Sunday Morning Reflections: Fighting Off a Rant!

by Skip Cohen

Sunday mornings are always off the topic of business and marketing. It's probably been close to ten years since I started writing Reflections, and overall, I've stayed pretty true to my goal - to stay personal as much as possible. Well, this morning is personal, but it's taking work to not sound like a rant.

Sheila and I record the evening news. We record it so we fast forward through stories we either don't care about or we already know there's nothing new being shared. It's also great to bypass all the commercial messages, especially the dozens of drug ads.

Last night I was "driving" (I had the remote) and stuck with a story about the bullshit in Texas redistricting and California considering the same to counter. That was followed by a Trump-Putin story, and I found myself getting increasingly aggravated and vocal.  Seriously, we were just sitting on the couch watching the news, and I was dropping f-bombs when Sheila put it all in perspective...

Look, it's just not worth letting these idiots interrupt our peace and tranquility.

I'm not suggesting we should ignore what's going on in the world, but there's so much I just don't get. For example, take the jackasses in Congress who have suggested that social security recipients are leeches, freeloaders taking advantage of America! Wait a minute - it's my money, which was deducted from every paycheck since I started my first full time job over fifty years ago!

And here's my point: It's impossible to talk about anything going on in the government right now that doesn't sound like a rant. We're not ignoring the craziness, just trying hard to be more selective in how we react. Like so many of you, nothing surprises us these days, but we're doing our best not to let the trolls into our world.

​I refer to the start of each day, as raising the drawbridge and adding more water to the moat - we're turning the volume way down on the banter from a government that seems to have forgotten who they work for...the people.

Wishing everyone a day ahead to enjoy the peace and love you deserve with the people you care about the most. I apologize for the mini-rant. At the same time, I know you understand. Those eleven-second hugs are even more important on those days when the reality of the disappearing America we once knew. We're not giving up, just not letting the bastards grind us down!

As my Dad used to love to say in the only Latin slang he knew, "Illegitimi non carborundum."

Happy Sunday or Monday on the other side of the world.