Requiescant in pace Reginae Elisabethae

     Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)

Life's A Long Song

 

"Life Is A Long Song"

When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day,
and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say,
well, don't you fret, don't you fear,
I will give you good cheer.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

If you wait then your plate I will fill.

As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day,
and the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room,
you struggle on your way.
Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry,
lick the dust from your eye.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

We will meet in the sweet light of dawn.

As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new dress,
and the symphony sounds underground put you under duress,
well don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheel.

Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.
Life's a long song.

But the tune ends too soon for us all. 

 

            ----Ian Anderson

No-Cheat contract

    There's a woman on TikTok who has come up with a rather unique way to keep her fiancee on the straight and narrow: she's had a contract drawn up that says if he cheats on her, he has to pay all of her bills. You read that right. To quote from yahoo(dot)com:
 - “I have just reached a new level of crazy,” she stated. “I just made well, not made, he did it out of his own free will, but my fiance just signed a legal document and we got it notarized that if he cheats on me, he has to pay my bills.” She added, “I’m so smart or so crazy, I don’t know.”-

     Well, let me tell ya something....
  Personally, I only have one issue with this. If he willingly signed it, that's fine; that's on him. But, my way of thinking is, if *I* have to sign one, then *YOU* have to sign one, also. It's not a one-way street here. All or nothing; both, or none.

      Look, I'm not a cheater. It's just not in me. It's just a weird thing to me; if you feel the need to step out on the person you're with, just break up. It's obvious that at least one of you doesn't want to continue the relationship, so just end it. And don't use your kids as an excuse. Don't put them in the middle. Come to a workable, mutually beneficial agreement, and go your own ways. 

      Don't agree? That's fine. Whatever works for you, then that's okay. But don't try and make me sign a document that benefits you, if you're not going to do the same. Think of it as Mutually Assured Destruction: both sides are threatened, so both sides behave. If they have an issue with signing one, but want me to sign it, that tells me that they are either thinking about doing it themselves, or have already done it. Either way, I'm not doing it. If it ends the relationship, then it's probably for the best. If trust isn't there,  then the relationship isn't going to work. 

       If you don't trust me, how can I trust you?

Power out equals stupid people

    Recently, we've had a power outage. For a little over 50 hours - a quarter to six in the afternoon on Monday, August 29, until a little over eight in the evening on Wednesday, August 31 - we, along with over 500,000 people, lost power due to a wicked storm that blew through. Heavy rain and high winds doesn't play well with trees; they sometimes fall against power lines and people are in the dark. Luckily, we had some of our camping gear, so we had lights. Plus our stove is gas, so that helped. 

     What didn't, though, was our food. Eventually, we had to throw out everything we had: eggs, cheese, meat (our chest freezer was PACKED with stuff!)...you name it, it was tossed. :) So, of course, we went shopping. The only cold things we bought, we cooked the same day. Just like in Medieval times! :D

       After the power came back, we went shopping for more cold stuff to restock. But, before it came back, the traffic lights were out, so they were treated as four-way stops, complete with signs in place to help out the drivers. Except they didn't. 

      This is where the stupid comes in. If you think people are dangerous on the roads during normal times, they are worse when they are forced to be courteous. "Stop? Me? Nonsense!" Then they just zip right through, with no thoughts or concerns for the safety of the other drivers. Didn't see any accidents, but seen some close calls. I can honestly say, that if I had a junker car, there *may* have been a fender-bender or two happen. Allegedly.....

       I swear, whenever someone brings up the idea of the world being in an apocalypse, and they think that THEY will somehow survive and be in charge, I compare them to those drivers and think, "No you won't. You'll be among the first to be wiped out because you have absolutely no sense of self-preservation. You take too many risks to last more than a day."  And I just smile quietly to myself and take a mental inventory of their stuff, just in case I'll need something when it happens. 

      Because, hey, you never know......