Super Inflation Coming

The CEO of Walmart is warning us that we are about to be hit by major inflation in the coming months.  Prices of goods are about to skyrocket.  Food, clothing, supplies.  You may no longer be able to afford them.   Include spending $5.00 per gallon for gas and you may be in trouble.

You need to prepare now.  Sell your extra junk now while people are buying and buy supplies because you are going to need them.   Save your money.  The life of your family are more important than beer and cigarettes.    Don’t say you haven’t been warned.

What kind of monster am I?

Yesterday we got word that a co-worker who was out with brain cancer passed away.  I felt nothing.  Today the passed around a sympathy card for his family.  I felt nothing.  Have I become some kind of psychopath?   Other than my mother, I’m not sure I will even feel sad if any of the rest of my family dies.  Perhaps because they are virtually strangers?  How close does a person have to be for one to care whether they live or die?  I don’t suppose this is normal.  At least not by current human standards.  Maybe I’m not human.  That’s possible because I never have fit in with the humans.

What am I? Will I ever know?

Time reaching maximum speed

Another example that proves the fact that time is nearing the end is the change in temporal velocity. Like water circling the drain of your kitchen sink, time speeds up as it spirals like a funnel towards the center of the drain.

You can’t deny how fast time has been going lately.  Look far back in to the past. Say around the 1800s.  Time went slowly.  Almost painfully slow as the little particle we live on was far from the drain. Through the early 1900s time sped up.  The 20s, the 40s, the 50s, the 60s.  Each decade noticeably faster than the previous one.  The 70s and 80s, much faster.  The 90s, went by so fast I don’t remember them.  The 2000’s, gone in a blink.  We’re already in the second decade of the 21st century.

The whole winter flew by in a single month.  Last week it was January.  This week it is March.  Yesterday it was the beginning of March. Today it is already the last week.  Holy shit!

We are down the funnel and ready to drop into the drain.  I’m ready.  I can’t take this pace anymore.  I wonder if we come spewing out the other side of the temporal whirlpool or we just end up down the drain and at the treatment plant to be recycled.  Will we be crushed into atoms like a space ship into a black hole?   It has been a hell of a ride but I’m ready for it to end.

Wishing for Armageddon

Monotony and boredom are beginning to push me over the hill for the slide into the valley of depression.  I am so deep in my rut that even a standard vacation can’t pull me out for very long.

I am totally not enjoying my job.  I am either bored stiff or doing something boring and pointless.  With an open mind I thought about getting another job but was quickly stopped by the fact that I don’t want another job.   Certainly not because I like the one I have but because I just don’t want to work anymore.  I’ve been working for 24 years and I’m tired.  I’m deathly tired.

One of my favorite radio shows is Coast to Coast AM.  It’s comes on from midnight to 4am.  I set my computer to record it and I listen at better times.  One of the popular subjects is the end of the world.  You can’t deny that it sure looks like it is coming.  Whether it comes in 2012 or ever at all is debatable.  I find myself hoping that it actually ends in 2012.  Not just a passing wish but with all my heart.  So much that I’m going to be seriously disappointed if 2013 comes and we are still here.

in 2013 I will be 45.  An age I never expected to reach.  If I make it that far and the world still exists I am going to make a serious change.  I am going to chuck it all and start fresh.  Of course the way I feel today I may be doing that much sooner.  2013 is the deadline.

Starting over is a lot of work.  I would really prefer that the earth explodes soon.  I’m going to continue wishing for that.  Armageddon?  Yes, please.

 

 

Quick Movie Review – Paul

Today I went to see the movie, Paul.   It’s about an alien who has been locked up by the government since the 40s.  He escapes and is assisted by two English guys on a trip to ComiCon.

I had mixed feelings about spending money on this film but decided to go anyway because I liked the premise.   It is basically a comic/action film.  I think I only laughed at one point.  The simple minded people behind me laughed quite a bit.  Even though it was only moderately funny, I still enjoyed it.  There was a ton of unnecessary cursing and innuendo so it is probably not a good movie for the kiddies.  It will also probably not be popular with the super conservative christians.

I don’t think I will be buying the DVD when it comes out but I’m not sorry for spending the $7.50 for a matinée showing.   I enjoyed it and it was better than sitting around at work.

Secret of NIMH on Blu-Ray!

YAY!   They FINALLY released The Secret of NIMH on Blu-Ray!   I’ve been aching for this release for so many decades.

It was first on VHS then DVD for so long.  The artwork in this animated movie is very well done and I look forward to seeing it now in it’s high definition glory. The Secret of NIMH has always been one of my favorite animated movies.  I first read the book “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh” back in the late 70s and fell in love with the premise and characters.

A few years ago Disney created a direct to video release of The Secret of NIMH 2 – Timmy to the Rescue which was an abomination.  It would be awesome if they would delete this movie from history and remake it properly.

If you enjoy this book and/or movie then you can read a sequel, “Racso and the Rats of NIMH“.   Not as good but OK.  Also lots of great Fan Fiction that rivals the original book.

What are you waiting for?  Get it!

Testing 1-2-3

This is a test.

Mary had a little lamb.  It’s fleece was white as snow.

Testing 1 – 2 – 3.  Test test.

Check check check.

Tap..Tap. Hello?  Is this thing on?

Facebook causes depression in children

Amongst other obvious news stories of the day, we found out that doctors are warning parents that Facebook can cause depression in children.  Well, duh!

Not only children are affected I can tell you.  That is one of the reasons I have greatly reduced my Facebook usage.  Even when I am on it I avoid looking at the wall where everyone posts pictures and descriptions of themselves with their families and friends having fun. Nothing depresses me more than seeing other people having fun.

I haven’t deleted my account though I have been tempted to do so.  I just don’t go looking at it.  If in some bizarre situation where anyone ever tries to contact me I’ll still be available.   Facebook is not a good place for lonely children or adults.  Avoid when possible.

 

Quick Movie Review – 127 Hours

127 Hours is a pretty intense movie about a guy who goes off hiking by himself and gets trapped.  Nobody is coming to save him.  What would you do?

I’m not sure what I would do in that situation.  Would I do the same thing or just die?  It would be a tough call for me.  Maybe not so much for people with family and friends.  I can see where someone else might do exactly the same thing.

It would be wise not to get yourself in such a situation in the first place.  Never go hiking alone.  I am guilty of doing this myself though.  Having nobody to go with me I more often than not end up doing things alone.  Just recently I did something similar which could have put me in a similarly dangerous situation.  I was in a state park far from the routes of the common people.  If I broke a leg or was attacked by an animal it would be weeks before anyone found my body.

Another lesson here is to at least let people know where you are going.  I often take off on my one without telling anyone.  Who is there to tell and what would they care?  There needs to be some kind of website where you can have a note delivered to whom it may concern if you do not respond in a preset amount of time.

I hope this movie taught me a lesson or two.  Three if I remember to always bring a sharp knife and a crane.

Nobody is watching you

For the last few days I keep feeling like somebody is watching me.  I know that’s stupid.  Nobody can see me much less watch me.

I feel like I need to turn off all the lights and close all the doors so the darkness will hide me.  I’m sitting here now only the light from my laptop and TV casting shadows around the living room.

I wonder what the significance of this feeling is.  Time to consult the great Google.  I hope it has an answer for me.