Compilation of short MORNING THOUGHTS.

Previously posted on my Facebook Page.

A popular meme says if you don’t know how to plant, you will never eat—or something to that effect. Very true in the past. People grew (or raised) their food and then sold the rest. Then life evolved. With the way ideological overreach influences stuff these days? Lab-grown foods and “automated” farmers acting/reacting based on algorithm, and most likely weather will be regulated soon by AI? Those who plant old-school way will be outlawed as guerrillas or rebels. 🌿🪺🪴

So Liz Truss resigned. The U.K., of recent years, is marred with/by awful leadership. Theresa May and Boris Johnson both resigned. Tough in Europe right now, tougher than the U.S. That is why we’d focus more on Trump’s mouth than his 3.6 percent inflation average. Or Biden’s performance, 8.2 inflation rate from double-digit. In so short a time as PM, Liz went from here to there and back. Ineptitude and indecisions as Britain reels from a 13.6 percent inflation. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Sports News: “Hornets guard James Bouknight arrested on suspicion of DWI.” How many times do we read news of this sort? Many times. I guess, the 22-year old Jimmy got thorough tongue-lashing from mom? His salary in the NBA is $4,787,804! You don’t earn that moolah even after a PhD. I am not saying that Mr Bouknight’s career is over on his 2nd year. Just saying that’d be a way to ruin your cool job. And he isn’t even near the quality play of a LeBron, Luka, or Zion. ‍👎 🏀 👎

What’s great about streaming TV is cultural diversity. We get to watch movies from other countries beyond Hollywood. Different worldview or takes on life and living. Before Netflix, Hulu etcetera, I used to borrow foreign films on DVDs at public libraries in Asheville: Abbas Kiarostami from Iran, Zhang Yimou from China, Akira Kurosawa from Japan, and many more. These days of streaming, my favorite foreign cinema is Nordic or Scandinavian. Try them. 🎥🎞📽

Former (Asian) NBA star Jeremy Lin is talking. Saying, he felt slighted by racist remarks from fellow pro ball players. I say, that’s how it goes. When Yao Ming was new in the league, he was openly ridiculed by opposing players on the bench. You can see the heckling on your TV screen. Filipinos are mostly mixed like Jordan Clarkson and Jalen Green so they don’t look like Pinoys. They’re fine. I say, that’s just the way it is. BTW, the new season of NBA starts tonight. Fun! ?⛹️‍♂️🏀

My dream last night was disturbingly enlightening and a sort of my life’s figurative gist, sort of. As ever, my night dreams are complete hyper activities, with “real” people (that I know). My dearly departed mother is always in my dreams, alive. Dreams are endlessly fascinating. Fact is, our brain and body stay remarkably active while we are asleep. Sleep is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells neurons communicate with each other. Uh huh. 🥱🛌😴

In the 1970s (to `80s), I used to diligently listen to Casey Kasem’s “American Top 40.” I’d keep a notebook to keep tab of the standings, each week. Then RPM singles got swallowed by CDs; LPs turned into mixtapes. The individual song was gone in favor of the 1,001 sounds in an iPod. I don’t listen to “new” songs that much anymore. Derivatives of the past; heard `em all. Lyricism has lost creative glow. So I still follow Mr Kasem’s list though he’s long been gone. 🎹🎸🎼

Glad that I notice I get less annoying partisan/political shaming posts via the Group site “Suggested for you.” Facebook has already purged them? I am enjoying the Filipino cooking site “Kusinela.” A young lady, barely on her teens, cooks old-school outdoors on firewood. Very refreshing, nostalgic, and educational. I am also hooked on dog videos, especially featuring a wackadoo Chinese dude and his two witty Golden Retrievers. Are those dogs really doing those? LOL! 🥘🐕😂

The thinking that the New Left is Communist—is grossly misinformed. I always hear/read such a clueless assertion. In Communism, most property and economic resources are owned/controlled by the state rather than individual citizens; under Socialism, all citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by an elected government. I don’t think the Democrats, which are funded by corporate wealth as do the Republicans, propagate those ideals. 🗣👥🫂

Showbiz gimmickry. Madonna posts “I'm Gay!” video. Madonna Louise Ciccone, now 64, has nothing to prove anymore. 1980s decadent confection are over. Yet, I agree, a ride on “correct” wagon these days ups your sales mojo; mere random quip on the contrary will dump your retirement ass in a hell of “shameful” dirt. So what if Madonna is gay, lesbian, and suddenly trans? Madonna is Madonna. But this is the age of Lizzo, Cardi B., and Dua Lipa. Next, please! 😛😜🤪