I haven't posted much lately...

[PCIntern]

Mostly because I don’t feel have anything to contribute, and the sadness the vast number of us feel at this site has been well expressed by many. However, I wanted to relate something which I found ironically amusing.

During this self-imposed exile from cable news, my wife and I have been watching and re-watching series on Netflix, Showtime, and HBO Max. We just finished re-watching Game of Thrones last night and it is the first time for me to have watched the series in its entirety. I found it a rather empty, pornographically violent without verve or reason, and a depressingly predictable costume drama. I know this runs contrary to many who enjoyed it thoroughly, and that is fine: different strokes for different folks.

However, during the final episode, the remaining group of survivors is sitting around, trying to figure out whom to anoint as king, and one of the individuals states that perhaps the leader should be chosen by “everyone“ rather than this panel of royalty and their closest henchmen and henchwomen. There is a long silence… And then everyone burst into raucous laughter which goes on for some time.

For me, this was the most poignant moment in the entire series. The powers that be have no interest in the populace determining their leaders and find it positively laughable. This was the most realistic moment in the 70+ episodes of this series. In a way it was a punchline of a 74 hour joke.

I also want to relate an incident which occurred last night as we were locking up the Dental office. The group of us have been able to bond recently over one aberrant staff member who is disruptive and egocentric, and in addition, is being very stupid about it. Anyway, as we are walking out of the building, one of the receptionists asked me to say frankly what I think of Donald Trump. Now I know for a fact that except for me, the owners of the practice, and possibly one staff exception, everyone else voted for Orangina. At first I demurred but she pressed me and feeling my oats a little bit I said to her, all the while laughing, “I don’t vote for rapists, I don’t vote for thieves, I don’t vote for con men who sell bad steaks, drinking water, wine, and phony diplomas from fake universities, I don’t vote for liars, and you know what, I ESPECIALLY don’t vote for people who soil their pants in public, OK?”

Her retort was simply, “I understand.“ And I replied, still laughing, “I don’t think you really do. And I’m going to tell you that if this man were in your family, you would be thoroughly disgusted and depressed, but it doesn’t really matter because he is all yours now again and everything that happens in this country we are going to hang on his shoulders, OK? Just enjoy your free groceries and your dollar a gallon gas and have a great weekend.”

And I then drove off into the sunset.