lend at least a modicum of wisdom...through both word and deed...the latter being what children, as they grow, increasingly absorb, digest, as the tangible manifestations of... "Truth be Told": An age-old idiom, which has withstood the 'test of time' which, when issued from the issuer (here the elder of the two in the dialogue), which has probably written them a note given the distance between the current generation and those way distant in the future who are NOW experiencing, weathering the effects of all Our so-called wisdom....an old idiom signaling an important, emph...

Open House: Parting Gifts 2 - Entrust US-ish.  -ish: a suffix whose popularity has been on the rise, perhaps due in part to the concurrent preference for equivocation and acceptance of less-than-exact, imperfect, "a suffix meaning to some extent, approximately, frequently used to moderate something previously stated, or as a vague reply to the question..." As in almost all, things politico... Signs of the Times: And the sign, message that seemed to be hurriedly, a bit haphazardly scribbled (at least it seemed to the reader, the no$$$$ Generian, who had never been exposed, let alone taught, what used to be called "cursive" and now, due to the nature of the message, was experienced more as 'curse'-ive). As if "They", all the earlier gens, who claimed and proclaimed to be thinking all about US, in the form of what they used to call "wills and trusts" now leaves US just guessing, as in begging the questions..."What the $%$*$#$@?!?! were ...

"Nice House, curb appeal, but no-one seems to be home..." (NH,NH)  Part 1 of 3: Genesis to Exodus To Have and to Hold-em: As in going full circle here, at least completing one...going from covering the Royals (who keep showing up in My Feed, due to Me following Them for a while, especially around the HUG extravaganza, and now I jest can't seem to be able to rid myself...). This, combined with the coverage of all the extravagant spending in Our own, U.S. House...becomes a natural 'pairing' in the context of Texas Hold-em, where a Royal Flush beats a Full House and every other hand of cards you acquired, gathered up, then, depending on the 'hand you were dealt' left you with either an un-cut diamond, or some-thing less attractive. But, in either case, you played them only after showing your best poker face... House-holders to a House Broken: (or, if you'd rather, a so-called 'broken home'). Talk about going full circle, or going in circles, feeli...

Vexing Questions for and Against, (financial) House-holders of the Future..."Have"...Have not!" Q & A: As in from one so-called stake-holder (as there are very few steaks to be found, red meat around here, anymore and if it was allowed, not sure it would be so-called affordable")...to some other...more-or-less well off-ers... First question from a representative of the #*&^'$$$ generation (look back a few days if you need clarity as to who is, or will be, in this gen) to one representing, qualifying as an "Old Fogey" type (when was the last time you came across this term of endearment???): "So, just what is the point, of all these pyramids?" OFT: "That's exactly the point...it's almost eponymous, these pyramids...been around a long, long time, and the shape of things to come...these early designers really knew what they were doing, and have ever since kept us guessing...almost as vexing as the riddle of the so-called Sphi...

(Financial) House Cleaning: What we were told, is getting old..."What a #*&^'$$$ Mess!" An Act, Unseen by US...None-the-less...just in case UR inclined...some Do's and Don'ts... "First, For-most" "Do as I say, not...." Otherwise, if UR still willing to listen and R even inclined to follow my advice after WE, the elders who were supposed to set a good (financial) example, including those among U.S. who settles things when the House is split on such matters financial, "both foreign and domestic"...who has become known to US as the "Speaker" -- one who speaks out on our behalf and otherwise calls the entire house "to order". In your own personal, private financial life "Getting your house in order" might be issued from your tax preparer, even a seasoned CPA, following April 15th, following all the sagely advice from your parents, such as following a request for an "advance" on what's still ...

Prime Re-Minders: Our House to Yours - Act One, Seen (by) Two (sides) Post Memorial Memorandum: "Note to Self" - After acknowledging, honoring all those who proceeded US, as prime examples of why we today often refer to them as the "greatest generation"  -- the ones that fought bravely and freed the world of tyranny, millions of whom joined those who, prior and since, died for the cause, of what so many growing up today -- you know, the more recent generations, that take their freedoms for granted ("Freedom's never free!"), that lead some us in the so-called... "Aging Population" : One in which a growing percentage is made up of "older people" -- usually equal to, or greater than, the age of 65. This happens when there is a decline in fertility rates combined with an increase in life expectancy. A combination of factors, that is. The world at large is experiencing an aging population, with the aggregate number of so-called "old...