Yes, I am still here. I am recovering from my recent trip to the top of Mt. Everest. Whenever there is an election, I always vote by absentee ballot, and get as far away from any contact with the media as possible. No newspapers, t.v. or radio.
So I took a weeks worth of supplies, a thermal tent, a weeks worth of oxygen, a few good books, and spent a week at the top of a very high mountain. The perfect place to escape the insanity surrounding another midterm election.
Now you might ask, why did I go to the extreme of going to the top of a mountain for a week?
Well, my dear Watson (a reference to a fictional character from the tales of Sherlock Holmes), it's elementary. I can't stand to be reminded of how stupid and fickle people can be.
But I had to come back and face it eventually.
I am always amazed at people's capacity for shortsightedness. The economic situation was not improving fast enough, so the people put those who got us into this mess in the first place, and who have also been fighting all positive attempts to correct it, back into power. What's wrong with this picture? So, my guess is, this large group of people want any improvements to go much slower, or not at all.
Anyway, I would have stayed on the top of Mt. Everest if I could, but that just wouldn't be possible. I wonder if it's possible to become a citizen of Bora Bora? It's worth dreaming about.
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ReplyDeleteThere is a Chinese idiom. Let me try to translate into English. The idiom said, "Plugging one's ears while stealing a bell." That means he doesn't want anybody to hear the bell ringing when he is stealing the bell,so he cover his ears with his hands. But the bell will still ring. Is it very interesting? However, I agree with you. If you don't like anything, you have to evade it because you cannot control. There is another Chinese idiom to describe this situation, "Out of sight, out of mind."
Thank you, Hong. In truth, I wrote this as "tongue in cheek", meaning it was satire (using humor to make fun of a situation or persons). I don't think closing your eyes makes something go away. But I prefer to handle something that actually makes me angry, by looking at it in a humorous way. It is also healthier.
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