Wine for Thought

I think, therefore I'm thoughtful Antoinette,

 Back to school means it's time for a "Think Piece"... passe journalistic expression... when journalists paid more attention to their byline than their Twitter handle. Well as August winds down to an end, and children scurry off to another year of indoctrination, standardized tests, stiff competition to get the seat next to the smart kid while wearing their Vineyard Vines school uniform of choice we may as well fire up the cerebral cortex and give thought to some important issues. Time to get some learnin' up in here. Forget about the Socratic method, I've developed the Dionysian method (college and above please) because I've discovered there are a lot of people educated beyond their intelligence running around out there... often in head to toe black garb who need the help of the God of wine, fertility, and the arts. Hey, you can wear white until labor day. Dark colors absorb summer heat. Do your parents a favor and get that liberal arts degree in 4 years. And, you'll never score with whichever one of the six, or sixty possible sexes if you don't get the style and sophistication found in a bottle of wine. Now pour yourself an extra large glass of your favorite grape because as I've previously pointed out, wine improves your cognitive abilities... drink wine, know things! Time to put on our thinking caps and Ponder these Points! 1) Do you think the inventor of the internet, apocalyptic environmental movies, and album warning labels (I know, I know it was his wife Tipper, but marriage is a partnership right?) watches G.O.T?  Do you think AG believes it's a propaganda piece by global warming deniers always threatening that winter is coming? Hmm. 2) Do you think those people who are "pro" Illegal immigration mistakenly think it's a refugee program for sick birds of prey? Might want to refill after that. 3) Do you think Hitler invaded Poland because his approval numbers were down and he thought that's where Quinnipiac was?  (I know it's a stretch combining political research institutions with a homonym pun... if you need help see me after class). More wine please. 4) Do you think that the man who said,  "beer is made by man, wine by God"...Martin Luther, had a dream that one day his namesake would be King? 😉 5) Do you think that one of the most spiritual and wise Yogis of all time, Berra... was right when he said that when you come to a fork in the road take it? Just make the road not taken, the one where you can't get wine. That's the Whine road. Ain't nobody got time for that. 6) Do you think that since we all originated/emigrated from Eve and the Garden of Eden, (or from Lucy and the Olduvai Gorge for you hirsute types) that we can stop with the cultural one upmanship and victimhood, and come together over a bottle of wine? I have that dream along with...Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, Towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, And she's gone...
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.