A Tale Of Two Passports
No quite 30 years ago, I applied for my first passport. It was late 1995 when a friend and I thought it would be fun to visit London, England. My friend had been paying close attention to flight costs and said tickets were cheap and we should go.
We went for a whirlwind five days knockabout in Swingin’ London. It was fun if brief trip.
Having never traveled to any passport required destination before, I needed to get that document ASAP! And I did.
Fast forward to now. My wife and I are planning a trip back to Good Ol’ Blighty (and Scotland and Ireland) in September. This time for 20 days. Both of our passports have long expired, so we had to apply for new ones.
AND HOLY HELL! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!
Sure, I got older, but that’s not what I mean. That younger me barely even looks like me. I look bloated and bleary-eyed. No beard, and I look so much better with one.
I think the reason I looked so horrible back then is that those were my much heavier drinking days. I was 31, so that weren’t no baby fat.
Yeesh!
Xfinity Ads
There’s this whole campaign of Xfinity ads touting there whole house, even the basement, WiFi coverage. The ads feature kids telling slightly younger kids that those younger kids have it so much better than they did. You know, like, three years ago.
There are two ads that feature the same two boys, brothers, I presume.
And the younger brother is such a jerk.
A Quick Round Up Of Some Unrelated Things
My one (interesting, at least) St. Paddy’s Day story. It happened several years ago involving our old house, a tree on the boulevard, a crashed car, and a guy with a shotgun.
A meme about the seemingly inconsistent attitude toward plastic grocery bags, discouraged in most places, outright banned in some, and all the plastic packaging in the grocery store popped up on my Facebook page. he meme uses television’s greatest police detective Lt. Columbo.
I understand the irony the meme is pointing out, but not using plastic shopping bags at least cuts down on all the plastic being used at the grocery store, doesn’t it? It’s a start.
A man in Germany has received 217 doses of the COVID vaccine! And he’s ok. So much for the anti-vaxxers’ too many vaccinations argument. The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe does a deep dive on this story. Very interesting.
Side Effects Include…
As I do from time to time, I reminded my listener that the disclaimer – These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. – seen at the bottom of the television screen during ads for various supplements (memory improvement, joint health, male enhancement, etc, etc) is a long way of saying this stuff is probably just some snake oil.
Actual prescription drug ads come with recommendations to consult your doctor and lists of the most common side effects. It’s a good way to tell real medicine from bullshit.
My wife did point out one such real medicine ad for hot flashes in menopausal women and one of its most common side effects… hot flashes. Wait. What?
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