Hanging 9 on the Brainwaves

 I've met a few guys named Hunter, but never one baptized as Gatherer

Not many baseball fans realize that a Baltimore Bouncer continues to appear in said city's games, and yet---

the Texas Leaguer disappeared minus even a miniscule shedding of a tear   

Sooner or later, everything vaporizes as did the 1956 Packard Load Leveler's rear suspension, curb finders, bubble skirts, continental kits, turnpike cruisers, whip antennas, whitewalls

Then again, how's BOUT those Pedal Pushers?

Elocution-Evolution-Diffusion-Confusion

 We spend more than 47 minutes every single year watching the antics of wildlife through the windows of our seldom paid-off mortgages.  One has cause to wonder why squirrels, for example, spend no time whatsoever watching our activities, through the same windows

Speaking of ornithology, do blue herons ever experience the mood of sadness?

Very weird that there's no hard evidence of a monster ever being sighted in Lake Erie

Not even Einstein could explain why a "square dance" is performed in the shape of a circle

Never printed in a travel brochure: 

"Northern Ireland Churches are prohibited from ringing the steeple bell fast"

The following is an unpaid satirical announcement:

 from Fairhope, Alabamaramalamadingdong, courtesy of my cousin, tis of he

Orifinally written on 3-21-2023

 

While it's on my mind:  

Cell phones should have a  built-in usage blocker that won't activate until the owner responds to calls from their parents.

I didn't see all the games played in the World Baseball Classic series, but did watch some of most.  If you're not aware, it's conducted every 3 years.  Unlike pro player contracts, WBC payroll is a mere $300,000 per team!  No agents, no egos, no kidding!  Similar to the Olympics, it's a country vs country competition.  Difference is, teams are allowed to have players from other countries, provided the player was born in or is now a citizen of said country.  Details are more, but this is/are general rules.  The best I saw: crowded stadiums with no fights; no arguments between umpires and players or coaches; fun in all the dugouts.  Camaraderie was ever-present in all aspects, a practice needed to be adopted by all politicians!  The championship game is tonight, at 7PM, EDT, on FS1.  If you'd like to see the Get Along Gangs in motion, you won't be disappointed!

Odd Infinitum:

New Constitution Amendment---All political candidates must, with no exceptions, be water-boarded with truth serum

Use utmost care in your wish for leadership

 The walls of China/Berlin/Maginot/Mexico are proof of temporary fixes promoted by illusions of grandeur by, of and for frail minds, built with ego and hubris. 

Witness the growth of cemeteries. Watering a weed will never produce a flower.

Mothers Day Humor Poem Anon from 2005

 He didn't like the casserole

And he didn't like my cake

My biscuits were too hard

Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right 

He didn't like the stew 

I didn't mend his socks 

The way his mother used to do

I pondered for an answer 

I was looking for a clue

Then I turned around and smacked him...

Like his Mother used to do

5-8-23 article by: Son of Nancy and Ronald Reagan (Google for content)

Michael Reagan's words  "Our wild kids have America on edge.  Violent acts in the last few days proves how edgy Americans are."

I don't always agree with Michael, but a well-timed, non-abusive, tap on the derriere can, at least, garner someone's attention.  Kinda, sorta, like a nuclear detonation, minus the noise.

Before igniting that proverbial, brown bag of doggie doo on my front porch, kindly give these a thought or 6:

Who amongst us had/have saints as parents and who of us gave birth to saints?

Are all inmates the result of kids who were merely expressing themselves?

Which came first---Courthouses or Legos?

Did any child ever thank Dad and Mom for the freedom to loot, destroy property or ruin another's life?

Did any child ever thank Sony's games for teaching to loot, destroy and kill without any remorse?

I have no recall of my Boot Camp D.I. forming a circle under a tree and passing out coloring books.

I have instilled into my children that there is no penalty for telling the truth, no matter what.

Perhaps a Public Service Announcement could end with, "Butts,,,they're not just for sitting on!"

On the Road To~~~~~

 On the final day of April, 2023, I received a lengthy, but reasonably solid, although a bit leaning, missive regarding the "wrongs" with our country.  Full content can be seen at: Is The American Empire Finished? How Nations Slip from Greatness to Oblivion

Is The American Empire Finished? How Nations Slip from Greatness to Obli... A decade ago, when I was a professor and college dean at the University of Illinois, I picked up a book in the c...

If you were to compose a list of YOUR selections, it's more than likely covered in that missive.

Here's a list of words these tired, old eyes didn't see therein.  Add them to your "punch bowl" because it's what happens when good people do nothing, when people are too lazy to vote and others merely wait for hand-outs.........

atheism     

egotism

hubris

lobbyism-aka-sanctioned bribery

nihilism

lie-cheat-steal (no matter which is first, the others are inseparable)

respect no one, defame all who oppose you

Hello! My name is, --- and I'm running for--- Welcome to my pockets!  How can you help me? 

If you question them, they'll immediately default into the world of, "yeah, but" and "what about....?"

Etc., etc., etc...

Let's not forget: Whatever you choose to support, become or do, is fine---as long as I approve.

We're getting close to where by, of and for the people is becoming, by, of and for ME.

Political aspirants are telling us they know best and spend time attacking that and those about which and whom they know very little or nothing.

Political office holders who conveniently develop memory problems regarding campaign promises.

Their agenda to transform democracy into whatever, despite historic, repeated failures.

If they read, "1984," either it didn't penetrate, they dismissed the premise or thought it was an issue of, "Mad Magazine."