Viral Vicissitudes

 Welcome to strife, in the WMMNBA…cross training, on the court. The knockout punch… Well before Caitlin got clobbered… We grew up, knowing there were certain lines not to be crossed… Cross words that out on the court considered trashy talk… “Mum’s the word” on the one hand…”You’re such a mommy’s boy” and the more nuanced “daddy issues” as in “sugar”… that in modern fight/fight response “triggers” your opponent… Hysterically speaking, we were taught that even if poorly timed, in a term of endearment, “You’re a real knockout” could get us slapped, with a foul. As in getting "fresh" about the flesh (OUCH!)  Back then, while actively courting, getting "lucky" meant something. Whereas now, while coming to the court, we're lucky, after all the tongue lashing and slugfest is said, done, we may finally get to see some "hoops" played out. Next round house right: The "skinny" on "Big and Beautiful Bill!" 

Modern foot where - an owed to podiatry  From odor eaters to bottom feeters… Soul food  Where our tired feet meet the road and the fees we owed…toe roads (scram scam!)  Footing the bill…soled out  Solely concerned with the foot and ankle, getting a leg...down on the competition... No bend slip ons meet the shoe horns..."not on our home turf...toe!" And where "get a grip" hand surgeons, yield to "getting a foothold" (DPM's, for short👣) - how about if we meet in the mid-section, the soft underbelly, where the GI's and Endo's, Euro-ologists and all the gang hang out?  "Come on Down!" Thanks doc, but I guess I'm going to have to stay flat footed, hang on to my bunions as you've found me flat, broke after my weekly visit to my pedi-Curist... Prioritizing Podiatric purchases - now I finally know where "Twinkle Toes" came from💲¢

"You Block Head!" A complimentary post.   “Meant it, to be a…” It all depends... as to who's serving it up, dishing it out, and to whom..."to clarify ideas, add emphasis, and/or create vivid imagery" Go figure... as to why Charlie Brown stayed friends with Nancy, despite her repeatedly issuing this proclamation in the so-called "funnies" He didn't let it go to his head, just figuring it was a figure of speech - "She just thinks she's being funny, that she can get away with it in the comic section..." Hitting home... that is, on our own block, we have someone we fondly call "Clipboard Katie" who, we learned, only carries a clipboard to compliment her outfit, coming around this time each year, to see which dish, we want to pass, at our annual neighborhood Block Party! As if she didn't already know, having all the data stored 'up there' She has the head for this type of thing. Quite complimentary, if I say so, mysel...

Hospitality Industry, has gotten Intents! Put it out, there... with the food and beverage...you're late...things were getting really  tents, without shade... Full range... it's why we put the party in the yard, to keep the stove top...clear, as in "nice and shiny"... Have no fear, "pocket here"... Teenage parking attendants, trying to sound like Joisy boys (next time just try "nice ride, dude!") All about overhead... That's based on the estimates, that come from RSVP-ers. Stake-holders... hold it, not too much or too little tension...just a minute more while I wet my finger, check the wind speed and direction... Inflation Pressure... we're talking bounce houses that have become par, for the course, as parents indicate on RSVP...got to bring them, can't afford a babysitter...💲💲💲! "Event full" …A condition that both grads and brides hope for…no RSVP regrets only…talking big returns to sender $$$ DIWhy's... Hosting backyar...

Dreams with Memes, and their Net result Now, during the day, as well as at night! Dream BIG! as in NIL... the "likes" 👍of which have not been seen on the Net since its inception🌈💰 Dream via images... only makes sense that we would reach this point, knowing that given sufficient immersion in another language you become capable of thinking and even dreaming in that second, third, text...next...as in even via e-emojis now..."words alone cannot express" what they are capable of ... 😀😎😈😖👄👻👭💨😟😇😌 Dream on... Which is likely what the psychologist replies when asking for an interpretation, the sum total of all the foregoing images, what used to be called dream themes, modernized to nocturnal meme-eries... Sleep tight... "Life is but a meme🎜"

WHAT, the F?! What... did you THINK , you'd encounter when you listened in, or read....but DREAD. As in... Who, replaced what, when, and when, (why, oh why?!)... The w's of journalism that have been replaced, if my mourning sampling is any indicator... Fret-full Feelings, a must : "How you must  have felt...what were you feeling, when...where...they did that, to you, or someone you know, or just your awareness at large..." Know Worries: "I can hear it in your voice, you need not comment further...don’t give it even a second, of thought…” Prima Facie : “You don’t need to even open your mouth as the looks on your face tell it all…don’t give it a second thought…” Wouldn't hear, of it …”No comment” Finally…Freedom, from getting de-pressed. Going in deep - what they found themselves doing, when I refused..."Tell me about your hopes, and memes" Next.

Steeling your own Identity - post AI post  For your name, sake... for the sake of your good name, and those that just might come, after you... Make it iron clad... well, maybe not quite a coat of armor, or whatever naval vessels are coated in...but something approximating this...perhaps Tungsten..." a high meltdown 😡point..." Starts with a firm foundation... such as what earns you the exclaim of "good heavens!" in your own sphere, of influence... On to the real staging... As in what we, who are keenly interested, in the developmental stages and the whole circle, of life...the formal Stage of Identity...commencing with PU! berty and proceeding until...what has come to be called "Young Adulthood". And finally, arriving,  “Member, in good standing” That is, reaching Adult stature... When you'll be expected to not only show up, but stand up, show what you stand for...showing your allegiance you earlier pledged…(and pay taxes) Idol eyes... If you walk tall...

The birth, of AI👪 What do we name IT? Let's look in the QuickBooks for some suggestions... Oops! On second thought, “We’re having…digital twins!” 😆😟 What colors will we paint, the Windows? Who's going to buy it a new basin-Net? And a baby modem monitor...  We know our little ai will Excel and know how to make their own bed, as in spread, sheets… And now, finally, one that comes with ITs own set of instructions! Can you read Java, even speak it? Now, that IT’s finally arrived, can a breach delivery be far behind? (If you are among those not celebrating the birth, you're out in the code) A natural delivery, I mean follow-up post: "Steeling your own Identity" 

Campaigns, their managers - A day in the life, of a DM. There would be no D & D campaigns... without them. There, you have it... "How to Train Your Dragon" (2025 version) Here, on the home front... "This place looks like a dungeon, clean it up before having your friend group over, to play" (they're technically, when they're on the campaign trail, referred to as humans, dwarves, elves, and hobbits...would appreciate it if you'd address them accordingly while they're here...) Master of your own Domicile... (DM in reverse) "I don't care if they think you're all that, that they'll follow you...beyond the ends of the earth..." (mom, they're known as other realms, to us) Dungeon Master?!  "If you don't muster up the energy to do your homework, get your chores done, you can stay camped out, in your room, Mister..." And you think you have it hard? Trying to come up with the "capabilities, strengths, and weakne...

Boys and their Brand-aids: Coming back out, to play   Plentiful prior play planning: “Come, when you’re called” And so they did…in sequence, based in their respective… Coming, of age- to serve their mandatory sentence in the service of their country… The following - I’ll get to that but just to mention this follows, their respective parents curiously counter coaxing…”why don’t you go out and play, spend some of that pent up energy…” Which is the supply side of this hysterical formula… Fan fervor - an equal amount of pent up, demand.  “Welcome back, to center stage, the Kings, of K-pop!” Now, as to their Bangtan Boys backing...  Well before the band, as assembled, assembled their instruments and played, sang... Came the branders... The ones really  behind, more out in front of them... The ones that saw all the "you have so much potential...even more if we put you side by side..." Backs against the wall... Groups, of girls..."Anything you can do we can do better🎝"...

More Modern Meds, and their Modem Operandi - Charting, my Course So...how do YOU measure up? A series, of Up-dates It's, of course... what kept me up, last night...  There's a lot, up here... in my head, after being measured in every which weigh...at the so-called "annual"... "Your ___ is up"... while another personal measurement came down, to compensate, I guess...guess which, is "which"... Up-plying pressure - “You don’t bring this down I’m going to have to cuff you again…” "On the up-and-up" A standard answer for how I/we complete the health questionnaire, regarding what's known in the trade as "patient compliance"😉...  Caught me flat-footed... after I was up, on my tippy toes...the "zinger" question they seem to add, that catches us off guard, and adds questionable value... "Go, look it up..." Why don't you, as I answered these same questions last year, the year before...as I already indicated o...

  Lakers and (head) Fakers "Name it!" No, not the obvious as “your price…nothings out of reach…” But the name of LA Lakers…which are ‘buy’ the ocean while the lakes are found closer to the Twin Cities from the state of “10,000 Lakes” where the team originated. Speaking of which, where the “North Stars” also abandoned the state to go south bound, all the way to Dallas… Courtside:  Where you will NOT find the LA Kings (which didn’t earn a crown this time around either) but a bunch of stars (as in actors, fakers) who better be prepped to pay what came to be known as a “King’s ransom” … Some Total! : The amount that the new owner was willing to shell out, which almost matches the number of points that the player whose moniker “King (Lebron) James” has been well, earned…has now accumulated, in 'net' salaries... "Better Butter"😋 : What the branders of this team missed as the perfect match-up when they brought this team to what they still try to sell as “Land O L...

 (just about) every body loves a Parade… One that is combining a 250th with a 79th, on the 14th of the 6th... One that gets you, re-routed (“kind of nice to see different scenery, orange cones, right ?”) One that, in the time of budget busting, is bursting at the seams…$$$ One that, after his long-winded address, is finally, in military terms…”at parade rest” - at least for another 250…feeling “at ease”?

Clowning Doctors and their Rx A "knock it off!"  On BBC's special treatment: “People fixing the world” …one (adult) child at a time…by acting childish… The clown came in the room, where the boy was facing his doom… That is, a doc playing around when the big boy was not giving ground… Whatever it takes to get these grown men to stop groaning when it’s time to give a blood sample... “Don’t give me that frowny face…”  They say that laughter is the best medicine, with a few notable exceptions.  

Heads will Loll! Happens every time... an updated, a bit more socialized version, of "off with their heads!" of what is generally called for by the status quo, whenever the "greatest story ever told" is un-scrolled, re-told in either another language, dialect, via "Textus Receptus" (which actually goes back to "Byzantine text-type...and you thought...). That is, a rare copy of the first complete translation of the Bible into Welsh, printed in 1588, will go on display in Wales for the very first time. While heads will no longer roll, a few drums certainly will. Do you have qualms, with Psalms...the "quake" keep you awake? Read on...as in what happens when natural forces that come from above, come together..."Mother Nature...meet Father Time..." Coming soon, translated through this blog-osphere.  

Where things are heading, in terms of father-hooding... An old saying is that role playing... is one of the best ways for prepping For roles you might play... well, into the future Starts with play, with clay... "Just look at what we can build....use your imagination...without wasting or tasting too much along the way..." Walk and talk... at the same  time "Take my hand and we'll go explore, show you some houses, on to the store..." Making, taking a stand... "I'll make the stand, someone else will produce the lemon-aid, while you just stand there...it's how the corporate world co-operates..." Makes allowances for... "Just make sure you save part...just a bit of each coin...for the ups and downs at the market...don’t let it burn, a hole.." Grows to include... "Fame or fortune...there's more to life, my children...such as sharing and caring,.." As far as over-head goes... Whether you're gifted on this dad's day wit...

Higher AD-ucation: Counter, In tuition...Up-grades around campus We here are talking vocation... just when you started your summer vacation... Prior to grading... your bank account starts fading... Gut check! One of the more popularized terms in athletics globally, a term of engagement when ever the going gets rough...or when I/we hold it in, when getting "checked out..."  Check THIS  out... how various colleges, even "in state" are having to what's called in both football, and when regents of a "U" huddle together..."Hike!" As in college tuition... My own  take, on this head fake... (sports glossary, for when they are trying to gloss over something, trying to get you to glance, in another direction)... Over-compensation... is what we, in the world of performance psychology, sometimes refer to it...and what THEY, the so-called "steering" committee that was assembled, in one room to come up with a figure lure a new "AD" to ...

No shoes or socks, not even Birkenstocks  (if this  doesn't get you moving...) Treads and threads, tears the competition to shreds Complete the goal, they're good for the soul  Back in the box, go the shoes and socks... "Thanks but everyone's wearing them are wearing down behind...me" Slippery when wet, otherwise a good bet Essentially what I saw (captioned) and heard about the few essentials one actually needs…especially if you’re treading lightly, which is likely to set this HUGE shoe industry, on its ear 🥴 Over-flowing - not only the applause, but her long...dress -which does not, according to all the athletic attire ads, afford her an advantage. But I guess having her  hair tied back in a ponytail, creates what in long distance running called, an 'air stream' Now  we're talking unfair ad-vantage- hair flow! So, instead of Nikes and socks, they’ll be buying huarache stocks…  Worth a watch (another thing she does without, apparently to lighten her l...

 Making Arrangements  Tender Times - as in making arrangements for a “Funersl for a Friend” or the many, many arrangements this “Front Man” made that made for so many more tender moments for many gens, including some that didn’t really know that “Surfing” was associated with something Pacific… Re-union tour- A hugely popular term of re-engagement which is currently being bandied about on behalf of the highly popular Bangtan Boy band, coming back out after their tour, of duty to their country. But NOW, with the passing of the Biggest Beach Boy Brian Wilson, everyone wants to know what the first song will be when the band reunites for an encore… “God Only Knows” 🎶 

Occupational Hazard Watch  Under threat…not quite yet. A ways to go, but does weigh on me… Distance between understanding people and showing understanding as in… Just Arrived…as it, as in AI (please don’t give it in-human qualities by naming it) has re-generated at such a pace that it not only understands (as in analysis of you, knows you better than you know, your-Selfie (where it got a lot of in-sights about you) they it can now anticipate and meet your needs even before you have the slightest thought… Who cares…about empathy anymore any-weigh... Don't aw-w-we me! As in when even my kindness act, comes under attack... My zoom room, turns to gloom... "Nice try, AI" About all I can muster in terms of empathy, in midst of this... Anthropomorphism, almost complete (as in "attributing human characteristics to an in-humane entity")  "AI...my eye!"

Bouncing around, in the NBA🏀 The Sooners, the bettors - both better than late-comers.  On the road with an Okey, from where else but Muskogee 🎵  We’ll get there…soon. Well... Sooner or later… Couldn’t get here…soon enough So said the settlers that came here, ahead of time… Which is apparently where the whole “Sooners” name originated…as in Oklahoma-home ah… And no wonder they’re rooting for the Thunder, as they are smack dab in middle of tornado alley… In a city where thunderous applause, brought down the house😟 after game one of the Finals, which might only be eclipsed by the out-of-towners, from the Indy City...no wonder the Thunder is having difficulty keeping Pace🚗 But how did they miss the obvious for a sports franchise…as in the “Crop Dusters”?! Late to the game...I was, as in this team, and a few other amateurs are named accordingly, which meet their opposing force, the "Jolly Ranchers" Both of which hail (now that  would...bring down, the house, eh?) from regi...

  Never too late...to equivocate  - all about states, of readiness-ish "Definitely...well, would you accept may be...?" "We're way beyond...more or less" Super-ceding..."sooner or later" "It is ... may   be ...imminent" What I heard: "Definite" deferred... Good deliverance (?) - from the Secretary of DOD.  ( Talking in Absolutes ...if you mean Abstrusely)  One of these was truly, what he said - hazard a guess?

Presidential press briefings from the executive - sweet! There’s no telling, about what’s showing, these daze… Cognitive decline, on the rise… While getting up in years, their ratings fall… Recession, of their hair, it’s all in your head… After running up the stairs to the White House, they slow, to a walk (“just to savor, the flavor”😉) A rise in face lifts…”on the down low🤫”  Sweet and sour, depends on the hour… Dawn to dusk….not so Musk  Hush money…not so funny (“don’t call on him, anymore”) Things are all squared up, in the Oval...   

Amateur-ish!   The lines have become...blurred.  Don't be...deterred. That is, if you're worried, become pre-occupied with whether you'll qualify...for the next tour event, Olympic games. Or, on the other side of this HUGE settle-meant. In what's become now known as "retrospective-NIL: what you should have been paid for going to...kindergarten...round-up" (3 Billion bucks, is what you get, when you round up 2.576, to the nearest...) Talk about a “Field Day!” There's now plenty, a HUGE ring to "go around the so-called posies" Which are now, likely, to become yet another focus of decisions, or in bully language, "derisions" -- teasing the one outside looking in, the one left out, of this pot of gold. "Didn't your folks set you up, with an agent yet...?"  Over due ...what used to be the term that could get you tossed you up of the commence-meant line-up. But the ones that are now hailing de-merits, of this financial wind-fall...

No Snap Decision  Scouting, Re-routing: It's what this man, the center of them all, the den men...Detroit Lions, has them doing. First there was the so-called Michigan Man, who left the M-Den (aka Santa, on pause). Now it’s time this team of Lions find themselves in yet another “no huddle-hurry-up offense”. As in looking for a suitable replacement, one who is willing to put on this suit of armor...and willingly... Walked off , the field of play: Unassisted, on his own recognizance…speaking of… A Mere Image : Hardly recognized himself. When he finally took the time to examine himself, inventoried his injuries…head (technically the throat) to (turf) toe, front (pec) to (“my aching”) back! And the straw that finally broke it. After all the thrills, spills, a cabinet of pills (as in anti-inflammatory) As I said, this was not a snap…selection. Not one to be taken lightly, like the... Laws of Physiques : Ever since my folks and coaches noted my growing stature…and what’s sometimes called...

BBoC = "Big Ban on Campus"  "Class..." It's how every lesson begins. This one, about what happens, after learning what it feels like, to first experience a HUGE rise in popularity (i.e. "Biggest Man on Campus") to a place where you are a total loss, of place as well as position... "Forget me...NOT!" Put aside, for just a sec, all those book bans, you've been...hearing (probably not reading) about... "Be considerate..." How each school year begins. But here a supplication, to PLEASE re-consider my application...for being President of your University. Pause and reflect, on what it meant, when you sent the invite "You da man, Santa...on to this out-rite ban..." It's essentially what the regents did, here, when they voted down my contract. Speaking of down... "ONO!" Don't tell me, that after I gave them, up here, what Michiganders call "Up North" - the regents here, my notice of self-termination...

 Appease, with ease - going fourth, from the first (of June, in case you missed it) Which may follow, as I foreshadowed, a stinging rebuke… Three parts homily (conveniently labeled intro, body, and conclusion) and in turn easy to commit, to memory at least, as the first the new pope pontificated on…”harmony” (coupled with a message on “unity”). In no small part dependent on the role of forgiveness which is frequently but not always linked to ‘asking for it’… Apologetics, in three easy steps…based on the template provided by Dr. Pausch in “The Last Lecture”…comes with the pre-cautionary that a bad one can be worse, than none at all... Chapter and verse - as in Chapter 47, which is relevant to any chapter of your life you find yourself in… 1. Acknowledge you did them wrong (depending on your age you’ll remember when “The Fonz” in "Happy Days" could hardly get w-r-r-r….right). 2. An expression of remorse, of course (“Isn’t it enough I admitted it ?!”)  3. An attempt, at least, t...

How about some queues? Talking after affects... Of such word origins, phrases... "Bee's knees...none of your bees wax...waxing and waning, all over the road ways, way outside the belt weigh..." (Where the citizens of the great state of Washington are waking to find themselves, covered with hives) It's no One-der... That it takes a whole panel, of judges, "Word Pronouncers" and their alternate, announcers (as in "associates") which, when viewed as a collective (as in "give me a hive five!") can be scene as a bunch of smarty pantz, grown-ups ganging up on this one pre-adolescent.... Let alone... their buddies in the back, the additional FAQ Chequers..."From Brit Lit..." Spelled differently but sounds similar, at least from the superior sounding "Queen's English..." Can somebody open a window, it's getting really stuffy, in here... No Sweat... "It makes it that much sweeter..." To know I've not only ...

Mergers and their X-press lanes… Proceed, with caution...(" that  ought to guarantee their attention")... "Watch out, for adult humerus!" We're talking really  gross😝 anatomy here...  Where Bill and Jordan co-necked (down under)...”Keeping Bill in check, Mate!” Talk about a gut, I mean Belly-chick…😑 When Fruit of the Loom banded with Depends…”Talk about low hanging fruit”🤣 When a local wine store owner became engaged to a gymnast, they conveniently registered at..."Crate and Barrel roll..."😔 When players graduate from flag to NFL..."No more cops and robbers, now it's cups and rubbers..."😟 Where did you say this Playboy model wanted her ashes spread? "Just throw them behind the couch, with the other dust bunnies…"😕 "Stay in your lane, UR driving me insane..."😠  As in my really  bad dad jokes (as in mistaking the ulnar nerve, what's called the "funny bone" for the long bone in the upper arm, suscepti...

An attrition, of contrition; a dysfunction of compunction It's still all right, to act contrite: "Sorry I made you feel that way...but that's on you" What's stewing on wrongdoing: "If it feels good, how can it….?" Equivocation nation : “Sorry, but…” Quid pro bro : “Yeah, well you hurt my feelings three years ago, so there! “ Atone by phone…” If you're calling to receive an apology, you've called the wrong number...if you're calling to offer one, hold on and I’ll try to find someone who cares…” Be humble, You too shall stumble... " Might even fall from grace...all the way into humility. Dr. Pausch, on the couch: "A bad one (apology) can be worse than none" From his book "The Last Lecture" which even for me, a veteran psychologist, had lasting impact... So much so that your host, thinks needs a separate post: in "Three parts, Homily"🎝😊