Overall, I think the thing that's bugging me most lately is the state of the economy. Combined with the fact that I'm pushing the far end of that "18-to-49" demographic with every passing day, well, frankly, I don't know what to do. I'm glad, pretty much, for every day that I'm just hanging on, and able to pay at least, well, the lion's share of my obligations. This is all gonna take patience on everyone's part. Something that I don't exactly have in spades. But going back to school? Much as I'd like to, and want to, the idea of digging myself in deeper without any real concept of if I stand a chance of having some kind of return on investment just scares me. A lot of things in society should probably have what in journalism is referred to as "the chilling effect," that is, you say it, and the repercussions are such that noone else is likely to. Think about this with a prudent mind; how many things don't get posted on Facebook, or Twitter, or anywhere else, because of the mass awareness that the "Thought Police" are out there, and if they don't eliminate you any other way, they'll make sure that your job and domestic situations suck as much as they think you do. Okay, perhaps that does more than verge on a dystopian fantasy, but can ya blame me, really? How many records can a potential employer check before you even walk into a job interview?



I found this, and....amused as I was, I was also shuddering a little, because this is just the funny side of the truth. Amazing to think that you'd have to be completely "off the grid" to actually have any privacy. Never mind not smoking, not having a job, or doing anything else constructive. And are we better? I've heard that statistically, the gap between the rich and the poor, "us and them," to some, has never been greater. Isn't it nice to have equality, by virtue of the 99% bottom-feeding?! At any rate, here's to those (like me,) who all troop along, uncertain of the future. If God came back tomorrow, I wonder what he'd do? Sodom and Gomorrah weren't spared, who's to say we wouldn't be? Anyway, here I am, floating around in stasis, generally, trying to keep my head above water, thinking only....."I really have done a lot for humanity as a whole." I'm no Albert Schweitzer, or Mother Teresa, but I hardly think I'm as much of a miscreant as I feel some people have made me out to be at times.

On a lighter note, Halloween was fun this year, and I have the pictures to prove it.

                                               Yours Truly as "Undead Jack," from "Titanic."

                                                                    Gumby Who?!!!!

                                                                                        Carol, Karen and Mardell

Joanna Folland, a wonderful human being.

More nonsense as it comes!