October 18, 2011
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The Daily News
1 The beauty part of being irrelevant is that you can say whatevs, and nobody listens.
2 The other night I went on a slight rant about the Occupy thing. I said stuff that was probably not too popular with a lot of people, but only because I have researched much of the stuff over the years.
3 A part of me expected hoots and hollers from supporters.
4 No one cared. Ah, it’s nice sometimes to be invisible. No one cares.
5 I didn’t have time to defend my views anyway.
6 Besides, I don’t feel I NEED to defend my views. I’ve studied this stuff inside-out for years.
7 The beautiful thing about getting old is that nobody takes you seriously.
8 So I’ll just say things that I believe and for the most part people either agree, or they just roll their eyes and think, “Old people. Yeesh.”
9 And I smile a Cheshire smile.
10 But enough of that.
11 Moving on, Part the First: What’s up with the Sharks?
12 Ah, don’t trip.
13 Long season, and they’ve got the talent. How are you supposed to get any momentum when you have your first game, and then a week off?
14 So hang in there Sharks’ fans.
15 It’s gonna be a fast ride. Roller coasters click slowly ’til they hit the top.
16 Moving on, Part Two: is it just me, or is the World Series somehow Texas v. St. Louis? If it IS, then the Giants and A’s should take note. Nobody’s that good.
17 I’m seeing that happening right now with the NFL.
18 The Niners and Raiders already sense the vulnerability of the best teams. It’s sort of refreshing.
19 I’m a bit torn about the Harbaugh/Schwartz thing though.
20 Somehow I just can’t imagine Bill Walsh showing his belly, grabbing another coaches hand, slapping his back and shoving him out of the way.
21 I especially can’t imagine ANY coach reacting and attacking a guy who would do that.
22 Pretty immature, to be sure.
23 Also a reasonably non-issue. Great for gossip and stuff, but our world seems to be getting more and more immature. Like I can totally get away with using an adverb as an adjective, and most people won’t even see it. Where’s Waldo?
24 Getting back to whatever point it is I was trying to make about the Harbaugh thing, there’s no denying Harbaugh’s football savvy, nor his passion as a coach.
25 The trouble with a coach like that is what happens when the team goes through adversity and gets blown out?
26 That same cheerleading often won’t hold up.
27 Harbaugh is closer to Singletary than he is Walsh.
28 As a lifelong Niner fan, I’m not criticizing. His record right now is 5-1. He walks the walk.
29 But I remember Mariucci driving me crazy with his Kumbayah sideline nonsense, and he was actually much more sudued.
30 Both the Niners and Raiders have had their share of goofy coaches.
31 But honestly. Coaches physically attacking other coaches? Nice message to send to younger players.
32 I’ll get off that now.
33 I’m beginning to see why older people get crochety.
34 The beautiful part, and the thesis of this DN is perhaps that as we get older, we also become a tad more invisible. I like that, actually.
35 I like that.
36 Moving on, Part Three: I’m becoming amazed at how everyone has no time anymore.
37 I’ll avoid a rant here, but yesterday I had come off a weekend where I put in at least ten or eleven hours planning, correcting, and posting things, and STILL fell a bit short yesterday with lessons.
38 AND I sat in on an IEP that went from 3:30 to 5:00 yesterday. I got home after 6, and didn’t get settled down until around 6:30. I had a little dinner of egg-salad sandwiches and a few Fritos, since I’m currently on a health kick, and fell off the Earth at around 8.
39 And that’s not a complaint. It’s an observation. It seems to me that almost everyone I meet nowadays is working long hours and has no time for anyone else.
40 Naturally, I blame The Man.
41 I always feel like the butcher who backs into his meat slicer.
42 I’m constantly getting a little behind in my work.
43 <rim shot followed by well-deserved groan>
44 Ah, I’d better back outta this. I’m becoming crotchety, which isn’t healthy in anyone’s book.
45 I’m just glad that I’m finally turning invisible.
46 No one cares.
47 So I think I’ll end this with a Cheshire smile, and kick it into high gear later today.
48 It’s the least I can do.
49 Peace.
~H~
