Rant #3,862: Worryin' Kind

Thank God it's Friday!

Moving onto the end of another work week.

I had plenty to do work-wise this week, including a couple of meetings ...

Nothing crazy, but I kept busy.

Now, things really get back to normal for myself and my family, starting tonight.

My son's basketball get-together starts up again, and then on Saturday morning, he has his bowling season all revved up.

These things keep both him and me busy, and that is always a good thing.

I have one doctor's appointment next week, and then, the following week, starts my odyssey--

Does my right eye need surgery right now, and that cancer on my head is going to be removed.

Stuff to not look forward to, but at least I will get both of them out of the way--

Hopefully.

It has been a bit nerve-racking knowing that I have these medical things that need to be taken care of, but if I have to get these things done, I want to get them done and over with, not have them linger over me like a Sword of Damocles over my head.

I just want to be as well as I feel, and I do feel pretty good, even though these things, as long as I have them, really aren't making me a "well" person.

And all the negativity in the world is not just making me feel bad, but I think it reflects a very sick world that is getting more ill by the day.

I don't expect happy news all the time, but the stuff going on in the world, and in our own backyards, is really repulsive.

We all need to find some common ground, something we can all get on the same page with, but I don't see anything coming down the path right now, or in the near or even far future.

Social media, or course, fuels all this, on all sides of the particular equation, and again, social media and the Internet can be wonderful things if used properly--

But I don't think that most people use these things the right way.

We can all have our opinions, but when it gets to the point that we are being stupid about things--on all sides--it is time to take a step back and look at what we are posting and what we are saying.

When we are arguing this thing or that thing, I ultimately think to myself:

"Is this really that important to go on and on about? There are more important things in the world, aren't there?"

Look, I go off just like we all do on social media, and sometimes, I really have to temper myself and just hold my thoughts, which I often do but just as often, don't do.

Recently, I posted in a record collecting site on Facebook about re-listening to a certain extremely popular act's LPs after many, many years, and finding their albums disappointing, with each record having one or two good songs--generally, songs that were also released as singles--and the rest being dreck, in my opinion.

I got a really nice response backing me or going against what I said, and you know what?

It was refreshing.

The give and take was nice, nobody got crazy, and this civil discussion was really what Facebook and the other social media sites should all be about, but most often aren't.

Again, I am as guilty as we all are at going off on Facebook and even here at times, but the one thing in my favor, a capacity that evidently a lot of people do not have or want to have, is that I will listen to what the other side has to say, even if I firmly disagree with it.

I will continue to have opinions, and some of you won't like what I have to say, but I do read every post that comes my way, and in my own way, try to learn something from these posts.

I guess it is just me--

Or maybe that cancer thing on my head is getting to my brain.

And before I forget, the latest issue of the online publication that I write and edit for is available.

I think it is pretty good, something to be proud of, something that makes me happy.

You can access it at https://online.fliphtml5.com/bbzqm/ylgi/#p=1

Have a nice weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.