The
Mayhem Sidebar
Blog
readers and want to add a disclaimer here, so that you can go on with your day
without being involved with this, if you are so inclined. Have only a half hour or so on a Friday
morning before I launch myself into the day and come out on the otherside, more
than likely without you, and it takes so long to find time in this friendly
summer weather to get back inside and on the computer to communicate the
details. Details of a day and start it
out wanting to include you. Friendly
orientation, and yet, it might be that the very title of this blog is biased
and makes you think: “…I have better
things to do.” Sidebar and Mayhem and wonder
where that really fits into our day.
Sidebar
and am not sure if this is a legal term used in court and we all understand
what that means, or if its about the window that shows up when I hit the
history section and it says: “…. History
sidebar.” So not sure if I am aiming for
a casual connection when the sidebar word comes up, or something more
informative and official and authoritative when the judge says to the lawyers
in his courtroom, “…sidebar.” Am aware
that the next word mentioned: Mayhem is
well centered in our thoughts as an alternative for talking or doing or being
involved with chaos and things we do not really want to think about.
Is
a set of ads on TV last month and before
about insurance and The Mayhem Monster.
After the first view of this ad, its as if you watch and endure what is
obviously known and is known to be appearing on screen next. Mayhem and it makes one think, “…. I have
better things to do. Click away. Signal your intention to have a different
kind of day, not really connected with The Mayhem Sidebar.
All
of this comes up because I am a wee bit short on time and yet, I have a half
hour to kill or manage and that isn’t enough time for me to do my homework or
concentrate and focus my attention on the theme: The Mayhem Sidebar. It is as if I have places to go and things to
do, and I am inviting you to come along, if you have nothing better going on in
the moment. Words on a screen and its
free, and you haven’t really gotten into the details or intricate part of your
day or morning, and so you might be persuaded to go along, after all its just a
blog excursion and you don’t really know this blogger or where all this is
going. But he did spell it out, put up
disclaimers and a simple warning. Now we
join in and keep reading. Out the door
and into the stream of traffic that constitutes the ebb and flow of a busy
schedule.
Not
far down that road, when accidental interference happens. Jammed up or in a traffic jam, and suddenly
the Mayhem Advertisement seems to have a place in the conversation. Unexpected and that’s where we are now. The Mayhem Sidebar and its up to the Judge or
the computer program to inform us, what is proper under the circumstances and
situation.
Out
and about and anything can happen.
Tranquility and Peace. Chaos and
Mayhem. Or if we are fortunate, something
else. And that’s about all the time I
have to contemplate the nature of what might come next. Am a bit disturbed by the congestion of a
city street, when indeed I have somewhere to go and a time limit. Anything that slows me down is not really
welcomed. And certainly I would not
welcome a traffic incident or something that might injure others. On my own, and in present company, and just
something to do while waiting for the real me to show up, and the real part of
my day to actually happen.
The
Mayhem Sidebar is here in my blog and thoughts because I was reading political
statements offered by the candidates of the election in the United States come
November 2016. On top of that I just sat
through a previous night of watching Fake NFL Football. Turns out we are way too early for the real
thing. Most of what I am involved in is
a sophisticated setup to get my attention and involvement. Soon all of this will turn serious, but not
really.
They
want me to adopt the position that my current moment is the most serious thing
in life and in this day, and that Mayhem and Fear and Uncertainty should be
foremost on my mind. Of course that is
one look at the implication of being a bill of goods under the category: The Mayhem Sidebar. Because I am running out of time and the bus
is calling my name. Be at the bus stop
or miss out and walk an extra mile, causing a bit of fuss and possible
intersection with a collision of interests, not solely your own.
So
now is the time. I will stop. Leave you hanging with the load of unanswered
questions, or perhaps a general inquiry that begins with this. “What does this have to do with me?” And that is what is first on my mind, when
the Judge or computer says, “Come Here.
Sidebar. I will explain what this
is all about.” But then I step
forward. Get involved. And later I ask myself: “Why am I dissatisfied.”
