Mad at the Moon

I was sitting on the beach the other day pondering some of life’s more ponderous questions; like why use “pondering” or “ponderous” when I could just say “thinking” or “difficult”?

Because it sounds smarter?

But what’s wrong with sounding smarter?

I know...ponderous...huh?

Or do we really have to add stuff to pretzels to make them taste better than they already do?

Cheerios, maybe....but pretzels?

There’s enough questionable stuff going on in the world that we really don’t need to pile on with anymore nonsense.

Do we?

So of course I have a few things to add that we all just take for granted as everyday occurrences, and merely look the other way.

Or we look right at them, but see right through them.

Like the Tides. 

What’s up with the tides?

Are we really okay with that?

I mean, do we really want some celestial object, with no apparent value—at least to me—other than it’s pretty to look at and people write songs about it, messing with our oceans?

Shameless Exploitation Photo

And I’m not talking about Christie Brinkley...at least not now.

Day in and day out, this giant dust ball in the sky exerts its gravitational influence over us and has its way with our oceans.

And nobody says a word...other than wondering if the tide is going in or out, so they know whether or not they should move their beach blankets back, or not.

Maybe we should demand a constant, even tide, so we won’t have to worry about where we put our beach blankets and chairs.

Let the moon screw around with its own tides, if it had tides, which it doesn’t cuz it’s just a giant empty party light in the sky, with no accountability

But yet we all just mindlessly go about our business while it raises and lowers our sea levels.

Some even speculate that these same lunar gravitational forces have an effect on our body fluids, as well, which influences our moods and behavior, sometimes to the point that people have been known to act in an irrational manner, complaining about silly things, that are of no value or interest to anyone, having no bearing on anything.

Hence the word, “Lunacy”.

What?

And then of course there’s the whole werewolf thing....

So there’s a lot to think about...I mean, if you’re in the mood for thinking...which most people aren’t.

Which explains why some idiots think everyone else on the beach wants to listen to their boom boxes blasting “Tiffany’s Greatest Food Court Hits”.

Or why someone decided to make a thinner Oreo, which just makes it easier to eat three times as many as the regular Oreos, at one sitting.

And does Coors really need a “light” beer?

I have to go...my neighbor’s outside howling. 

Probably annoyed I parked on his lawn again.

I don’t know what his problem is...like I’m supposed to park on my own lawn?

Probably the moon.

I just wish he would shave his neck more often.

Hey these thin Oreos aren’t half bad....

Get it...“half bad”?

I think I’ll open another package.

And what’s with this new weird package?

Did we really need to improve the Oreo package?`

Is that the best use of our time...figuring out how to open a bag of Oreos.

There’s a weekend I’ll never get back....

 

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Just sayin....
 
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