I had a vasectomy on Tuesday. It's Thursday. Most of Tuesday was spent icing my balls. Wednesday, I went to work in the morning, got some beer at lunch, and then went home. Today I'm at work and it's OK, but the sutures are still sticking out and getting hung on any gauze I put on them. So now I'm down to underwear and we'll see how that goes.
Since I'm recovering, I guess it's time to revisit everything else. Evaluate what works for me and what doesn't. I've really been digging the lifting. Having some down time has let me slow down and think a bit more.
Last week we got our first plug-in hybrid, the Honda Clarity. After driving it, I got in the van and thought: "What kind of monster drives an internal combustion engine?" ICE is dead. A dinosaur that runs on dinosaurs. Today I got lunch at Mom's Organic Market, and topped off the battery for free while I ate. Yup, this is the way to go. Wholesome food and free energy. No gas. Shit, why didn't I do this a long time ago?
I've also been thinking about Elon Musk's Boring company project. All the nerds at work love it. At the unveiling, Elon said that "we work in 3-D buildings" surrounded by 2-D infrastructure, so it's no wonder there's traffic when everyone piles out of the buildings and into the streets at the same time. Duh Elon. But instead of pouring all those resources into a matrix of underground tunnels, we fundamentally change the way we operate? I'll tell you why....it's free. The same reason fasting isn't taken seriously in this country. It's effective and it's free. Free and logical solutions are verboten. Only solutions that generate money for overlords like Musk are the ones considered and promoted endlessly on TV.
Wow....that tunnel promo really rubbed me the wrong way. We should instead revamp the idiotic way our society operates to provide a practically endless infrastructure project to his company. He's pitching the same tired shit to keep society wasteful, but he wants you doing it in a Tesla rather than a Ford. This isn't the way to overhaul our infrastructure. We should instead leverage technology and flexible work schedules to reduce traffic.
Stagger shifts for all workers.....and maximize telework? Dare I say, make it state law or local ordnance in high traffic areas that all professionals be provided the opportunity for full time telework? No professional job needs an office. All you need is an internet connection, a computer, and a desk. This would save companies all all of the office overhead and waste maintaining climate control. Plus it would save all the wasted time and energy commuting. While you're at it, ban work travel except in extreme conditions. There's no reason to fly across the country or continents to have a face to face meeting. Try Skype, fuckheads!
Why aren't we doing this? Well, as I mentioned above, these changes are logical. Strike one. They would reduce mindless consumption. Strike two. Many of them are free. Strike fucking three.
Money. Corporations want you burning as much of that gas as possible, so you have to keep paying. They want you all in the same place at the same time. They want control. They want everything. Your time, your work, your kids, your life. They're all in bed together, inventing ways to fuck you out of everything you have. Even the planet. And it's working. Frugality will never be in vogue. But saving the planet may be once things get so bad they can turn a profit doing it. That's where all your kids money is gonna go. Buying air filters, masks, and habitability systems to keep them alive on this wasted rock.
<sigh>
I think we should all read a couple of books again. Ones that were probably introduced to us a long time ago, when we were kids and we couldn't appreciate them. That was definitely by design. One, you probably wouldn't read it again. And two, you were inoculated against wanting to read them because you were forced to. "Walden" and "Self-Reliance." One focuses on the bare minimum needs. The second, on your responsibility to take care of yourself.
They want you to think you're all alone. You're not. We're all isolated together. More and more of us are starting to wise up to the lies. Waking up to the truth. On the radio last night, "Jazz and Justice," a talk host was railing against capitalism, saying that our elections are important not because of what they offer us, but what they don't.....an alternative to capitalism. Fucking A.
Face it, the government isn't going to help. It won't be allowed to by its handlers. Corporations aren't going to help beyond a level that is tax recoverable. I hate to break this to you, but it's all on you. On us. The only way this ship can be righted is if a whole lot of people stand up, brush themselves off, and do the right thing. Ignoring cost. Ignoring trends. Ignoring ads and societal pressure and all the other bullshit that's been put in our way.
Join......or die.
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