Monthly Archives: January 2026

The Death of Excellence, or

The age of the copycat

Do you remember, like, when I wrote (griped) about, like, every few words being, like, “like”? That brain worm still lives, and the worst thing is that it lives in pubic presenters, who spread that disease just by yapping. Some are, like, journalists? You know, like, they invade my brain as soon as they start, like, talking?

Questions? Yep, that’s another one. It began with a generation of scared talkers, who were so insecure that they had to ask permission to speak. I think, like, if they do that? they should, like, stop talking? Because they advertise, like, their weak mind. I mean, to strong, confident listeners anyway, this is a huge tell. To a predator, you become prey.

IF you are going to, like, present yourself as an expert?

Then act like one.

Oh wait. There’s another one. Super. SUPER SUPER SUPER, Everyone is super excited, super happy to be here, super happy that YOU’RE here, super sad, super fat, super full, super cut, super thin. Kill….me… now. Again, as are many issues I bring up, this one is ‘complicated’. First, foremost, we have every day, every hour, constant reminders of how we are herd animals. MOST people are. They just follow. They are insecure, they are lazy, they lack ability to forge a trail, they lack self confidence to even make a definitive statement: Is it, like, super okay for me to, like, talk? I’m going to say 80% of people are like this. I always apply the 80-20 rule, which I have changed to 80-10-10. This means 80% of people follow the herd, 10% of people actually think; 10% of people don’t know/don’t care. Check it out; it applies to almost every scenario.

Complication two: Most parents don’t parent anymore because they are afraid to discipline. Discipline is necessary. Ask a Marine. Imagine undisciplined Marines on the battlefield. 10% of them would have zero ammunition, 80% would have ammunition but not know how to use it, so it would be 10% who would shoulder the burden, if the others didn’t accidentally shoot them. Which they probably would.

So if you have a child who was never disciplined and then they go out into the ‘world’, they will not know how to perform. Hence the questions. Hence the wide-eyed copying of others. Hence the inability to take responsibility. Responsibility frightens many of them. Hence the ease of manipulating them. They don’t know how to walk alone, as it were.

So that makes them SUPER uncomfortable, and often SUPER unqualified, even though they expect to be praised. Yep, that’s the new brain worm: super. Attorneys, ‘journalists’, doctors, interviewers, interviewEES. Super has drilled into the weak brains among us. It never ends.

So what? Well, everybody wants to be a star, have millions of ‘likes’ (not that kind), everybody wants to be the oracle. Let me clue you in. The SECOND you spout “like like like” or “super super super” posed as a question, I know a WHOLE lot about your brain. And so do all of the others you encounter. Right now, when my favorite YouTube creators say like like like and super super super, I’m just very disappointed IN them and FOR them.

Think about it, and kill the brain worm before it infects your brain.

The Polar Vortex Does NOT Come to NC

Surprise. The Polar Vortex is basically a round circulation of air at the north and south poles. It stays pretty round until something disrupts it. Right now, some ACTUAL scientists believe electromagnetic anomalies, or rather souped up EM behaviors, are the reason the north polar vortex is currently misshapen. Stay with me now; I’m engaging my nerd science urge, which rules my life all the time. But I have to keep it in check because most people’s eyes glaze over if you mention science. If you’re still here: MY PEOPLE!!!

So what. Well, if the circulation of air, moving pretty fast, breaks format, all of the other weather around it is affected. If the circle breaks towards the south, sort of droops down, all of the surrounding weather, including Canadian cold as crap weather, gets pushed down. It’s like it was shoved. THAT’S what’s happening to us right now in NC. It’s what happened to TX a couple of years ago. It’s not a mere ‘Alberta Clipper’. It’s the effects of the disorganized polar vortex making all of us miserable. It is NOT global warming. Huge eye roll.

The polar vortex is STILL AT THE POLE, it’s just misshapen. Now don’t start talking about global warming, to be said with a loud whiney voice. It’s not that. If you believe the ACTUAL scientists, it’s happening because of a blast of electromagnetic radiation from the SUN. This could last right into Spring. Won’t this be fun. All I worry about is 1) electricity bill; 2) my cats getting too cold; and 3) roof collapsing. Not in that order; cats come first. If we get three feet of snow, the roof thing could actually become reality.

I’m writing this riveting blog about weather because I recently said, “We don’t have a polar vortex in the Southeast!” And well, that person just didn’t believe me. But no, the vortex is right where it’s supposed to be; it’s just been zapped. Good news: it will reform into that nice tight circle. When it’s good and ready.

Now about the sun. (Are you still here?) One day, the sun is going to explode and engulf Earth. You know that, right? Relax, it’s going to be millions of years from now. Meanwhile it’s a huge ball of gas, really HOT gas, and it is not perfectly round nor perfectly predictable. Occasionally it has a tantrum and when it does, we feel the effects of it, and isn’t it amazing that it’s not by feeling hot? LOL. No, it’s ice, snow, disrupted electronic devices, wonky internet…stuff like that. And that’s what’s happening now.

So stay warm, try to keep out the cold as much as possible, protect your pets, FEED THE BIRDS (and give them water in the form of water, which takes some work). If it does snow a lot, take a walk in it, because it’s good for the soul.