Added Reflections

 I feel like Señor Trump has reached the point of being in decline.  I’m not talking about physical or mental decline.  I feel like he has reached the point where his power is in decline.  Maybe I am wrong and this is wishful thinking.  I feel, though, that it has reached a point where the powers of opposition are beginning to reign him in and he is losing his power and will not be able to just waive his executive pen and make whatever he wants happen.  Maybe this is just because of the approaching midterms elections.  Maybe some Republicans are just motivated by the knowledge that they are doing themselves and their careers in by continuing to loyally support and do the bidding of their mentally unwell and morally bankrupt party leader and commander in chief.  They are defying the cult.  Or maybe the actual “will of the people” and objective reality have become a bit too much to contend with as a force opposing their leader and the limits to...

  I frequently stop and pop into Barnes & Noble when I have time that I need to kill.  Well lately it seems that it has just been Barnes & Boring.  One of my favorite sections is the bargain books section.  Well, it seems that it has become a not so interesting section.  It’s just the same stuff that they have had for a long time.  There hasn’t really been much of anything new and interesting to look at.  I was there today and didn’t really see much that captured my attention or interest anywhere.  This is probably a good thing.  I most definitely don’t need any more books or magazines.  Oh, I have one more reflection.  The prices for magazines at Barnes & Noble are like highway robbery.  I don’t really even comprehend the meaning of the phrase “highway robbery”.  It just popped into my head.  It’s like my own mind just gave me a vocabulary phrase to go look up.  What is the significance of the word h...

I just had the idea that these images from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account that he shared should have the title “Donald In Distress”.  It surprised me that this thought came to me.

 I just had a thought about Edinburg Texas & its Museum of South Texas History.  As a transplant & resident of south Texas and Edinburg, I never gave due credit to my town for having a very nice Museum of South Texas History.  I never really gave this fact my due appreciation.  One thing that I didn’t know or recall before my recent visit to the museum is that the old restored Hidalgo County Jail right next to the museum is a part of the museum.  I had no idea that I would be visiting the chamber where the one hanging in the history of Edinburg Texas took place.  There was even a noose rope hanging in the chamber. When finding it to be part of the museum, I didn’t think twice about walking through it to check it out. 🫢😨 It was a surprise and it was part of the museum, so as a visitor, I walked right into and inspected the former hanging chamber. 😱 I guess it didn’t really strike me as odd when I was visiting the museum, but eek! 😬🫢 what an unbe...

The fact that Trump’s name will not be allowed to remain and must be removed from the Kennedy Center is encouraging.  It shows that there is a limit in the United States of America to the power and control that Trump will be allowed to have and that there are still other authorities who can and will stand up to Trump and not just grant him unrestricted power to do whatever he wants.  The fact that he has been granted such unrestricted power without consequences or accountability is what has been so frightening!  It is also encouraging that Trump himself has surrendered on this issue and has accepted it and is willingly turning authority for the Kennedy Center back over to Congress.  It seems that Trump, for perhaps the first time really, is facing the reality that he cannot have and does not have unlimited power and control and that he cannot just exercise his authority and demands and expect that the country and world will bow down to him and do his bidding.  P...

 I just had a thought about Trump Rx.  I’m not talking about Trump’s own drug company or distribution company or whatever it is.  I’m talking about my own Trump Rx meaning anything that makes me feel better about this time of Donald Trump’s 2nd term of pregnancy.  I realized yesterday that it would be a good idea to not be so focused on this since it is not anything that is within my control.   I find it comforting to listen to Mary Trump’s podcast, but damn that’s back to focusing on Trump. 🤦 I guess I can’t profit from “ignorance is bliss” until Trump’s current term of presidency has ended.  It is not my nature to not pay attention to it all.  I don’t have a lot of outside distractions, but that is my choice. 

 This is my thought for the moment about Donald Trump.  He is a person who needs help that doesn’t exist. 

 Little did we all know when President Biden was inaugurated that Trump would yet return to the office of the presidency.  And his second term is by far the worst.  It’s a crappy time for our country and for Americans.  But I just heard a thought in my head.  “Would you rather be on your way to a concentration camp?”  No, I absolutely would not.   So much for an idea of thinking pleasant thoughts.  Thoughts think whatever they want to think.   5/27 I felt like I had a change of mindset today.  I can spend more time ignoring and not obsessing over everything with Donald Trump and his corrupt and dysfunctional government, like most people, because I have no control over any of it or anything that will end up happening.  I may as well just focus my attention elsewhere while waiting for Trump’s presidency to be over and history. 

And now I have a thought that I don’t believe is ridiculous or strange.  What are we human beings supposed to think about artificial intelligence?  It is continuing to be developed and implemented into our lives.  We have no idea how it will continue to affect humanity or our lives.  Our ancestors never had to contemplate such questions or realities.  That world and period of human existence belongs to the past.  

Okay, I just had a ridiculous thought.  I don’t really believe this, it was just like a comical thought.  Wouldn’t it be ironic if Donald Trump did inadvertently somehow become a catalyst for the creation of cooperation and lasting peace in the Middle East.  I know it’s laughable, but in a universe of possibilities, I suppose such a thing could happen.  

  It just occurred to me that I don’t even know what my blogger.com sites look like on a computer.  I have only ever looked at the sites with my iPhone, oddly enough.  I’m all about my iPhone, except for when I need to use a regular desktop computer.  I don’t even have or use an iPad or laptop.  I guess this makes me a primarily iPhone type person.  Who knew that people could have a part of their identity connected with their devices.  What an odd thought that human beings now have a relationship with their internet connected devices and the online digital world.  Our ancestors never had a part of their identity connected with these things.  They never could have even comprehended that such a thing could exist or be possible.

 I was just thinking about the fact that despite now living in a digitally connected world with instant access to vast amounts of information, people somehow are still ill informed.  How ironic is that!  Thinking back to the 2024 presidential election, I still can’t comprehend how so many people were so ill informed or such bad judges of character that they felt that they were making a smart choice in voting for Donald Trump.  I still can’t wrap my head around how or why he was reelected.  The first time he was elected was puzzling enough, but the second time seems to defy all rationality.  It is not what I would have expected from rational and intelligent people.   I’m actually not feeling negativity despite what I just wrote.  I still believe in people.  I believe in the power there is to be found in greater understanding. 

 This is my reflection question to be answered.  Why did I believe that I felt an intuition from a source greater than myself that Kamala Harris would win the election and be president. My thought is that perhaps everything doesn’t have to be immediately apparent or understood.  Maybe faith is just about believing and understanding that there are messages in all things and meanings to be understood at greater levels of comprehension.

 Museums (and social situations) tend to make me feel like a dumb shit.  This is what happens when you exist as a person who has more of an internal thinking and self reflective focus as opposed to paying more attention to all the things of the external world.  Maybe I really am on the autism spectrum.  My daughter tells me this and is convinced that it is true.   Another thought is that I try to write too much stuff in one place.  There is no reason why I cannot instead break it up into little pieces.  

World War II took Fred Harrison prematurely from this world.  He left behind a wife and two small children.  I thought of him and we talked about him when we visited the veterans war memorial of Texas.  He was my grandfather’s sister’s husband.  Following the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, he survived in the ocean until he was rescued, but then died in the hospital.

 I always have a question when I think about AI.  Am I insane??  I always wonder how many people out there besides myself have had really crazy experiences with AI? Dear ancestors, You didn’t have AI in your life.  Being born in the 70s and 60s and 50s and even 40s wasn’t soon enough to not experience the advent of artificial intelligence into the lives of humanity.  I even know a lady born in 1929 who is still living at this time.  It’s a new thing that was nonexistent in your world that is now present in ours.  We the living of today (except the youngest of course) have lived in worlds of before and after artificial intelligence came to exist and become interwoven into the lives of humanity.  Not many humans in all of human existence will have this experience. As far as the relevance of AI in my recent life experiences, if I want to listen to the thoughts of my higher perception, AI is right there ready to share its friendly input. Wow, I just h...

 I have just a brief thought about people.  We all have our own personal limitations and we all have our own unique value.  In addition, all of us who possess humility are our own worst critics. Humility is important though because this is what teaches us to value, appreciate and have respect for all people. 

 If cleanliness is next to godliness, then I have been bonding with God.  Visitors are a very good motivation to work on deep cleaning and finishing projects. 🧽 😅

 This is just a thought or rather an observation.  The Chinese children in this video really have no idea what they are cheering for.  They just follow the propaganda and hype and instructions passed down to them by their authority figures.  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116570567119694784 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116570565832082360 I also wonder why they made such a huge and elaborate affair out of President Trump arriving for his summit with President Xi.  It was seriously over the top and totally at a level fitting of Trump’s delusions of grandeur.  What on earth were they hoping to achieve with their grand production for President Trump??  Was this normal for an event such as this?  I admittedly am not knowledgeable about these things. 🫢

  Good job, Donald.  You just keep being a good taco.  But don’t be afraid of Mr. Netanyahu.  You should just tell him to shove it.   Someday people the world over will know how to just tell bad guys to shove it and not let them rise to places of power or authority.  They will be more educated and have better guidance.