The only thing we care about is that somebody notices us. On my “home”page whatever that means, on Substack, I see various of my subscriptions, none of which I want to read because I no longer trust anyone or anything. And I still expect people to come out of nowhere and read me, myself. If that is illogical it is becauses if logic dies, and people live, then persons continue to live but not logically. This is what will shortly happen to the world.
You will say “good morning” to your neighbor and he will dispute that it is morning when the sun rises. You will pay 4.50 for a Budweiser 16 oz. instead of 3.00. And you will open a Substack piece and it will make no sense whatsoever. Your favorite Substack writers will go belly up and you will click on “explore” and pick a new one at random. It will fool you for ten minutes and you will think it was good.
Logical thought is going out the window. I saw this one guy on Facebook, who is seriously trying to say the earth is flat. And, he wants to rent me a room. What do I do? He wants six months rent in advance, which amounts to over $5,000.
Anyone who gives me the correct advice wins a free illogical Substack post. It’s over, folks. I no longer know who to trust. The devil won…
I am still stuck in Panama City
As usual Bob Dylan is ahead in this game. He summed up my situation around 1967:'
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that”
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
And he just smoked my eyelids
And punched my cigarette
Oh, mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
Pretty damn close, except I am in P. C. instead of Mobile, but close. Very close. Mobile which is two or three hours to the west if that means anything.
Ultimately you have to trust yourself before you trust anyone else. As this country, as the world, breaks down into warring groups a healthy dose of skepticism becomes necessary. Sure, there’ll still be a rare few who actually do the right thing but overall most of them will revert to a dog eat dog mentality, with no sympathy for others, looking out just for what gets them more money, fame and power.
But those assets are few and far between as they always have been unless an individual is willing and ready to work their ass off to get them.
If you ever listen to the words of God Bless The Child you’ll know what I mean.
Them’s that got shall get
Them’s that not shall lose
So the Bible said and it still is news
Mama may have and Papa may have
God bless the child who’s got his own.