The human race isn't a race, it's a race to more wine Antoinette!
Wise guy, Socrates, said "the unexamined life is not worth living," so I think the beginning of a new year is a good time to examine our lives and where we came from, so that we can see where we are and where we're heading whether the weather is cold or not or even if this was the year of the gnu. We live in confusing times🤔... and it's only made more confusing by our language and our roots of which the previous sentence is a perfect example. Since the primary foundation of American roots are the British, we are inextricably tied to them... only separated by a common language. They like to add extraneous and unnecessary letters to their words, but Americans were shaped by the practical necessity of surviving in a wilderness so we didn't have time for such ostentatious lingo. We got rid of letters and to save time we used the same word to represent many things and often used different words without changing their sound. Where, were, we're and we are...? See what I mean.😭 Or how about wise guy Socrates, but he's not a "wise guy"! He didn't whack anybody. So there is no time like the present to present you with a present of knowledge which doesn't mean there's no ledge outside your window. And even if you live in a desert, you don't want to desert before I get to the best part... the dessert. Which of course is wine🍷, not whine, otherwise I would be a witch and your whine would cause a wound that no bandage could be wound around. 🙉Phew! Few, if any languages are this hard as far as I know, since no other language is now currently spoken in my household. The problem is further compounded in my compound by oxymoronic compound words that takes us farther from reality no matter what father said... and if this was Britain I'd give you a farthing for your thoughts. Confucius say English causes confusion. Why is there no egg in eggplant? No ham in hamburger? In fact there is no pine or apple in pineapple! Talk about paradoxes... quicksand is slow, boxing rings are square, you drive on parkway, and park on driveways. Huh? If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught? Writers write, so hammers ham? Add a goose to the party you get geese, add a moose you get meese? What if you take care of all your odds and ends except one, what do you have left to do? Vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? How come your nose runs and your feet smell? What's the difference between a slim chance and a fat chance? Ok, enough whining about English, and time to set down to a breakfast of English muffins that don't come from England, or maybe French fries that don't come from France and uncork some wine that doesn't have the aroma of thyme. Well the good news is that even though the Brits and Americans got off to a rocky start, today marks the anniversary of Andy "by God" Jackson's victory over the British army that had just defeated Napoleon and saved "NOLA" (Americans also like acronyms...MAGA). And much like the Saints did to QB Newton, sent commanding General Pakenham back to England pickled in a rum keg. Wine was shared by the victors, and the British didn't invade again until the 1960s. But no worries... no blood was spilled (spilt?), just a lot of bad haircuts ensued and some pretty good music as well. So lets crack open a bottle of wine that is much better for you than crack and celebrate the birth of a great British performer, David Bowie, like the knife not a buoy, and rock and roller, not the berth of a ship. He gave us great music and odd fashion even for space.😉 When he sang "we can be heroes..." what kind of sandwich do you think he meant? 🤔Anyway, it's also the birthday of the King of Rock -n- Roll, Elvis! And for that, time to break out the good stuff, put the brake on other things, and take a break to recognize how groundbreaking the King was. He taught Forrest how to dance, the meaning of 1,2, and 3, and the importance of not stepping on anyone's blue suede shoes. And since I didn't win the lottery this weekend (when will I ever win?), time to go where I can stop whining and get some winnings, and wine🍾🎲🎰💲...where
there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
Viva Las Vegas, viva Las Vegas
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