year, to me, is somewhat of a thorn in my side.

people have said, and i tend to agree with them, that i see things as they are, from more sides than most, and the incredible elevation of bullshit during this season, drives me batty.

a friend, a good friend, told me the other day, that he thinks that my views of the world have been shaped by the fact that i have been to so many places, and due to that, i see things that others perhaps don’t.

kind words indeed, and appreciated. however, if i may, i would like to add a further qualification to that bit of praise. sure, i have travelled, but then again, so have many of you, and most likely more than i, but, and this is only a supposition on my part, perhaps my wiring and the fact that my favourite word is ‘why’ belongs in the mix as well.

at any rate, i am who i am, and i do what i do, but not apparently, am i ‘just a guy’. LOL.

i do, do what i do, and as i said to someone the other day, i make no apologies for my abilities, and they come unbidden, and, at times, with a cost. the same someone, asked me if i was hard on myself. LOL. you could say that says i. comes from a lifetime of being called stupid i guess.

i will say this though, and apropos of really nothing at all, i am happy. if happy is a term that one can apply to my personage. i mean, besides my intense dislike of this time of year. but i am happy. and, dare i say it, finding some peace, or have found peace, and finding more?

back to this time of year though.. what is it, that drives us so? why do we put ourselves through this heightened sense of whatever it is, to just be let down so harshly come the 2nd or 3rd of January? it’s like the first snowfall. everyone forgets how to drive. it is almost like we are all homer simpson, and can only put so much in our brain, and if we do, other things get forgotten.

Homer: But every time I learn something new, it pushes out something old! Remember that time I took a home wine-making course and forgot how to drive? Marge: That’s because you were drunk! Homer: And how!

you see people in stores that you know they have never been in. you see more cars on the road. people are overtly nice when in reality they are assholes. and why? because they think they are doing something good and might ger rewarded for it? who knows. i most certainly do not, but at the same time, i ponder these things. yeah, i know, i’m odd. in fact, i used to have a site called that…’my odd views’

anyhow, life goes on with or without my approval, so on i go with it. and, my brain is urging me to get up and away from this dreaded machine, and on with doing something productive today.

so, i leave you with, and quite sincerely, the warmest wishes for the season, and hoping that you and yours have a wonderful and peaceful holiday time. stay safe and healthy.

and, as always, i bid you,

peace.