It’s a slow day on the blog front today so I am forced to consolidate some of my most intimate questions into a potpourri of quandaries. Did you ever ask yourself:
- Will Al Pacino ever make a movie where he is not a mobster, a gangster, an agent of the devil or a foul-mouthed lout? Perhaps we need to resurrect the old Father Knows Best TV series and he can portray the kind, civil, loving father who is just a fountain of wisdom and good counsel.
- Despite our country being the stronghold of freedom and human rights, don’t you think we need more censorship on TV and movies? In particular, I am referring to the constant menu of senseless violence, auto chases, drug-related scenes, explosions and the overall glamorizing of the illegal, the illicit and the violent. Why do we need to overexpose young impressionable children to these dark sides of our world and call it entertainment?
- Do teenagers really read as much as I am led to believe? Every time I visit Indigo or Chapters bookstores I am confronted with a huge section of teenage novels? It comprises a major section within these stores and yet I almost never see any teens lining up to peruse a book or purchase one. Are they really insatiable readers? I wonder!
- One of the first steps in finding a solution to a computer problem is to describe your issue to Google and search for a remedy. The only problem is that you need a second computer to do the research because the first one is out of commission. Are we now in the world where we all need two computers (iPhones, iPads, or smartwatches) to solve our first computer problem? It appears so!
- Have you ever watched women’s professional team sports? If not, do give it a look. I am speechless with the high level of skill on display if you watch women’s hockey, basketball or soccer. If men’s hockey eliminated the “goon” element and resorted to the skills of skating and passing that you witness in women’s hockey it would be far more entertaining! Even if Don Cherry should disagree!
- Have you ever found a vacation destination that had absolutely no negative features? When we did the plus-minus chart for Mazatlan recently that is what happened. The end tally was a dozen pluses and not one single negative about Mazatlan as a winter holiday home! There is no need to search any farther! Sign me up for life!
- Is there anything more meaningless and uninteresting than the continual American Democratic presidential candidates debates on TV? I would like to suggest to our southern neighbours that they incorporate one aspect of the American Idol, talent search TV show. After each show, have the viewers phone in the name of the one candidate to be eliminated from the next debate. In ten weeks, they will finally have selected one candidate who can graciously lose to Trump in November! If would be far more fun to watch!
- Mazatlan annually hosts a major Carnaval that rivals the pre-Lenten carnivals in Rio and New Orleans. When we went to visit one of the outdoor musical venues there were thousands of people milling about. My observation is that at most functions of this sort you basically have hordes of people drinking beer openly and dressing like clowns, wandering about aimlessly simply watching the rest of the attendees drinking beer and wandering around. It is kind of “we must be having fun cuz we are here” event that is just a reason to drink outdoors! Am I wrong?
Perhaps I will be more inspired tomorrow!
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