![]() Happy Monday morning, everybody! Hopefully, you made it through the weekend and are now safely ensconced in your cubicle or office at work. And, as long as you’re safe at work, you might as well read these muddled meanderings of a madman when you know you should be working on that PowerPoint that shows you aren’t spending enough time working on PowerPoints before your meeting this afternoon. And so it goes that you think your life has some meaning and that in your own small way you’re making a difference, but it doesn’t and you aren’t. Nope, not really. Truth be told, you’re just another oxygen thief taking up space. It wasn’t always this way. No, of course not. Back in the heyday of the late, great Reverend Ike (look it up, I can’t do everything for you people), we all came to believe in ourselves and our ability to find our way out of our current situation and look to a brighter, more prosperous future. But, alas, Rev. Ike is gone (R.I.P.), and we’re all now adrift on a chaotic sea of hopelessness. Of course, before Rev. Ike, there was Norman Vincent Peale, whose teachings on the power of positive thinking (act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic!) taught us to keep our chin up and charge ahead. Before Norman Vincent Peale there was Dale Carnegie, who taught us to convince the other guy that our idea was actually their idea…or something like that. The point is, we don’t really have a Rev. Ike Peale Carnegie nowadays. I know I’m being a Dexter Downer this morning, but I’m in a rotten mood. True to form, I’ve taken on too much at one time. Figured I could handle it all…but, not so much. I’m trying to get everything organized for shooting the additional episodes of our reality show, “Bigfoot: Naked and Untamed” for the Vice Channel. In the meantime, Southern Living magazine is blowing up my phone about the next debate (Sunday night) in St. Louis. At least its close enough (geographically) that I may just drive there. Of course, my preps for the upcoming presidential debate and the episode shoot would be much easier if only I could get Cousin Fred to come out of his funk and give me a hand. Most of this stuff, was his doing in the beginning anyway! Over the weekend, I found Cousin Fred out racing up and down the road in front of The Compound in the chopped Lexus that was formally in the hands of Gigi. Of course, with the potholes in the road out there it was very difficult for him to pick up much speed before having to shut it down, but the engine sounded impressive when it was revving. So, there you have it. After leaving corporate America more than a year ago for a much-less-stressful life in rural America, I find I’m back on the proverbial rodent-ridden treadmill racing the other rats and trying to sate too many masters once again. I know, I know, I’m whining. It could be worse. I could be working for the Saudi royal family. There was a report last week on the Daily Mail site about some poor French painter and decorator slob who agreed to do some work for a Saudi princess in her private apartment in a very ritzy neighborhood along Avenue Foch in Paris. He used his phone to take some pictures of the inside of the place so he could put together some ideas. Our Saudi princess became enraged and accused the poor slob of taking photos to sell to the media. She had her bodyguards attack him, bind his feet and hands, and then pummel him repeatedly. Then she made him kiss her feet for nearly four hours. She even reportedly told her guards at one point that they would have to kill him. Of course, that didn’t stop our poor slob from returning with a bill for like $25,000 and a demand for his tools. At that point, of course, the media was all over it so it was unlikely that he’d get the same treatment. Nicely played poor slob, nicely played. So, I wish you well as you embark on another week of the serving “the man” or “the woman”, as your case may be. I would recommend burning up time at work watching old Rev. Ike videos on YouTube. Also, read passages online from Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carnegie. Keep the wacky Saudi princesses off your tail. Keep your face into the wind, chin up, and move forward. And, remember, you’re only an oxygen thief until you croak! Now, have a nice day! That is all!
Judy Adler
10/3/2016 07:52:13 am
I love what you wrote about Rev. Ike. His YouTube videos are inspiring! But wow, you certainly have a negative attitude towards life! Rev. Ike teaches that 'life gives you what you give to life", so why not try to find the good in your circumstances and surroundings instead of concentrating on the negatives. I wish you the best! :-) Comments are closed.
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