This just in: I have long suspected that I have ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder. Why? Because I am rarely able to sit down and do just one thing for very long. I get bored quickly and a part of my brain begins to look for shiny things to distract it from the task at hand. Here are some of those things…
YouTube has me figured out. First of all, it has changed something so that you can’t get out of it with just one click. I watch a video and try to close it. Instead of closing, it just changes size, revealing all kinds of other juicy videos that I need to watch right away. It’s like falling down a rabbit hole. I can pass a quick hour just shutting down YouTube only to find that there are other videos I must see right now.
My television isn’t much different. I have HULU, Netflix and Amazon Prime. All have tons og great content. In fact, there is so much good content that the bar for what I find acceptable has been significantly raised. I now spend most of my time trying to choose between a great show and a really great show and an even greater show. In then end, I often give up and go for a walk instead. Having said that, my current binge is the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I fought off watching this for a long time but finally gave in. After making it through the first 40 minutes, I found myself hooked.
When the day gets slow, I turn on politics so I can find something to be pissed off about; specifically, Republicans. Here is a list of things Republicans appear to oppose:
- Universal free healthcare (by free I mean higher taxes and no private insurance)
- Voting rights
- Spending tax payer money to repair infrastructure
- Fighting climate change
- Fighting COVID to save lives and the economy
- Any effort to fight racism
- Women’s rights
- Fighting poverty
- Solving Immigration
Next page…
Abortion seems to be on the front page everywhere. I’m 63 and have little need for an abortion (I’m also a man) so this issue does not affect me directly. However, I do have an opinion. First, I think women should be able to make their own decision. Second, I oppose only men passing laws that impact only women. Third, I am astounded at the hypocrisy of those that want to control a woman’s own reproductive rights are the same ones that oppose mask and vaccine mandates that affect everyone’s health.
I thought the following was funny, at least to me: Stephen Miller, Trump’s residential racist advisor was subpoenaed by Congress to testify about something. This news made it to Reddit. The top comment was, “Stephen Miller? Isn’t he the guy that entered politics because his hands were too weak to strangle prostitutes?”
Time to save the world.
Up, up and away…
Jim
