Wednesday's Digressions

My inner 12 year old giggled

• In multiple cultures there are efforts to suppress the fact cannibalism was a widespread practice in the past. Present day people seem appalled and assume the practice reflects on the modern day ancestors. First of all the cannibals in most cases wouldn't recognize their modern day counterparts and secondly, what else will we deny that we don't like? And also, is no one afraid that with enough denial and misinformation today people in our future literally won't know what to believe about those who proceeded us?
• As a typical kid with typical macabre tastes I loved reading about cannibalism- modern day and ancient. I have seen the understanding go from; it happened and always happened everywhere at times but was mostly ceremonial to, it hardly ever happened and all associated stories of it happening were the white man's lie to, Holy smokes, everybody was eatin' everybody else- everywhere and it was happening until way too recently for our comfort. The truth is people have almost always and everywhere eaten other folks for food, fun, profit and ceremony and the only thing that quashed it was the spread of Christianity.
• The truth is OK.
  

  

  William Sadler stole the show as the Grim Reaper in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

• Yikes- reaper came out," raper " first back there.
• When you read about a school having 3, 30 or 300 kids testing positive for TB after a so called outbreak that means only slightly more than nothing. Especially in certain schools unless a child had recently tested negative, if your life depended on it you couldn't determine they had been infected in the school by the source case. Regardless, for the most part and very simply put they would have had needed close, prolonged contact for their body to react. You don't get infected and have a positive test the next day- it may take some weeks to 3 months. When you hear about those stories ask yourself, Did they really let that kid hang around in class coughing his head off for weeks or months?! Of course not- most of the time the positive reactors were already infected by sick family members.
• FG gives me the stink eye when we go somewhere and we hear, Omigosh. Where have you been? We haven't seen you in forever!
• I feel flattered when after attending a party or gathering with somebody I later hear that the hosts have asked about me or are asking me to come back like no other compliment I can receive.