A Curious Little Blog

I disagree with the Black Lives Matter movement on just about everything, but I admire their brilliant choice of a motto.  They've picked something that no one could possibly disgree with.  Of course black lives matter!  But what does that mean?  Well, it was started in reference to police killings of blacks, so it must imply that we have to cut down on that.  But how?  Defund the police?  That doesn't follow, and it's far from something everyone would agree with.  Somehow, however, people who agree that black lives matter find themselves swept up in the defund the police movement.  And since police obviously aren't going to be totally defunded, they start thinking about what else they can do to stay on the right side, the safe side.  That begins by putting "black lives matter" on all their web sites and telling people that we must do more to stop racism -- which is quite a jump from the bland assertion that black lives matter. Saying ...

For some reason these lines from Billy Vera's song "At This Moment" have been running through my head recently.  Sometimes I like to think about hypotheticals, such as, "Would someone really give up 20 years of his life for a romantic interest?" I'm not a good candidate for this question, for two reasons.  One, I am happily married; and two, I am over 50, so losing 20 years off my life seems pretty dire at this point.  Let's assume, then, that we are dealing with a 20-something person who is desperately in love and appears not likely to win their beloved's heart.  Even in those circumstances, would you do it? At other times, I have used speculative questions like this to wonder how a person would assess the reality of the offer.  For example, if someone offered to buy your soul for $1 million, would you accept?  You probably would not think that this person could literally buy your soul even if he wanted to, but would you take a chance anyway? ...