I've had several good ideas for blog posts over the last several days while I've been visiting my family, unfortunately I didn't write any of them down so now they are lost. I had one idea for writing an article on how annoyed I get when intelligent seeming 30-somethings misuse words or commit malaproprisms on the internet. It drives me half up a wall to read "there" for "they're" or "their". The confusion of "cite," "site," and "sight" also gets me worked up. I'm not saying that I'm immune. I know I am horrible about placing punctuation, and have been told that I often dangle participles and write in the passive voice. So, okay, I'm not much of a grammarian, and therefore I had better not write an entire post about it. My glass house is too fragile for that. (But notice the use of "too" instead of "to," isn't it nice looking?)
I could write about the trip, which was fun. But I was a bit grumpy being the only "single" person other than my 16 month old niece. I had to sleep in the "leftover" bedroom, since all the couples wanted the rooms with double beds. But I have to put it in perspective; that truly is a "first world problem."
All in all, every post I can think of to write right now is going to come across as grumpy. I am fairly unhappy about the state of the world right now, I guess. Global warming and other environmental problems are keeping me up nights. NPR, my most beloved form of news and entertainment is under financial assault, along with just about every government supported program, organization, or regulation that I consider of vital importance to this country. (Of course, this was the point of the Bush tax cuts from the beginning, remember that phrase "starve the beast"? While they try to defund NPR, Planned Parenthood, the EPA, OSHA, the Forest Service, public education, etc., they still won't repeal the tax cuts for millionaires.) The entire Middle East is overthrowing their respective governments, it seems, and who knows what will come of that. Everything just seems terribly dangerous right now, and the people who seem to be the most effective at promoting change are the ones trying to tear things down. No one trying to rebuild seems to be having a lot of success. Other nations are running ahead of us with clear goals, while we cannot seem to even agree on history, let alone where to take our country in the future. Just sad, sad, sad.
