I finally broke down and watched Harry & Meghan on Netflix. At least what’s been released so far anyway. I’ve never been that interested in royalty or the Queen or any of that stuff at all really. Honestly… I’m still not. It seemed like a whole lot of people were talking about it so I rolled the footage too.
Here’s my take…
Meghan is cute and sassy and I’ll betcha she’s a handful. I wonder if hers is a relationship based more upon fame and fortune than a true love story… but who knows. Her Dad is a turd and her step sister is a witch. I like her Mom.
Harry’s led a life of privilege and is used to getting whatever he wants. He wanted Meghan. His Dad is also a turd and I liked his Mom too. His step Mom (Meghan’s step mother-in-law); however, is a witch with sharp edges. Just like the mother-in-law’s tongue (sometimes called snake) plant.
The rest is all about politics.
Politics and the media — and the ugly dance they’ve engaged in for years and years. I guess 3 more episodes are to drop next week and since I’m already vested I’ll watch them, but I’m not counting the days until then.
The thing that held my attention most was the revelation that Meghan wasn’t allowed to invite her niece/best friend to her own wedding. She rolled over for that! You think I’d let someone… ANYONE tell me I can’t take Katie wherever I choose to go? Whatever Meg. 🙄
TIL (Today I Learned): Anthony Daniels is the only actor to have either appeared in or been involved with all nine films in the Star Wars series. He was C-3PO.
Last week on Facebook there was a post made by a local fire department about an accident and road closure. The first comment on the post was from TU Sia that said, “Terrible that this happened!” A link accompanied the comment that LOOKED like it went to YouTube with the caption, “JUST IN: Police release video the incident caught on camera.“
TU Sia’s account, (TU Sia satu minggu yang lalu), is brand spankin’ new and she has ZERO friends. The link actually directed anyone that clicked it through a website in Somalia (kve.so). It’s obviously a fake account with a comment obviously made with nefarious intent.
I reported the comment to Facebook in an attempt to save my local friends.
Facebook said it was a-ok for the masses and if I didn’t like it, I could just ignore it.
The account name translates from Italian meaning “tu sia = you are,” and Indonesian meaning “satu minggu yang lalu = one week ago” in English. So Ms. YouAre OneWeekAgo wants you to believe she has the exclusive video to an incident that happened in Crothersville, Indiana. Facebook wants me to believe they actually REVIEWED the comment. 🙄
Facebook and Instagram (META… along with WhatsApp, etc.) collect all sorts of data on you to share for money. Instagram is topping the “most invasive” chart because it collects and shares 79% of a user’s personal data with 3rd parties.
META wants to control so much of what you’re allowed access to… but evidently they don’t care about your Internet safety.
** NOTE: If you click a link and purchase or even donate… your CC/debit card number, and even how you authenticate the transaction is collected by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Meta includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Giphy and more
Naughty or nice?
Meta knows more about if you’ve been naughty or nice than this guy…
TIL (Today I Learned): In 1998, Governor’s Councilor Herbert Connolly arrived to the polls too late to cast a ballot for himself. He lost by a single vote.
I’m guessing a few of you are waiting to be called out as the topic today… but NO! The other fat man.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Good thing Santa wasn’t rolling into town last night because we had some dense fog hanging low to the ground. He’d have missed our place for sure. Of course, I want snow for the holidays so I was pretty depressed after looking at the graphic below. Over an hour south of Indy and even their chances of a white Christmas are poor.
Ornaments and decor…
I have some ornaments that make it onto the tree every year no matter how ragged they’re getting. I have a dated ornament for every year since 1979. So many collected at this point they don’t all still make it to a branch, but some do.
This special one always make the cut too.
The ornament Ben made in grade school with Nanny’s photo inserted never stays in a box, and the one purchased by Jerilyn after the death of my Dad is also a constant.
And finally, the fat man is always there. The Santa in the photo below was gifted to me by my sister-in-law, Sheri, that passed away in 2005.
I look at beautifully decorated trees of friends that are all matching and have a theme and think that’s what I’ll do next year too. But next year, I’ll probably pull out that one box of ornament memories unable to let them rest through the holidays.
What about you? Do you have at least 5 special ornaments that always have a place on your Christmas tree year after year?
TIL (Today I Learned): The top 10% of drinkers in America consume an average of 74 drinks per week. (woah!!) About 30% of Americans never drink at all and another 30% only drink on special occasions, at most once every couple of weeks.
I saw something while surfing somewhere (vague, I know… just don’t recall) that said:
“You become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious.”
That got me thinking about what I choose to surround myself with — and the energies that are spreading to me. I might be in trouble, you guys.
Why, just today I’ve been subjected to some pretty undesirable energy and who knows what infective symptoms I’ll have.
The day started with a trip to the cardiologist with Mr. Pesky. It didn’t take long for his negative energy to spread to me. In our defense… it was early and that was a huge contributor to our grumpy faces. Probably.
Later in the day, Katie showed up and I immediately thought about stealing her sweatshirt.
Change your energy; change your life!
There sure have been times I needed to change the energy that surrounded me — and I did. But as of today, I’ll just take my chances and keep what I’ve got. How about you?
TIL (Today I Learned): Alpha Centauri, the nearest solar system, is 4.4 lights years away or about 40 trillion km’s. It would take roughly 18,000 years to reach it with our current technology.
Not gonna’ lie — I have no clue what I’ll be doing in 2024. I do know what my favorite brother will be doing in February of that year because today I secured a speech for him. Notoriously the worst month in the Midwest, he’ll be in Orlando and I’ll likely be in the Ville freezing.
I told the client one night hotel was just fine. That way, I’ll have no reason to be jealous no matter what I will or won’t be doing by then. Aren’t sisters amazing? 🙂
My priority list shrinks as my age grows.
Crazy how dreams of the future change as you age. I’m not sure when it happened, but I’m no longer interested in growth. Not financial growth or career growth… and especially not body size growth. I don’t want to grow my business, the size of my family, or anything else that might’ve been high on my priority list in years past.
What about your future aspirations? What will you be doing in 2024?
I hope if you’re young your dreams are big. In turn, if you’re getting near retirement age (or if you’re already there), I hope your dreams come true — no matter if you’re dreaming of growth or if your dreams focus on winding down. For the short term, I’m simply going to enjoy the holiday season and ponder 2024 another day. 🎄
Dharma’s not going to worry either.
TIL (Today I Learned): In 1984 Weird Al Yankovic’s single “Eat It” reached number 1 in Australia. It outranked the song that it was making a parody of, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” which only reached number 3.
