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May 17, 2019
I’VE TURNED INTO A BLOOMIN’ IDIOT
THE IMPORTANT STUFF OF LIFE
Maybe it’s just my age or maybe it’s the political and social times in which I live, but the older I get, the more I find myself disliking people and politics and the more I am drawn to dogs and flowers.
There was the Socratic Age, the Roman Age, the Medieval Age, the Renaissance, the Age of Reason, the Age of Enlightenment, and the Modern Age. Throughout history, people looked at the world and tried to understand it and figure out where we all fit into the scheme of things.
Here’s the truth.
We are currently living in the age of stupidity. It’s an age where people stake out a political or social position, and only talk to people who agree precisely in whatever dogma they happen to favor. And the more they talk to people who are in complete agreement with them, the more convinced they become that they are the enlightened ones and people who disagree with them are a bunch of ignoramuses, or in the words of one politician, deplorables.
TOO SMART FOR THE PRESENT DAY
I have decided to start my own age – the age of dogs, flowers and good food. The roses are in bloom. The pups are enjoying the warmer weather. And Carmela has a big pot of Jambalaya simmering in the kitchen.
The age of dogs, flowers and good food may not go down in history as a major movement, but that’s OK.
It’s a nice place to spend time – and a lot less stressful than watching the news.
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