Doo-do-do-do, feeling Gloomy

The state of the world is never far from my mind, not because I, personally, can do a whole lot about it, but because, well, it sucks eggs a lot of times.

I ran across an excellent comment at The Oil Drum the other day, and asked Joe if I could quote him. If you want to read the whole thing you’ll want to click here. It’s a bit long so I’ll put it below the fold.

As I’ve said before, I’m trying my best not to dwell on the energy crisis; but as I watched gas prices drop all the way to $3.95 this week I’m hearing people say that everything will be OK. I don’t think it will. Think back twenty years, and think about how much has changed. I keep trying to imagine ten or twenty years from now, what will our world be like?

On August 14, 1969 my uncle, Rod Davis, was in the Air Force stationed at Biloxi, Miss. This is his recollection of events:

There was a Hurricane named Camille headed their way.

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You know you wanna watch

So my son and I went to the lab this morning, he needed some blood drawn.

The nice lady explained what she was about to do, and saw him tense up a little as she held the needle.

“Why don’t you look at your dad?”

“No, I want to watch.”

And he did.

I don’t know where he gets it from, I usually pass out from these types of things. But he did awesome. He even snagged extra lollipops for his brother and sister.

And just because you’ve read this far? How about a bad joke to follow the theme:

While in the playground with his friend, Little Johnny noticed that Jimmy was wearing a brand new, shiny watch. “Did you get that for your birthday?” asked Little Johnny.

“Nope.” replied Jimmy.

“Well, did you get it for Christmas then?”.

Again Jimmy says “Nope.”

“You didn’t steal it, did you?” asks Little Johnny.

“No,” said Jimmy. “I went into Mom and Dad’s bedroom the other night when they were ‘doing the nasty’. Dad gave me his watch to get rid of me.

Little Johnny was extremely impressed with this idea, and extremely jealous of Jimmy’s new watch. He vowed to get one for himself. That night, he waited outside his parents’ bedroom until he heard the unmistakable noises of lovemaking. Just then, he swung the door wide open and boldly strode into the bedroom. His father, caught in mid stroke, turned and said angrily. “What do you want now?”

“I wanna watch,” Johnny replied.

Without missing a stroke, his father said, “Fine. Stand in the corner and watch, but keep quiet.”