Hello my fellow Politiores Troglodytes. This Blog is a collection of Posts, Poems, & Short Stories that I write on a daily basis. If you find it entertaining, informative, and controversial, then I have done my job properly. Thank goodness too, because Karma has been on my case of late. I'm supposed to bring fifty people into the fold or I'll have to give back the part of Einstein's brain I inherited. No, I'm not one of the Scientists who got a piece of his brain when he died. Karma said, "Eat this knowledge. It'll make you smarter!" The bargain I made with Karma was, if I could change fifty people into Politiores Populos, I would be rewarded with my very own Lamborghini. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Like what you're reading, then read on. P.S. Populo is Latin for people. Politiores is Latin for educated. Troglodytes is English for troglodytes. And Einstein's brain was stolen by Thomas Stoltz Harvey after his death in 1955 and eventually divvied up into 240 pieces. If you just read that last sentence, then you have just learned something and I'm just that much closer to fulfilling my commitment to Karma!
This Post is from January 10, 2017 called Middle-Schoolers, Right? And if you ever had any, or have any, you know what I mean.
***** When your children are young,
they are very susceptible
and are learning from the things they see,
smell,
and touch.
They are being taught what is right
and wrong.
They pick up habits from the people around them.
It doesn't matter if they are good
or bad ones.
This is a story of one of those moments that seem so innocent
and harmless,
that most people would disregard the memory after it happened.
For me?
I love this memory.
It shows how smart kids are
and how quickly they can learn.
It all started in my 1995 Mitsubishi Montero. A large enough vehicle to cart all my kids around town in. Side note. When you become a Parent, you also become a Taxi Driver who doesn't get paid. The Montero, though roomy, was a very low tech vehicle compared to today's cars. It had air-conditioning, electric windows, and an AM-FM radio, with a built-in CD player. So I had a box of CDs in the car at all times. One of the CDs became a family favorite after only a few plays. The group was really talented, and being an ex-musician myself, I loved that my kids like to listen to music so much. One morning I was taking my three youngest children, who were born 1 year apart from one another, to school. Conveniently, that year they were all attending the same middle school together. On the way, one of them popped in the CD, "40oz. to Freedom" by Sublime. Everything seemed fine that morning and was moving along smoothly. The kids were singing along to the songs instead of fighting with each other and I was feeling pretty good that day myself. Before I turned into the school's parking lot, to wait inline with the other Moms dropping off their kids, I was taking pride in the fact that all three knew every lyric to every song. I mean every song. There was time to listen to one more, and when it came on, all three of them knew the lyrics and started singing;
I smoke two joints in the morning, I smoke two joints at night I smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright I smoke two joints in time of peace, and two in time of war I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, and then I smoke two more
I stopped the car, turned off the CD player, and made each one promise that they would never sing the song, "Smoke Two Joints," at school, ever! All three were so smart that they knew right away what I was afraid off. They all started laughing. Each one promised they would never sing it at school, but couldn't help themselves from laughing until the school bell rang to start the day.
This is,
Jeez,
Middle-Schoolers,
Right?
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Parents are too innocent for the Boschian landscapes of middle school.” - Karen Joy Fowler, -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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A Florida family is "heartbroken" after a jury awarded $4 in
damages for funeral expenses and pain and suffering in a case in which a
St. Lucie County deputy fatally shot a father of three through his
garage door, the family's attorney said Thursday. Deputy
Christopher Newman killed Gregory Hill Jr., 30, in 2014 after a mother
picking up her child at a school across the street called in a noise
complaint. Newman and another deputy responded to Hill's home,
Hill partially opened the garage door, closed it and Newman fired four
times, hitting Hill three times, including once in the head, according
to court and police records. No charges were filed against
Newman, who said he shot Hill because he brandished a handgun. Hill's
mother, Viola Bryant, filed a lawsuit against Newman and Sheriff Ken
Mascara, alleging wrongful death, negligence, excessive force and
violations of Hill's 14th and 15th Amendment rights. Bryant also
accused a SWAT team that responded to the scene of firing so much tear
gas and causing so much damage to Hill's one-story home that no one can
live in it now.
This is,
Saying All Lives Matter,
But We Need To Start Somewhere,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Yeah, there are no more “colored” water fountains, and it’s supposed to
be illegal to discriminate, but if I can be forced to sit on the
concrete in too-tight cuffs when I’ve done nothing wrong, it’s clear
there’s an issue. That things aren’t as equal as folks say they are.”
- Nic Stone, -
Oh,
and by the way.
I have
Black Friends
and I know they are not treated the same by the
Police!
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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