Tuesday Musing

Some of you may remember the post. A guy wrote in from Georgia, asking if he could post a guest blog on  the health condition mesothelioma. I corrected his spelling and he got grouchy. Do a guy a favor... I got this letter today from these guys in Florida which I provide as a screenshot along with my reply. You will have to click on the box to see it.

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I was killing time in the hospital and I pulled the blog up on the courtesy computer in the ICU lounge. Boy, was I in for a shock! The blog looks like absolute shit in Internet Explorer. The type wasn't right, the thing didn't scale properly, it was all such a sorry, shoddy affair. I gave my PC away last year, I only turned it on during eclipses, preferring the MAC platform. The majority of you, according to my stat analysis, are using IE on Windows.

I humbly suggest you consider using Firefox or Chrome or some alternative browser on your PC if you want to see things as they were intended to be viewed.

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My neighbor is a driller. He drills for perc tests and things like that. He gave me one of his coveted business t-shirts the other day and I decided to wear it today. The message can be construed as having negative racial and sexual connotations, if that is the spirit you wish to perceive it.

It's funny how things happen. I had to go to the ATM and a lovely black woman pulled in next to me in her Lexus. I gulped and did my business at the machine. She never saw it. Looked up and the black box boy from Fresh and Easy gave me a broad smile. He never saw it but I was acutely aware of it. Wearing this shirt is definitely an interesting sociological experiment. I wonder how I would feel if somebody showed up in my shop with a t-shirt emblazoned with a hooked nose money lender?

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Regarding masks, I saw an interesting one the other day. A short man with what was once a baby face, but now hidden under a very hard body emblazoned with prison tats. I looked at him and had a minor epiphany. Beneath every tough caricature like this lies a scared little boy who has once been deeply wounded. The brittle adornment is compensation, a psyche's attempt to say back off, do not enter. I am not a psychologist, I only play one on the internet, but next time you see a hard bitten vato with ink scribbles on his neck, do a quick psychic assessment for evidence of childhood scarring.

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President Obama's aides have announced that his views on gay marriage are evolving and that it should now be best left to the states. Which is interesting because he also  joined forces with the power companies against those same states when it comes to energy policy and regulation in regards to power plant emissions, arguing that it is the sole province of the EPA.

With every passing week, I find that this is a man without intellectual integrity or deeply held values. I can honestly see myself sitting out the next election. I had hope but it was quickly squashed when it became apparent that the incrementalist in chief was just another lousy politician.

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Speaking of politics, it would be a shame if, as is being reported, huge numbers of republicans would refuse to support Huntsman or Romney because they were mormons and not christians. We are not electing a pope. Another great example illustrating the importance of separating church and state.

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The little love affair between Hamas and Fatah sure didn't last too long, did it. What will the administration do now that their new best friends are on the outs?

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Has the government instituted a full scale news lockdown on a nuclear incident in Omaha? Read this article in the Nation.