Well here’s the latest weather news from Arizona. The cold spell is over at least during the daytime. We’re back in the mid to high 70′s but still have to were a jacket at night as it might get down to the high 30′s in the wee hours of the morning. You know that 110 degree summer weather might be worth it! This weather report comes from the FEW coffee shop today as part of my get out and see the neighborhood program.

You know being in a new café or in any new environment has its advantages. We see things that usually we would just pass on by as cars on the highway. You know as in what was the color of the last car you passed or passed you on the highway? So in the chill of this brisk Arizona morning, it was at least 50 degrees outside, I couldn’t help but notice that many a fellow traveler was bundled up for the wind chill. Lady strollers had scarves wrapped around their neck while others were braving this inclement weather with just the parka! Meanwhile several of the gents had overcoats on over their clothing or dusters with boots and cowboy hat. At any moment I was expecting to see snow or sleet, at least. But then my eye fell upon the chap jogging by attired in his running shorts. Tilt!! What’s going on? Who’s the new comer here? Is it the jogger enjoying such balmy weather having arrived here from the Northern climates or the bundled ones knowing to gather the woolens at the first sign of a change in the weather, knowing what is to come based on their Northern upbringing. Or maybe it’s just a chance to show off their hardly used winter clothing? The cowboy I know for sure is a newcomer as I’ve known my share of cowboys and never have I seen such clothing worn to town except for a rodeo, funeral or marriage. Back where I’m from the duster is considered more of working clothes than a Sunday go to meeting attire. You just got to love Arizona with so many people coming down here to start anew and find out who they are but not to sure who they brought with them. Step aside L.A. a whole new wave is taking place here. Come to Arizona and reinvent yourself! Strike a blow for personal freedom and see who you can be.

Speaking of re-inventing, listening to the tube other day I was apprised of the favorite new word according to the newest latest new poll. What’s the word you might be asking? The word is unfriend. As in you are no longer my Fbook friend! And I thought they were making headway with the move for the dislike button. But the word unfriend has in a whole other league. The second most popular new word is sexting! Now that one is pretty self explanatory in this the day of the cell phone and the ubiquitous text messages. But isn’t the term unfriend somehow strange. I guess when a couple gets a divorce you could say that they unloved each other. To be unfriended sounds so harsh and final. I’m not certain that I want to be friended any more for fear of being unfriended at some point in time. It’s probably a necessary tool today. Thinking about the days before Fbook et al you would make friends by meeting them in person, well I do remember pen pals but generally meetups were done in person. Now if one of these friends offended you, life was simple you just poked them in the face. A drink in the face or hot coffee in the lap were other methods that could be used. But not so today in this virtual world but now we can unfriend those who offend. My question is? Are you notified when you’ve been unfriended? Then if we had webcams connected we could see the shock and dismay registered on the faces of the offender. Or maybe the laughter at us what would be seen! I will miss the old pie in the face method though!

One of my concerns about this new speak that is developing is that this may be the harbinger of the new politicians and professionals. I don’t see how it could get much worse than the windbags that we got but I know It can. Recently there has been an outbreak of doctor visits in my life. And all of this is going on while the Health Care waltz is filling the halls of Congress. Now here is what I’ve noticed. Each and every one of those in Congress or in the Health Industry protests that they have our best interests at heart. I don’t care whether it’s the doctor, the insurance agent, or the politician. They all claim to be looking out for me and you. They all have their own Insurance and retirement programs and they al drive a Mercedes, Cadillac, Lexus etc. while living on top of the hill and so on and so on. And through it all there is the double speak and the fancy terminology while nothing gets done. Aaargh please get something done folks or I’ll just have to unfriend you! In the meantime I’ll try to figure out how to deal with a $2k bill for tests and where this will leave me with the pre-existing condition double speak.  Oh yeah, I call foul on the Social Contract thing!

In the meantime I’ll keep smiling and see if that doesn’t just piss ‘em off!

Enjoy and add as smile to the recipe,

Gump’s Brother

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