Daily Inflammation

As a few have noticed, like the butcher who backed into the meat slicer, I got a little behind in my work.
(I must pause to apologize for stooping so low as to use an old joke in my otherwise original posts.  It’s laziness, not desperation).

Anyhoo, I am all caught up and back on the daily track.  Hop on the Daily Inflammation train and prepare for a wild ride! (One more trite saying or insipid metaphor like that and I swear, I’ll retire.  Oh, wait…been there, done that… RATS!   It ain’t easy bein’ me.

A study published in 2013 in the Brain Connectivity Journal  conducted by scientists from Emory University stated that reading fiction books, specifically novels, has a positive effect on our brain function and actually improves all connectivity in the brain. 
A few reasons why:

• Increases activity in the left temporal cortex — an area of the brain associated with language learning.
• Increases activity in the central sulcus of the brain — the fold in the cerebral cortex that separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe, and separates the sensory and motor areas of the brain.
• Reading a novel improves our ability to put ourselves in the role of another person, aka empathy.
• When we read, we perceive the body sensations of others through the “mirroring” technique, similar to visualization.

Reading makes you a better person overall.  But if you don’t read or seek to become a more learned, empathetic person there are still many organizations that value ignorance, sycophancy and narcissistic individuals.  I suggest you apply to Fox News, My Pillow, Mar-a-Lago or run for political office.

It’s debatable, but it is possible to be both.  You can gain intelligence through study and wisdom through life experience.  Go out into the world; keep an open mind, an open heart, show interest and seek answers through positive action.

And for those that have neither intelligence nor wisdom, there is room on the couch at “Fox & Friends.”

…no, on second thought you would be correct; they are the lowest.  BUT right behind trying to squeeze between Joel and Rick to cross the finish line first in the race for Scrotum of the Year slithers Tele-doctors.

So Dr. Phil, with your heartless audience of ex-Jerry Springer inbred morons, continue to scrape the bottom of the misfit barrel for pathetic guests they gawk and laugh and enjoy the tainted money you earn for hosting a human misery circus. 
And Dr. Oz. go on hawking products and diets for weight loss that are neither innovative of effective and give hope, but no real help, to your anguished victims seeking a better life.            “A pox on both your houses”

Apologies to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the exception to the rule, for even mentioning his name near the other two.  It is a great disservice to him.  His ability to communicate critical medical information to a mass audience is Nobel Prize worthy.  It gives us the information us to make our own decisions based on science rather than fear. 
Thanks, Doc!

It made Nirvana rock stars. Less than 3 years later Kurt Cobain took his own life.
I guess when you record one of the greatest albums ever, but Mariah Carey’s eponymously titled album becomes the best selling record of the year, you question the meaning of life. 

In 1959 Rod Serling’s Original “Twilight Zone” Aired Episode 12 of Season 1.  In this episode an intuitive man was able to give people what they need; not what they may want but what they need.  There is a huge difference.

In the episode the individuals needed a bus ticket home, (it was 1959 a time many of you whippersnappers don’t remember), a winner in a horse race, (my wish) or something as simple as a comb.  But in the end the man with a gift gave out what he himself needed.

In the spirit of the Twilight Zone, the greatest TV show od all-time, I would like to give some people what they need, especially those who refuse vaccinations and think our elections are rigged although not a shred of proof has been found.  I just can’t figure out how to give an aneurysm.

“Katherine McPhee Shares Flirty Text from David Foster After Sending Him an Underwear Photo”

The go to method of self-promotion through Instagram is to post underwear shots or partial nude pictures.  It is the new industry standard.  The industry I refer to is celebrity “Wanna Be’s,”  They are fading stars looking for re-birth or to just keep their face in the public eye and talentless hotties looking to break into show biz;  happens every day.  But Katherine McPhee takes it to such a humiliating level it makes even the greatest of talentless self-promoters, the Kardashians, cringe.

Yes Katherine, you are beautiful and I always enjoy a nice underwear shot. But sharing an intimate text with your husband to get seen seems a bit much.  I mean we know even though he is over 30 years older than you, you love David Foster for himself and not his estimated net worth of  $150 million. I assume he’s probably still as virile as he was when he was 70.  But try basing your quest for greater fame on talent alone. It will be infinitely more satisfying and long-lasting.

Actually, what really makes me want to hurl in this whole thing is that David Foster is a year older than me and I look like I could be his father…did I just say that

Jealous?  Moi?  Mais non!

For those of us creepy celebrity stalkers it is always interesting…well, sometimes interesting to see who was born on a certain day.

September 21, is the 264th day on the Gregorian Calendar and there is 101 days remaining in the year.  It is occasionally the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.  Let’s see if we can find any commonality between those among us who share this Birthday.  The List includes:

• Amy Townsend
• Kareena Kapor
• Bill Murray
• Dagi Bee
• Junkai Wang
• Leonard Cohen
• Faith Hill
• Dave Coulier
• Alfonso Ribeiro
• Shinzo Abe
• Wale
• Yasushi Shinya
• Diane Rehm

I know; not exactly a Who’s Who List. More of a Who Are They? or Who Cares? 
They all do have one thing in common; they never call me!  One notable exception, Amy! 
Sooo, Happy Birthday Amy!  The rest of you…SHAME!

“As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico is neither a state nor an independent country—and politics over its status remain complicated.”  So complicated that the History website printed this title with an explanation about 3 pages shorter than Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.”  I zoned out on the third paragraph which is a true accomplishment as I usually only make the first half  of a sentence when trying to push through a virulent rant by a frightened moron on facebook, about why a professional athlete, exercising his constitutional right to free speech, is the devil incarnate because he takes a knee. 

So let’s go with Puerto Rico is not a state because our congress, a body so focused on self-promotion they can’t even develop a plan to fix our crumbling infrastructure, would have to spend time actually doing their job rather than pursuing their favorite activities; name-calling, finger-pointing, whining and telling lies. 

Those that can’t do, govern.
Those that can’t govern serve in the U.S. Congress.

“…Write the truest sentence that you know.”  Ernest Hemmingway wrote these words in his Paris memoir, A Moveable Feast.

I am not a fan of Hemingway.  Ernest wrote one brilliant novel, The Old Man and the Sea, a book on my list of the Best Books Ever.  His other novels are abysmal, thoughts by a whining hack and raging anti-Semite.  He did display brilliance in his memoirs; his keen understanding of a writing process and a writer’s life.  So, as a whining hack writer and believer in truth myself, I will learn from him; following is my sentence: 

“Those that believe getting vaccinated against a deadly virus is a government plot to control the masses need to realize they are so devoid of common sense and reason they should take a time-out in the corner until they see things my way!”  So there!