Monday Musings...

Don't let that sunshine over the weekend fool you, friends (or keep any of you from commenting like on Friday...lol)...and don't bother to get the car washed. It's supposed to rain tonight into tomorrow. Yeah, it's still Indiana (and rather cold to start the day).
We're heading into the home stretch for this month, with Easter right around the corner.
Our Hooiserland weather for today brings us mostly sunny skies (cloudier as the day progresses), temps climbing to around 50 degrees, and the breezy conditions continue.

So, let's get the old synapses firing with a nice hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, as we see what else has been going on...
*** First off the tarmac is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
MARCH 26 -
---It's Epilepsy Awareness Day

(turn off the strobe lights, please)
---It's National Nougat Day

(pass me a 3 musketeers or Snickers bar)
---It's National Spinach Day

(I will ONLY eat this in a salad)
*** Next up, let's start with some random idiocy...like THIS story:
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/teen-taking-drivers-exam-crashes-test-office-082203950--abc-news-topstories.html

No, they DON'T have a drive-thru window.

Yeah, sometimes taking a driving test CAN be problematic, as this teen found out.
And to make matters worse, that's the (Minnesota) BMV building that was driven into.
(and these are the same kids worrying about GUNS???)
*** Next, and speaking of such things, we had local students jaw-jacking about guns over the weekend. Fancy that.
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20180325/students-speak-out-at-courthouse

You know, if we lived in a world that THESE kids want, we wouldn't want to live there...lol.
I actually had to laugh at one of these kids (named Violet, who is not as intellectually adept as our cat with the same name, it would seem)  held up a sign that clearly read: 
Protect US, Not Guns.
How about we protect you WITH guns, Little Miss Mensa?
Oh, and let's not forget the MAIN reason for the protests - VOTER REGISTRATION (for the leftists, who actually organized this deal nationwide).
*** Next up, councilman John Crawford had a pretty good letter to the editor in Sunday's J-G:
http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/columns/20180325/crimefighting-must-evolve-to-keep-up

I agree fighting crime HAS to "evolve"...it's called staying several steps ahead of the bad guys.
Dr. Crawford nails it with 5 simple words:
"I BELIEVE SOCIETY HAS CHANGED".
Yep, I've been saying the same thing...for YEARS (and you readers KNOW this to be true).
Do I agree with Crawford's solutions? Not entirely, but he makes some good points.
It's going to take much more than any program can do. That's a certainty.
My black Baptist preacher friend (from several lifetimes ago) used to have a saying for such issues: "They NEEDS Jesus".
Doesn't get any more basic than THAT, does it?
*** Next, this is another act of that "special kind of stupid"...
www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/03/23/man-in-critical-condition-after-fort-wayne-shooting-while-group-cleaning-guns/

Yeah, someone needs a remedial course in "gun-cleaning 101", because there is NO reason why a firearm should discharge while cleaning...UNLESS someone was being woefully irresponsible (and yes, stupid).
Saturday, I field-stripped my 9mm right next to Wifey, and guess what? NO ONE GOT SHOT!
Oh, maybe that was because I ALWAYS make sure the gun is NOT LOADED FIRST.
We used to call that having RESPECT for such things (that can hurt you). The morons in the story might want to try THAT (for a change).
*** Next up, and speaking of shooting, we have another little gem:
http://wane.com/2018/03/25/2-seriously-hurt-in-shooting/

This was one of those "walk-ins" at hospital. Two were seriously injured by gunfire, and police are trying to figure out WTF went down.
Police were checking into a possible scene in the 4900 block of Lima Rd. but dispatch could confirm the location.
If you recall, this is NOT that far from those "no-tell motels" along W. Coliseum near Goshen (within walking distance, in fact).
*** Next, another kitchen fire in another southside (government-sponsored) complex...
http://wane.com/2018/03/24/kitchen-fire-badly-damages-south-side-apartment/
This took place in the 800 block of Dolphin Court (formerly Prestwick Sq Dr) around 2030 hrs Saturday (behind the PSA)

The complex is a 7 unit duplex affair that is directly north of Southbridge Apartments (another "fun" place not to be).
These people LOVE to grill outside, but God help everyone if they decide to cook INDOORS, right?
*** Next up, time to drop all the dumb and instead visit "Kitten Corner"...

I know it feels like...somebody's watching me...

Our kids had a pretty good weekend, and that means so did I...lol.
Plenty of nice quiet nap-time, in between bouts of watching birds and otherwise not getting into trouble.

And I have no privacy ...(sing along).

And you will never hear me piss and moan about that in ANY way, shape or form.
*** Next up. time to check back in with "Midnight and Company"...

Life is good for us here.

Our furry twosome spent most ALL weekend right alongside the house (when one of them wasn't in a shelter). Yeah, the nights were cold, but the food, water and love came right back around when the sun came up.

And that's why we stick around...

That's one thing these two can depend on - we never run out of those three things around here.
*** Last back to the hangar...I seriously wonder WHAT kind of kids we're raising today.

Much of this is missing with too many kids today

If I didn't know better, I'd think someone is setting up the good old USofA for a mighty fall.
We're spawning a generation of pacifistic, gender-neutral neurotics with a mediocre intellect.
And this is right on the heels of several generations of the entitlement clan.

If I had to name this generation, (like we have with others in the past), I'd have to call them "Generation ???", because we don't know what they are, where they're headed, and neither do they. That is a sobering portent of things to come, isn't it?
We (and I mean adults with a modicum of common sense and wisdom), really need to step up and get this "ship of state" back on the course it was meant to sail, rather than wallowing about in the stormy seas of apathy.

We can protect our children, but not by any method these kids envision...that's plain nonsense.
Now, we could just all roll over and let these children run the country, but that's not going to work, and you know it.
We need rational thought, cogent thinking coupled with wisdom, and tempered with moral and civil behavior.
Anything less, and we will soon not recognize our country.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.