Why did the neighbor on the corner of my block still have a 12-foot-tall skeleton on display in his front yard four months after Halloween? (It disappeared this morning, just as I sat down to write this post. The neighborhood sends its thanks.)
Why does the neighbor across the street from the skeleton-displaying house still have Christmas lights up two months into the new year? I like festive lights during the holiday season as much as anyone, but the juxtaposition of these lights with daffodils and other spring blooms is a bit jarring.
Why is the pull-off backing on pills not pull-off-able? You know the ones I mean. They look like this.
Am I the only person who is not able to remove the backing without a wrestling match involving scissors and a good deal of swearing?
How does almost every single actor* (regardless of the age of the actor) in almost every single TV show or movie have teeth that resemble chiclets? Perfectly square, perfectly even, blindingly white. Are they veneers?
Are they chiclets?
Bonus question: Why has no one found a cure for the common cold?
Why has the president who promised no wars on his watch started a war in the part of the world that most resembles a tinderbox, without bothering to seek authorization from Congress?
Would the most cowardly Congress in my lifetime have stopped him if he had sought authorization?
Before starting this war, why did our president threaten to attack Iran if it did not stop killing its citizens, even as he was sending forth ICE agents in our own country to terrorize and kill our citizens?
Can anyone spell hypocrisy?
Believe me, I have no admiration for the Iranian government, but are we really venturing into the Middle East again after the debacle in Iraq?
Have we learned nothing?
Why does the nation with the second-largest nuclear stockpile in the world (Russia has us beat) -- the same nation that is the only nation to have deployed a nuclear weapon against the citizens of another country -- feel free to criticize and attack other countries for trying to develop nuclear weapons?
Of course, I don't want any more countries to obtain nuclear weapons. But, as every parent knows, "Do as I say, not as I do" is not an effective message. Perhaps cutting back our own stockpile would be a good start to making us seem less hypocritical. (There's that word again.)
Asking for a friend - Is it possible that this war is an attempt to distract us from the high cost of groceries? From the Epstein scandal? From our broken healthcare system?
Why are corporate leaders--and the members of Congress they have bought--still putting profits ahead of environmental concerns? Do they not have children or grandchildren? If they do have progeny, do they think said progeny will be able to eat, drink, and breathe profits?
Has our president read the U.S. Constitution? If so, can he or one of his minions please point to the part of the Constitution that supports his claim that the recent Supreme Court opinion declaring many of his tariffs to be illegal was "unconstitutional"? Has anyone told him that the definition of "unconstitutional" is not "something I don't like"?
Why has Congress (I'm looking at you, Republicans) freely ceded its power to the president?
Sigh. I think I need to lie down.
*Per my actor daughter, the term "actor" covers both males and females.
