I Have A Dream

It is MLK Day...Martin Luther King...seems to me, that it took a while to get this to be a National Holiday...in my youth, as the walls of bigotry were crumbling...a bit...the leader was Mr King...who believed in non-violence...and led his people to equality in the States...yes, judging was done by the color of one's skin...

In my collegiate days, there was this civil rights issue, as well as the horrid Vietnam War...the country was exploding with anger and frustration...the assassinations of leaders of the different movements was even more terrifying...JFK, his brother RFK, and MLK, all lost their lives during this time...to the bullet...I remember it as tragic...and, at the same time, hopeless...

Time took over...to heal...and bring promise to our culture...I suppose...listen, it is still a work in progress...

Other...

Had a terrific meal at Benihana's...for the birthday girl...having the cooker, do the meal right in front of you, is way cool...thanks to the Dude and Susan, and, the Mackles, for joining us...and celebrating another...oops, that doesn't sound right...let's leave it at joining us...ha ha...

The end of the Vikings/Saints game apparently was a doozy...I heard all about it at the dinner hot plate...er, whatever that cooking area is called...was talking to my son, as he told me that the Saints kicked the game winning FG...with 25 seconds left...and off we went to the dinner...and then...

The other one of the NFL games for the day...the Jags upset the Steelers...you KNOW I have no clue on the winners of these bloody games...just another example of...

So...we went to a mall...up just east of LaJolla...while I have been writing about the demise of these things...this one, is doing the opposite...it is growing and you'd never think of a downturn on Malls...oh yea, actually got me book...'Fire and Fury' at the Amazon Book Store...I didn't even know this store existed...weird, just weird...

Down in the south...like the other south...east...where there aren't many 'Indian Casinos', yet...there are floating ones...like mini cruise casinos...so the peops get aboard...float in the water...and can gamble there...well, one of them...in the waters of Florida...caught fire...and the people did what they could to get off the boat...many dove or jumped into the water and swam to shore...geez, in Floridian water?...egads...gator bait...

This is in the 'oh my' category...you recall the performance of the one and only Mariah Carey in NYC for New Years?...she wanted her tea...right...now, there is a resurgence in the masses wanting their tea, too...doesn't take much to start a fad, now, does it...

Still in the works stage...one of the hot commodities for the past Xmas season...was the gift of your very own drone...appears that it is not that easy to fly, or use...and many of them, fly off never to be found again...ha ha...really?...they get out of battery range...and then, see ya...

Day 2 of the birthday bash...