tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post8171860139880520804..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Societal DevolutionAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52417308023080751552016-09-24T21:41:58.919-05:002016-09-24T21:41:58.919-05:00These times will be known as the Great Chalk WarsThese times will be known as the Great Chalk WarsKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32321082896314370122016-09-24T18:49:18.285-05:002016-09-24T18:49:18.285-05:00FT,
Not a complete waste of time, but a lot of tro...FT,<br />Not a <b>complete</b> waste of time, but a lot of trolls and the like are exactly as you describe (monologues that have zero do with the topic at hand). A reflection of our society as a whole, IMO.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-28022802799296432742016-09-24T07:45:45.298-05:002016-09-24T07:45:45.298-05:00WIT and WISDOM from NOEL COWARD c. 1927(!)
What&#...WIT and WISDOM from NOEL COWARD c. 1927(!)<br /><br /><b>What's Going to Happen to the Children <br />When There Aren't Any More Grown-ups?<br /><br /><i>Life today is hectic.<br />Our world is running away.<br />Only the wise can recognize <br />The process of decay.<br />All our dialectic <br />Is quite unable to say<br />Whether we’re on the beam or not,<br />Whether we’ll rise supreme or not,<br />Whether this new regime or not<br />Is leading us astray.<br /><br />We all have Frigidaires, radios,<br />Television and movie shows<br />To shield us from the ultimate abyss.<br />We have our daily bread neatly cut, <br />Every modern convenience but<br />The question that confronts us all is this:<br /><br />What’s going to happen to the children<br />When there aren’t any more grown-ups?<br /><br />Having been injected with some rather peculiar glands<br />Darling Mum’s gone platinum <br />And dances to all the rumba bands.<br />The songs that she sings at twilight<br />Would certainly be the highlight<br />For some of those claques that Elsa Maxwell<br />Takes around in yachts.<br /><br />Rockabye, rockabye, rockabye my darlings,<br />Mother requires a few more shots.<br />Does it amuse the tiny mites<br />To see their parents high as kites?<br /><br />What’s, what’s, what’s going to happen to the tots?<br /><br />Life today’s neurotic, a ceaseless battle we wage;<br />Millions are spent to circumvent <br />The march of middle age.<br />The fact that we grab each new narcotic<br />Can only prove in the end<br /><br />Whether our hormones gel or not<br />Whether our cells rebel or not,<br />Whether we’re blown to hell or not,<br />We’ll all be round the bend<br />From taking Benzedrine, Dexamyl,<br />Every possible sleeping pill<br />To knock us out or knock us into shape.<br /><br />We all have shots for this, shots for that,<br />Shots for making us thin or fat,<br />But there’s one problem that we can’t escape.<br /><br />What’s going to happen to the children<br />When there aren’t any more grown-ups?<br /><br />Thanks to plastic surgery and uncle’s abrupt demise,<br />Dear Aunt Rose has changed her nose <br />But doesn’t appear to realize<br />The pleasures that once were heaven<br />Look silly at sixty-seven,<br />And youthful allure you can’t procure <br />In terms of perms and pots.<br /><br />So lullaby, lullaby, lullaby my darlings,<br />Try not to scratch those large red spots,<br />Think of the shock when mummie’s face<br />Is lifted from its proper place,<br />What’s, what’s, what’s going to happen to the tots?<br /><br />What’s going to happen to the children<br />When there aren’t any more grown-ups?<br /><br />It’s bizarre when grandmamma, without getting out of breath<br />Starts to jive at eighty-five and frightens the little ones to death.<br />The police had to send a squad car<br />When daddy got fried on vodka<br />And tied a tweed coat round mummie’s throat<br />In several sailor’s knots.<br /><br />Hushabye, hushabye, hushabye my darlings,<br />Try not to fret and wet your cots.<br />One day you’ll clench your tiny fists<br />And murder your psychiatrists.<br /><br />What’s, what’s, what’s going to happen to the tots?</i></b><br /><br />~ Noel Coward (1899-1973)<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-16970222399786261722016-09-23T21:47:06.019-05:002016-09-23T21:47:06.019-05:00Nostradumbass says,
Nothing to see here.
Move al...Nostradumbass says,<br /><br />Nothing to see here. <br />Move along.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77390700385048888222016-09-23T17:30:12.141-05:002016-09-23T17:30:12.141-05:00Z,
Yes, a ponzi scheme!Z,<br />Yes, a ponzi scheme!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3811400145722920722016-09-23T17:15:33.600-05:002016-09-23T17:15:33.600-05:00Z,
As the medication wears off between doses, I si...Z,<br />As the medication wears off between doses, I sit and rock in pain. And nausea strikes because of sheer pain. It's that bad.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91892502760409182252016-09-23T16:15:19.708-05:002016-09-23T16:15:19.708-05:00________________ DIAGNOSIS ________________
The b...<b>________________ DIAGNOSIS ________________<br /><br />The blogosphere is a microcosm of society as a whole. It mirrors and magnifies the breakdown in civility, the apparent inability or unwillingness to pay attention to what others are saying. The determination to have one's own way regardless of the stated aims of those in leadership positions –– even blog owners –– exemplifies everything that has gone wrong. <br /><br />People no longer feel obliged to show even a modicum of respect or consideration for others nor do they even try to follow instructions.<br /><br /><i>It is like a symphony orchestra where all the players have decided NOT to follow the CONDUCTOR, and NOT even to play the SAME piece at the same time. Imagine that, if you can.</i><br /><br />}}}}}}}}}}}}}SHUDDER{{{{{{{{{{{{{<br /><br />The Merchants of Menace, the Doyens of Doom, the Nattering Nabods of Negativism –– and especially the Condescending Commie Creeps like Canardo –– have done their job exceedingly well. They have spread so much doubt, confusion, perversion, misinformation, sneering cynicism and lack of faith that most are now impervious both to Reason and to Decency. Worse even than that they have been rendered BLIND to BEAUTY and CONTEMPTUOUS of TRUTH.<br /><br />We seem incapable of sustaining pleasant, fruitful conversation anymore. All we do is push and shove our preconceived notions at one another, but there is no EXCHANGE of ideas, no DEVELOPMENT of themes. Only MONOLOGUES hissed or shouted into the VOID.<br /><br />Discourse, if one could even dignify it with that term, has degenerated to the point where everything is one big DENIGRATION DERBY. A HATEFEST. An ORGY of SNARLING SURLINESS, MENDACIOUSNESS and MUTUAL CONTEMPT. <br /><br />In short A COMPLETE WASTE of TIME!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-13639941742199101512016-09-23T16:03:46.770-05:002016-09-23T16:03:46.770-05:00The PONZI SCHEME that keeps them entitlement-depen...The PONZI SCHEME that keeps them entitlement-dependent, and hating anybody who actually works hard for a living? oh.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62931208437142717942016-09-23T16:03:34.141-05:002016-09-23T16:03:34.141-05:00OMG, AOW...that's terrible. I SO hope he can ...OMG, AOW...that's terrible. I SO hope he can help, too. I know you'll keep us posted. xxxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-59136594994695859112016-09-23T15:17:45.955-05:002016-09-23T15:17:45.955-05:00CI,
Good one!CI,<br />Good one!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-44546967821217275932016-09-23T15:09:36.311-05:002016-09-23T15:09:36.311-05:00Texting or playing Kandy Krush is......"devel...Texting or playing Kandy Krush is......"developing strategies"?????Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36576373832308659522016-09-23T13:22:29.455-05:002016-09-23T13:22:29.455-05:00Jon,
Those over 30 should be adult enough to curb ...Jon,<br />Those over 30 should be adult enough to curb the mesmerization.<br /><br />Oh, wait....Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20510066818157911112016-09-23T13:13:20.147-05:002016-09-23T13:13:20.147-05:00"I oppose putting in screens into the hands o..."I oppose putting in screens into the hands of those under 10 years old."<br /><br />Well yes but what of the >30 year olds I observe, in social situations, so mesmerized by whatever they are staring at, on these screens, that they are completely oblivious to all else around them. OK, that's their business but rather than display this form of rudeness why don't they just stay home? JonBerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718776762194333398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75257162265445464942016-09-23T12:42:59.682-05:002016-09-23T12:42:59.682-05:00Duck,
they are developing strategies
Disagree!
A...Duck,<br /><i>they are developing strategies</i><br /><br />Disagree!<br /><br />A lot of these screen-addicted individuals think that everything can be solved or ameliorated via an app. Not so! Come here to empty the potty chair and find out that there is no app for <b>that</b>!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52737923888193827962016-09-23T12:41:32.672-05:002016-09-23T12:41:32.672-05:00Jon,
I oppose putting in screens into the hands of...Jon,<br />I oppose putting in screens into the hands of those under 10 years old. In fact, I'd like to see them not using screens until they are at least 13 years old.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17426378029873104342016-09-23T11:02:00.981-05:002016-09-23T11:02:00.981-05:00I can't imagine how these young people are goi...I can't imagine how these young people are going to deal with the trials of real life.<br />-------------<br />It is their real life and I they are developing strategies.<br /><br />The problem is that they aren't so much bound to technology as they are to the Ponzi scheme we call capitalism.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64236998225792710102016-09-23T10:06:18.674-05:002016-09-23T10:06:18.674-05:00"this technologically enslaved generation&quo..."this technologically enslaved generation"<br /><br />WELL PUT! I guess that soon there will be no need to study or retain the results thereof. One just has to verbalize(no need to even press buttons)interrogatives, etc. into their little gadgets and 'presto' instant knowledge appears! How, in the World, did we ever survive without the ability to incessantly text each other with inane messages and/or 'in your face' photographs of $#!t no one cares about;just to be doing it? I fear that the impending dependence on such [could] expedite our un-doing, not withstanding what positive aspects there may be.JonBerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718776762194333398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36088533059086839282016-09-23T09:24:31.133-05:002016-09-23T09:24:31.133-05:00Z,
I'm in a bad way.
When I basically disappe...Z,<br />I'm in a bad way.<br /><br />When I basically disappear from blog rounds, I'm in trouble.<br /><br />The urologist's working theory at the moment? Effects of the car accident I had in 2005. Damn illegal immigrants running around in this "sanctuary city" -- especially those driving a Yellow Cab!<br /><br />I see a pain specialist on Monday @ 7:30 AM. I hope that he can help me. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24217857371854355892016-09-22T23:43:36.488-05:002016-09-22T23:43:36.488-05:00EXACTLY! But SHARE PUBLIC TOILETS? No, thanks.......EXACTLY! But SHARE PUBLIC TOILETS? No, thanks....and yes...you said it, and you're right :-)<br />I hope you're feeling better!?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86337222990747876912016-09-22T22:42:04.003-05:002016-09-22T22:42:04.003-05:00Just send them in to the woods with an ATM card to...Just send them in to the woods with an ATM card to harvest the pork and bean trees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-67191767546941093192016-09-22T22:31:25.776-05:002016-09-22T22:31:25.776-05:00The disconnect is surreal, isn't it?
Time and...The disconnect is surreal, isn't it?<br /><br />Time and again, I've seen this technologically enslaved generation go nearly mad when they misplace their iPhones or discover that they can't check their text messages during my classes. Pitiful, really. I can't imagine how these young people are going to deal with the trials of real life. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56849626768850995422016-09-22T22:06:13.667-05:002016-09-22T22:06:13.667-05:00Considering that they can barely put two sentences...Considering that they can barely put two sentences together, can't commit to anything (except their iPhone), and can't listen to any contrary idea without crying, I'd say it's a darned good thing they aren't taking care of your husband.Euripideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405637531928318155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10546483088711389692016-09-22T21:57:53.699-05:002016-09-22T21:57:53.699-05:00Z,
I admit that I've had to use the men's ...Z,<br />I admit that I've had to use the men's room twice: once when I had that miserable ureteral stent, the other during the 9/12 march.<br /><br />But <i>share public toilets with men</i>? Nope!<br /><br />Besides, men's rooms <b>stink</b>. There, I've said it.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-25318977090397737462016-09-22T21:55:34.618-05:002016-09-22T21:55:34.618-05:00Euripides,
I hear ya!
I don't have too many s...Euripides,<br />I hear ya!<br /><br />I don't have too many snowflakes enrolled. Most of them flee the scene as soon as is feasible.<br /><br />I think that snowflakes should come here and try caregiving my husband, seven years post-stroke. Mentally, he's fine. But physically? Well, it's not pretty. <br /><br />How would snowflakes handle having to roll up their sleeves and get their precious widdle hands dirty?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82440402276850891102016-09-22T21:44:07.922-05:002016-09-22T21:44:07.922-05:00Ducky, I don't know a woman alive who wouldn&#...Ducky, I don't know a woman alive who wouldn't trot into a men's room if she really had to go NOW and couldn't get a seat in the ladies room...Silverfiddle's point is different....On the whole, women "don't even want to share public toilets with men." Given a choice, most women would opt not to share with a man. To say nothing of little girls at school.<br /><br />I will never believe privacy is a hangup.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.com