Back in March 2016, a new multi-media platform was about to launch. A podcast, radio show with written articles on line to support the on-air hi jinx. It was a new comedy, The Morning Kvetch. And they needed experienced kvetchers to supply material to the website. Enter me. I had a number of rants and rant-like bits that could be re-worked to fit their site, so it seemed like a good thing. No pay but EXPOSURE!
Yeah, not so much. Granted, my contributions to the site started to wane as the year progressed but I was very much surprised to recently discover the site no longer exists. It's just a Go Daddy placeholder denoting the domain name is available. Gone, all gone. So, I'm going to drag them out and post them here from time to time. So, let us present:
Yeah, not so much. Granted, my contributions to the site started to wane as the year progressed but I was very much surprised to recently discover the site no longer exists. It's just a Go Daddy placeholder denoting the domain name is available. Gone, all gone. So, I'm going to drag them out and post them here from time to time. So, let us present:
So You Say You Want a Revolution?
Everyone is talking about the election and claiming it's a revolution. Standing in line, waiting to vote for this guy is a real revolution, a real chance to up-turn the establishment. Sure, okay.
You know what was a revolution? The internal combustion engine! That device changed the face of the nation. It freed up people to go wherever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Freed from the tyranny of train schedules or stagecoach monopolies, the average person could now jump in an automobile and travel as far has their desire and gas money could take them. Today, just try and get someone to write a love sonnet about the internal combustion engine. Traffic, pollution, road rage, that's want people think of.
You know what else was a revolution? The incandescent light bulb! My goodness, that thing drove back the night, allowed people to better and more safely illuminate their homes and their lives. It extended the hours people could entertain, no longer slaves to the cycles of the sun. The cities were awash with the glow of Edison's brainchild, and altering our lives forever. Now? People run around banning them, going on and on about fossil fuels, climate change and light pollution.
So maybe people should shut up about revolutions, because in the end they always start whining about the end result. In fact, let's say that unless there's an actual revolt going on, you don't get to pick what is and what isn't a revolution. Something will happen and people will flock to it or they won't. If you have to nag people into something, yeah, that's probably not going to catch on. There'll be change, there's always change, it's just not going to happen on your time table or within your agenda.
So maybe people should shut up about revolutions, because in the end they always start whining about the end result. In fact, let's say that unless there's an actual revolt going on, you don't get to pick what is and what isn't a revolution. Something will happen and people will flock to it or they won't. If you have to nag people into something, yeah, that's probably not going to catch on. There'll be change, there's always change, it's just not going to happen on your time table or within your agenda.
