Viral Vicissitudes

Olympic Opera-tional Daffy-nitions, hyphen-nations - Couture, culture in and around Paris It goes with(out) saying: As the old saying goes, "When you're in Paris...what happens in Paris..." As for me, I can do without..." Is nothing sacred? A n old question about the same age as the foregoing state-meants. Apparently not, when it comes to the international runway for the content creators, whose 'tableau' which was a only slightly veiled "drag queen" version of the "Last Supper" may be their last, as in "off the table". After making headlines, the kind of cultural faux pax ("femme fatale" comes to mind, given the duo-lingo), wandering into an area they found was still a bit too taboo, for some non -Parisians, the so-called "uncultured" among US: "Drag Queens shine at the Olympics but draw criticism..." Which gives rise to... Commercial content-meant: What many discontented, along with all the dis-grun...

Jugger-Not! (what happens when...a YOUj! powerful force is outdone...) WOW! After all the War Of Words, acrimoniously speaking, gives U.S. the foregoing acronym, my personal post attempt to shorten "an argument in which people criticize"  (creepily, crapily these daze, if you revert my 7/24 post, toast on these slovenly spoken speeches...now that  would be greater grammar and easier listening...😎). No wonder...people throughout the land have turned their backs and other-wise sought vocabulary refuge in, such games as...the one that has captured the attention and become, given Pat's departure, guaranteeing we'll, the loyalists out there, the ones that hope and pray that even a Presidential address won't pre-empt...that we will now Sea Ryan's face plastered over all the major networks. In another word... Wordle! The word game that has risen to fame, that unlike its prime time counter-part, is more charitable, in not only turning over what look like tiles in bot...

Catastrophic ex-claims! and their Coverage.   See the C's? And their inter, intra-connectiveness? Or am I, as usual, your so-called "Intrepid Investigative Reporter" (who is knocks on your door and interrupts at the most inconvenient times, day or night...) -- as well as, in the old daze prior to 'scream savers' "We interrupt your favorite program...😢 followed by "we'll join it back in progress...when we're through with you...😡 Other-wise the sole reporter who hasn't sold out, their soul....remaining completely un-biased...😇 Which has given rise to me, rising to the level of "syndicate" -- other-wise...sought out, whenever one of these "Calamities!" strike... Count on It... I mean Me, whenever there's (not) sufficient "Breaking News!" that I, the one responsible for either the Creative Content or its ("full...impartial...") Coverage. As in being the "primary source" -- on the scene...se...

Creative Cretins...crappy criticisms   Mal-contents:  If, by definition, "malware" is any type of software that, by design, is an attempt to cause disruption, in a system, and an attempt to "thwart" it, is based on first being aware, then selecting a system that's designed to clean up your computer... Back to BASIC (the code): It starts with "Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...when you read you begin with ABC, when you insult, you start with you, not me...𝆕" ("I know you are, but what am I?")  Playing Loose, with the Truce: As in taking what we eventually learned was taking editorial license --wherein a newspaper or magazine can publish, put in print, then "audible" its own opinion, commentary, not wholly based on facts. Whereas, in contemporary debate format, even after the rules have been proclaimed, even "promulgated" (when was the last time you heard such vocab in such a setting?) the ...

Idiotic Idioms: a Village, full. "In-complete, coverage" What you'll be left with, after visiting this site, post, about the so-called run-up, what's other-wise "going down"...states...of con-fusion... "Say it ain't so, Joe" Which left some speechless, others along with who was known then as "Shoeless" A plaintive plea that originated in the context of the "Blacksox scandal" wherein a professional baseball player 'threw' a game, that turned the tide of the 1919 World Series...oft repeated in the context of a youth losing his/her "awe" of a hero...turned villain...one of many quotes that gained notoriety ("If you build it...I guess we're going to Iowa...") from yet another "Field" of contestants... "Dream on..." Synon-ymous..."One can only hope..." That he, she will, finally, once and for all... Come, to your senses" After years of acting foolish, other-wise b...

Fore-runners, (who find them-selves) coming up short. The run-up, down: What's often termed, in terms of coverage of a larger event, larger scale...All in, out of order, in order to get you, out there to tune in... Capture, your audience: As in "here come all the athletes, primary candidates..." Followed, in turn by...all their... Athletic supporters: (short for who wears 'em, "Jocks!") and how to hold onto them, especially when getting what's called, in sports, "faked out!" 😟 Which may or may not follow, "in any (HUGE, tele-casted) event"...accompanied many times by either a drum roll or trumpet or two...Which allows them, the ones that are responsible for the big "Roll out event!" other-wise for the ones that were wise enough to tune in, out before getting what's known in "Caveat Emptor" language as "suckered in"...AKA "Walk with us, feel what it's like to be treated to..."  Red Carpe...

TP...or not TP?  Now that's   a great question!" The one that has captured our attention, the one of the moment-UMMM... "AC": Which, in our days, came to symbolize, as if they, the Content Creators had drummed it into us..."A crap, I mean crop duster's got to be tough..." Which captured our attention, especially if up too late, or needing more "get-up" as in "Your GM cars...." ACDelco spark plugs, of course, featured on what else, but Adult Content commercials, aimed at a what else do take aim at...a target audience. Many of which remind us of our most basic needs, and others make us want when we didn't even know we did...  TP: If there was ever a reminder of the value of this paper that usually comes on a roll, it came to us first way back...when there was a so-called "transport strike" -- this was way before, of course the word "sports" was modified by "trans" -- a whole other subject, set of contr...

From Olympic hope-fills, to practicing pugilists...quotes and notes... Add-vice that probably...rings familiar... War-i-ness, warring factions: Pattoned remarks..."No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country...he won it by making some DB die for his" In other words, showing good sportsmanship..."No, you go first, I insist..." "It's dirty, Harry business" These Olympics, getting ready, all that practice, prep, the so-called run-up to the elections, that seem to slow...to a halt..."A man's got to know his limitations..." And even more so, the soft underbelly, of his opponent, if to take full advantage...and to "reach your full potential" - in D.C. style (Dale Carnegie, of course)  "In order to avoid getting punched out" A somewhat more polished delivery from what are traditionally, in pugilistic practice (AKA "boxing" in the Olympics and beyond the ring) as the "corner men" a...

Calling "IT" one thing, while practicing yet another... Talking about You-N-IT-y, what else?! As reflected in... Great states and state-meants (E.G. "I hail from the great state of, located in the United...") Lots of (loud) speakers, in the house: Which some say is divided, others say there's plenty of room(s)... Abosulut-Its: "I've had IT, up to here...not gonn'a take IT, any more...I'm so over IT...no If's, and's or Butts about it...!" (hear PG-ish tones here?)... TacIT (dis)approval - Well, ill-advised: My personal favorite take out on IT: "Well, that will about do IT for the fly byes..." Eh, Boys? Accompanied by the before and after burners, "DAMN IT" If you need another clue, UR clue-less... Relativistic, A Fam favorite: "Welcome to the family, Cousin IT...what, who's beneath all that hair...? Tonight: The Great reveal... Accompaniment: By a so-called running mate..."Does he have IT** in him......

You Name "It" - Pro-Nouns, Pronouncers...All Stars in Their own, right? Namely: As in correctly naming the person, place, position, possession...let alone correctly Pro-nouncing...Which, if not practiced in the correct, regional, or even local vernacular, lead to...Er...Umm...Urgh!  Followed by public pro-nounce-meants (which, in our day, were made over what else, but the P.A.). Made in various states of... Sorri-ness: "Sorry...my bad...I said  I'm sorry, isn't that good e-nuff...?!" From gaffes, laughs, even collective (barely audible) "gasps!" - depending on where you sit, stand...All the way to "Come up and try it yourself !"   Pre-Pro...Scribes: Well before bad pronunciations came into being, there were those literal, I mean literate types, that wrote it all down...the ones that had to invent some pho-names, I meant nemes...all those slash, well before hash marks came into being...as in daze of Old...Testament (ever try to pronounce, ...

I'm giving you what, in most settings, competitions, is called a "lead": It's all about that base🎶 ! I'm telling Ya here and now: Whether You, Your-Selfie, is talking... Geo-graphically: "Way off base...he's leaning, in the direction, as in a bit left, right...of the first base line...on the way to second, all the way around, touching each, now...heading home..." As if making it their own... Possessively: "Go ahead and take your...he's stolen second, and if that wasn't enough, now third...!"  Speaking of speaking off base, Un-Conventionally🎈🎈🎈: "I'm speaking, appealing to my..." which will inevitably depend on... Anthropomorphic speech: As in how to motivate an inanimate object, let alone..."mobilize...their base..." Connect the dots*: For me, it's like music to my ears...what b-ball and politics are based on...using your contacts and other-wise making good contact, with the ball. As well as a PRIME e...

(Desperately) seeking Solace...and Re-YOUnification Parenthetically speaking:   As in "qualified remarks" or...conditions under which we as individuals or even a whole nation...resort to seeking comfort, consolation via reaching out to one another, such as times of distress, sadness... Calling for:  a day of national mourning...followed by long nights by those most intimately, deeply affected, which individuals and families tell me, during grieving, are the hardest to get through... Comes, of no surprise: Not any more, that is...that I get either a text, email, more likely a VM, indicating "just wanted to hear your voice, and know that I could count on you to listen...no need to return my call...thanks for being there" Which became more commonplace the longer I "practiced" and which was frequently followed, qualified by ("I know you're not actually awake...are you?!")  In-Conveniencing, each other: You no longer have to convince me that when ...

After, Calming Affects A Temporary Cessation, Here and There: As in here and now, "Braking News!"..."We've put a hold on ads,* featuring negative campaigning..." While over There and Else-Where...global conflicts..."A temporary cessation in hostilities..." Peace Talks, Walks: As in offering up some kind words, while sitting at the table...to more sustained gestures, acts of good will... Olive Branches to Dove Tales: Both of which are power-full symbols of Peace and such, that go back to a time of early "civilization" where "Peace and prosperity" occasionally went hand to hand, were always lofty goals... The Ultimate Challenge: The true origins of the olive branch, the one that gets extended both before and after a conflict, as a gesture of peace, reconciliation goes back to, of course, to the ancient times of both Greece and Rome, where we see Athena -- known, identified with, such mortal, human attributes, as "goddess of both ...

Neo-NATO: Q&A, Hoot & Holler... "I'll ask the questions..." "Did he really say that...? "I feel your pain..." (for political gain) -- ever since B.C. -- no one did 'It' ** better... "Our guts, his glory" -  an off-handed Patton-ed remark, attributed to the unknown soldier, on the long road...to victory... "Only their hairdresser knows for sure..." Only a slight change-up (getting you ready for "Pause for Paws", an All-Star in his own right), liberties given, a "tip of the hat" (yet another b-ball connection, see how easy it is to appeal YOU-niversally) to the content creators (as they are now known, which used to be simply known to us as "commercial artists") -- answering the question, posed by Clair et al...(ergo "Clairol") that we all wanted to know...regarding the question of the moment..."will he or won't he...does he or doesn't he...?" Attempts to predict, mor...

How (UN)Fitting:   Comparing and Con-trasting - Strikes me (get it?) as odd... Here, there, Now, then: As in "It was a different time then, I was in/on a different stage...it was the best of times, and then...it was as if someone's bike, I mean..."  "What comes to mind...?" A common, 'soft-ball' Gen-eric type of question that allowed the host to ME-ander a byte..."Now that's  an interesting question, one worth thinking about...we'll take that up together in next week's class together..." was one of my favorite professor's way to validate that every question was worth asking, accompanied by just what's known as a 'degree of humility' from one who had earned the highest in our field of study... Free Ass-ociations: Related, in a way, to "Stream(ing) of consciousness" which became, as we studied in our field, followed by LOTS of years of practice...tools of the trade, to help, as in prompt, to eventually tell U...

Feeling, just a byte FOR-LORN...UR not alone... Signs, of Our Times: I mean, with so much glitz, glamor, as in Omni-present, or other-wise seen just about everywhere one looks, on billboards, let alone on social media -- attempting to put names to all those Face-book, photo-shopped pics, on display...it's so easy to get distracted, other-wise get caught up, trying to catch up... Buy Comparison: "How could they afford that...what do they do it...what did they do to deserve all that gold, silver, even bronze they are wearing around their neck, and what have they done lately  to earn our vote of confidence...?" Good questions all...and at a time when we all, not just the one we bore witness to, suffering from... Failure Of Recognition: "So, you at least know who I am, after we rehearsed this, interview, that would be so-called 'taped live'...right?" We've all had our moments, the ones we are likely to have "indelibly etched in our memories..."...

All Stars Daze: Braking action, break 🕺ing stars, plenty to come, go... All around, the globe: As in "Wide World of Sports...today we're going to..." Or, if you prefer, transnational..."We're transcending the boundaries..." No, not that  again, a statement on immigration policies or conflicts involving borders and such...But you wouldn't be far from the truth... A YOU-niversal appeal: As in " Pull-ease ! come and vote...cast your ballot..." An appeal we over here and "oui oui" over there, the soon-to-be host country, to finally come to at least partial agreement...enough of a consensus to allow the one who is responsible for yet another round of blame, casting...As I said, there's enough to go around...and around and... Dizzying Array: "We've got plenty of talent...depth...right here in our back yard (heard here in D.C. as "seasoned senators") and just outside of what's still characterized as outside "...

"Far out man...ditto dude!" Distancing Our-selves: No matter what age and time we find our-selves observing the so-called political scene...the vocab. used to describe similar conditions and circumstances... Poor-trayals: Generally speaking, at least. The younger generations, defined, classified here as those that followed the 60's..."man...😎" an expanse of time that eventually saw the (now unisex) "dude!" come to capture "Every man Jack, Jill, woman, child...." They, the d-gens, as they will be called henceforth, wonder how me, ever got by without it... "Shut up!" Itself has come to be strongly associated with "The Man" him-self but, while conveying what he first emphasized, as in context, when nothing else would suffice (or came to mind?), in Round One of what even back then seemed "far out, man!" as in nothing resembling an intellectual debate...this time around it was his own con-stituents (get the "con...

"Anything to declare...?" "Well, do  YOU?!" While we had heard and studied the historical context of the "Declaration of Independence" as the first time in Our (forefathers, mothers...) collective history, while We were just a bunch of colonies...busy colonizing, all of a sudden came a defining moment when, after lots of accumulated experience, and much deliberation (one colony actually abstained -- namely New York, not having received their formal instructions from Albany...eventually got on board, joined their come-Patriots). But when it really  hit home, so to speak, was when, after my elders had already cautioned me to not try to be my usual smart --- selfie..."This is no joking matter..." As I found out, after lots of lecturing, warnings, of what would happen, after many years of be-moaning the many years leading up to this...having my rights suppressed, being in the so-called not-so-silent minority...given all the protests of the daze leadi...

Won...(Un) Done - DQ'D😂...😢😡!  From: False starts, filings, "come back" season... To: Fall-out, failure to meet...dead-lines...coming up short , after lots of promise(s)...and everything in... Between: The (bottom) lines...the ones that found you, in (de)pressed..."bottoming out" AKA - "flat on your ---!"🤣ing out loud...😢ing inside...  Criss Cross: As in going outside your lane, prior to the place indicated on the track, where "it's now allowed...within reason..." Which can also be experienced in another venue doubly so..."it's as if they falsified, otherwise hid their lack, of qualifications, until it was too late, when the decision was made, the votes...tallied..."  Cross categorical: This, despite at last two days "head...start" as in "Do's don'ts of run-offs" I ran down for all who bothered, aka a "heads up" on the competition...But perhaps you think you're... Better Off: Kn...

Run Offs: Do's, Don'ts Trendy: As in full of style, grace, good taste, despite being out of order (as in stepping ahead..."taking cuts!"😠), going ahead in line without permission...as in inserting this post ahead of the on I pre-viewed. Which would not be Parisian-like, or get a "Like👍" in Paris, later this month. But, other-wise quite timely if you're laying out your clothes, packing your bags, taking an extra heavy one, to the so-called "City of Light". Or even just tuning in, Olympic style... Have another round! As in yet another round of elections, a so-called "run-off" to finally determine a winner, clear up this mess ahead of the guests arriving, the one that was left when one President (sounds like) "E-manual" called for, make a snap decision to call for a snap election, which turns out not to be so...snappy, after all...Which has got a lot of people talking (so I overheard this morning on BBC, which is always quick...