Last week, I couldn’t believe the amount of salt someone
had deposited on a sidewalk. It looked like they wanted to skip salting the
next storm and all the ones to follow. How much is too much? Granted, salt
melts ice on slippery sidewalks, but you don’t need a cupful dumped in one spot
to do the job. That’s called overkill. Too much salt can be bad for the body
and it kills your concrete by pitting it with divots and pockets.
On the other hand, thousands of years ago salt offered
tremendous benefits by preserving foods, and then there’s this phenomena:
Based on
our entertainment choices, it’s clear we’re preoccupied with monsters. One TV show
features weird parasites that make us sick by invading our bodies. We watch
movies about creatures assembled from dead body parts, and how under certain
circumstances, we might be hiding a maniacal personality or even unleash our
inner wolf. Then, underscoring
everything, I spotted a decal on a car window that said, “vampire inside.” What
does that mean?
Half the
population believes people are basically good, while the other half thinks
humans are predisposed to naughty behavior. Try to reconcile what you hear with
what you see here:
https://youtu.be/h8wVitdTRcQ
Who
taught him that? The evidence is obvious—or not. In your opinion, are humans
naturally good or naughty? What’s your proof?
I don’t like Halloween. There, I said it. While that might not be a popular opinion, most children love it and many adults celebrate the day by attending parties and decorating their homes with witches, goblins, jack-o-lanterns and boo-tiful, (couldn’t resist) festive orange lights, a precursor of the Christmas red and green ones.
As a child, I used to enjoy going door-to-door to collect that FREE! candy, but I don’t do that anymore. These days trick-or-treating in your neighborhood can be a risky proposition, especially at unfamiliar houses. A kid could do quite well making the rounds at the various organized candy-distributing functions, it’s safer, too. Ya gotta love those bags bursting full of candy. Parents, stay calm and just keep repeating to yourself, “Now’s not the time to worry about cavities, now’s not the time….”
For the past two weeks, different towns have hosted walking dead gatherings. I can just imaging the creepy make-up, fake blood and hideous masks—the stuff of nightmares. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to see the dead walking—not no way, not no howl (see what I did there?)! Given the number of deaths we’re exposed to, both in the news and on TV shows, it’s interesting how people avoid formulating personal ideas about what happens after we die. Check out what these people say about death:
Considering how they rambled, hemmed and hawed, you’d think the interviewer asked them to explain string theory. In the spirit of Halloween, take a moment to consider what you believe happens after we die.What’s your theory? Are you dead certain about it?
