Mystery

If you don't find mystery, you don't find life.

Bill and Mary

Bill: Have you heard about global warming?

Mary: Yes, just the other day I went out and bought some new summer outfits.


Mary: Why don't we have sex any more?

Bill: Define sex.


Bill: What did your mother say about the loan?

Mary: She said I should have married a doctor.


Mary: My mother said next time we come over to be sure to bring the dog.

Bill: Did she mention me at all?

Time and attention

What gets more  of our time and attention than a dead refugee child washed up on a Greek beach?

Mylie Cyrus twerking on stage

Justin Bieber's new album

The latest eruption on Marriage Bootcamp

Jennifer Lopez sparring with her boyfriend in the  boxing ring then having sex with him there

Who was yawning and sleeping at the State of the Union Address

Who was snubbed at the Hollywood awards shows

Who wore the most shocking dresses

The antics of NFL players

Anything Donald Trump says

guykus

I woke to a sunlit morning
Birds singing cheerily
And scratched my balls


On the rainy drive home
I picked up the milk
But forgot the bread


The playoff game consumed me
And I in turn consumed
Beer, chips, spicy salsa


A breakup with the girlfriend looms
"But how?" I ask
"email" says my major dude

Capture art

Capture art.
Lock it up until it can pay it own ransom.
Then sell it again into slavery.
Let it out every once in a while for a walk among the living.
Lock it up again.
Reward yourself for being its keeper.
Is that the life that art was made to live?

Bengals

Coaches and players love to talk about how playing the game of football teaches important lessons of teamwork, sportsmanship, discipline and so forth. That may be true for some, but obviously not true for all. Now the NFL, the parent body, is under scrutiny for cheating, for mishandling of player behavior and for failing to pay full attention to player injuries.

But what have been lessons taught to and by fans? NFL games have become rowdy, drunken events which discourage the family experience (current tagline: "Football is family.") Aggressive fan behavior and foul language are becoming the norm.

Leonardo di Caprio vs. the Syrians

Well, the annual ritual of endless Hollywood award shows has begun. For months, the stars will get all dressed up, walk the red carpets, be gawked at and interviewed, glory in media attention, get expensive gift bags for showing up and collect their awards in tedious thank you speeches while the public eats it all up.

So Leonardo di Caprio reportedly had to endure extreme and demanding circumstances in making his latest film, for which he was undoubtedly paid millions. There was never a doubt his safety would be of paramount importance. In the end, he collected his paycheck and showed up at the Golden Globes to win with adoring attention from millions.

But who pays attention to the victims and refugees of the war in Syria? They endure the most dire of circumstances day after day. No hope. No rewards for their suffering. No recourse. Nothing but more suffering.

What does it say about our culture when our attention is directed in such skewed and disproportionate ways?