Daily Report
It’s a pleasant 72 degrees this afternoon. I’ve just spent an enjoyable half hour watching the dogs explore the back yard as they alternate between racing suddenly from one side to the other then collapsing for a short nap and following that up with a quick look around to see if there is anything worthy of being barked at. Most of the folks out walking take the street at the front of our house, but they do occasionally take the road on the south side of our property. We’re lucky to have a large corner lot, so the walkers, bicyclers, and vehicles get to pass us on two sides.
A while back, when my Aunt Lou still lived, she gave some of her irises to Sandy, and those irises have traveled with us from Norman, OK, to Lawton, OK, down here to Weatherford, TX, then on to New Mexico, and now they’re back in our garden in Texas once more. They’re blooming quite well right now, and my aunt would be happy to know they’re still around.
The BEER Controversy
I don’t drink beer. I smelled it once and couldn’t help wondering why anyone would put something that smelled that bad into their mouths. Several people have told me it’s an “acquired taste,” but I have decided it is not a taste I’m interested in acquiring.
That said, there’s an interesting thing happening in the beer world lately. Beer now has a gender. It’s been so declared by hard righters like Kid Rick and Marjorie Taylor Green. They say Bud Light has openly supported the LGBTQ+ community, so Bud Light is now the latest incarnation of Satan himself. Under the ever-so-powerful influence of KR & MTG, the far-right folks are now buying Bud Light so they can destroy it—on video, no less. I’m sure the accounting department at Budweiser is chortling with delight as they watch their profits go up. I don’t suspect there are enough people out there following that practice to make much of a difference, but advertising IS advertising. The LGBTQ+ community and its friends may now start buying truckloads of Bud Light.
As a side note, Marjorie Taylor Green personally favors Coors. From what I understand, Coors has a long history of support for the LGBTQ+ folks. She may actually run out of beer she can drink at this rate.
Other Strange Stuff
So, along with buying beer to destroy it, the human race has often provided opportunities for its members to do really strange stuff. For instance, the practice of putting animals on trial was a big thing in medieval Europe for a while. Also prevalent in the Middle Ages was the practice of painting the baby Jesus as a grown man—just smaller. The Catholic Church once designated coffee as “the devil’s cup” as it was an Islamic drink. To top off today’s selection of strange beliefs, there’s a fairly large religious group out there that believes the Garden of Eden is in Missouri. Now, my wife is from Missouri, and I have family that lives there, but they all would look pretty funny wearing fig leaves. (I’ll leave it to you to figure out which religious group I’m talking about.)
That’s enough for now.
Let me know what you think.
Take care. Stay Safe.
cma
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