Day: June 21, 2025

Here I am, yawning through a Saturday afternoon. The temp is 98 (37), which triggered a heat warning. When will people realize that locals only get worried when we creep past 105. It’s only supposed to hit 103 today. Weak. Bring it…

I kid, actually. I know that the heat here is desperate enough that we need to be concerned for the homeless and any others who are left outside for too long. I was sweating through the Farmer’s Market this morning. There’s a statement I never thought I would see myself write in the non-fiction sense. I went to a Farmer’s Market with the Lady Talis and our married daughter and her husband.

On purpose. What hath Love Wrought!

Well, I wrought…

Some Thoughts:

1. I really want to talk about High School and College football, but I don’t have enough to say. I will continue sourcing info and, in time, write a good bit on it… perhaps Wednesday?
2. Same goes for the pros. I’m excited about the sport… even if my teams suck.
3. Wedding Cakes are an extravagance. This goes triple if your entire guest list is 18 people and you mean for the cake to be a very beautiful and sweeping centerpiece. These things do not quite work together. Still, if I can find the perfect cake topper, I’m going to make this magical.

It is very togh to go through the news without getting sick. It hits everyone. It politicizes nearly everyone. A woman I grew up with has become a near daily Israel poster, citing insane information such as arguing that the attacks on Iran only killed 3 or four people–the high level people that were being targeted while Iranian attacks have only hurt the innocent. That’s insane logic. The world we live in is insane. North Carolina’s Gov just had to veto a bill that would have allowed 18 year olds to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. I’ve been to NC. It ain’t even like that. Under no circumstances is it banging so hard that you need to pack a concealed weapon in order to be safe. We are moving hard in the wrong direction. It’s almost funny that a country whose youth are so inundated and obsessed with Japanese culture are living in a way polar opposite to what they choose to admire and aspire towards. Permitless carry is lawful in 29 states. The Jan 6th rioters and assaulters were pardoned and some are now suing the government. We are actually losing our way as a nation in the age of over polarization.

So, what is it we can do?

Well, I don’t have a great answer. The real answer is to seek knowledge from multiple sources–especially those not aligned with your algorithms or political message. Knowing truth and engaging in cognitive dissonance is very healthy. For too long we’ve been a people obsessed with being right and with things being easy. It is toxic. We are forgetting how to be wrong, a healthy way to lose at anything, and worst of all, how to experience any form of disappointment. We need to buck up and accept that it isn’t all winning. Moreover, when it is all winning then winning itself loses any value.