What Am I Thinking About?

Since a very early age thru yesterday I have been asked by family friends “were you listening”? No. The followup question is always, “what were you thinking about”? The standard answer is nothing. But the reality is it is impossible to thinking about nothing because if you were thinking about nothing, then you were thinking about something which is nothing.

I decided to write down some of thoughts over a few day period.

Why did Roman centuries have 80 men when century means 100? Is it because the officers lost 20 men on a march and just lied to their superiors by calling 80 a 100.

If a Viking warrior had a shy bladder, did he have to stay home and not go raiding or just hold it while sailing across the North Sea?

How does one live an ethical life?

Could I bike across the US again? I think so physically, but would take a lot of training and some very good luck. Mentally, I’m not so sure.

Why did women vote for Trump? In campaign speech he said he would protect women “whether they like it not”. In May, 2023 he was found liable for sexually abusing a writer. He is on tape for bragging about making vulgar sexual advances to married women. He had sex with porn star then was convicted of trying to cover it up. It goes on and women still voted for him.

What’s the difference between living and being alive?

Why do investors look at a statement, see their account has declined in market value, panic and sell turning a paper loss into a real one, are not invested if the market recovers and their is a paper gain again and then cannot figure out why they lose money in the stock market.

Should Republicans who support tax cuts for the very rich to the detriment of the rest of US citizens wear stickers saying “bought and paid for in the US”?

How deep is the rabbit hole?

Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm into blind trust before he became President while Trump accepts a $400 million jet from Qatar, sells digital currency, and encourages his supporters to stay and hold conferences at his resorts on which he makes money. How did we go from one of the if not the most ethical President in our history to the most unethical President in our history or in the country for that matter?

The differences between religion and spirituality.

How did voters not understand what tariffs would to inflation in specific and the overall economy?

If I keep improving at pickle ball at the current rate, could I make the senior Olympics by the time I am a 100?

Who is more corrupt, Trump or the Republicans that support him and/or look the other way?

How does the US have such an inefficient expensive health care system. Can it be fixed?

Could I have survived the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s?

Will democracy survive Trump?

If there is a hell and Jesus said “love your neighbor”, will Republicans who supported cuts in USA Aid and Medicaid, both which provide health care, especially for children, end up in hell?

Who is the most stupid, some one who does not accept the science behind climate change, is anti-vaccine, or believes the recent intense hurricanes were made by the government? Tough competition.

Life is hard enough as it is, why do we make life harder than it already is?

If women are free and equal, then they should be able to make their own health care decisions.

Christian Nationalists do not follow the teachings of Jesus or the basics of US has democracy, especially the First Amendment, so what really are they?

Why do we think white men, especially old white men are good leaders. All the bad decisions starting with the Vietnam war were made by white men.

This is a sampling from the past few days. I left out the personal stuff. Frankly, given the dust storm going on in my brain, I think it’s remarkable I listen as much as I do.