Reflections of Me

     I often have conversations with myself.  Subjects vary widely, usually because I can't focus on one thing at a time.  One occurred recently.      Self: What ya thinking?      Me:  Nothing.  Why?  Who is that?      Self: Me.      Me:  Can't be.  I'm me.      Self:  Ok, we can do this all day.  I'm bored.  What about this Mueller report?      Me:  Mueller?  Mueller?      Self:  Don't bother.  I didn't hear any horses neighing when I said it, either.  This report, that everyone has been so anxiously awaiting ; what ya think of it?      Me:  Nothing, haven't seen it yet.  No one who needs to see it has seen it.      Self:  The Attorney General has.  He wrote a summary.   ...

     Today, St. Patrick's Day 2019, marks the end of a sad, disgusting, despairing week.  Our Nation rolls on nearly rudderless, with a pilot who makes Captain Queeg look sane.  The World, particularly the Western World ( considered by many to be the watermark of civilization ), seems to grow more mad with each passing day.  The latest madness, a hate-fueled murder and wounding of 100 people in New Zealand, has left me for several days at a loss.  One lone madman, armed with firearms, has killed 50 people, and wounded 50 more.  Some of whom may not recover.  Their crime in his eyes?  They were attending a church for their religion.  Yes.  That's all.      This leads me to once again consider the madness that seems to be infecting the world.  A madness fueled by hate, hate of anything perceived as 'different'.  Hate that has begun to be endorsed by World Leaders.  One of the most promine...