What IS Wrong With People Today?

Karen's back to work, NC has entered "Phase 2" of 3 million possible phases and suddenly the pandemic is taking the back seat in the news to a race war.  I was verbally assaulted on Facebook over a Black Lives Matter post where I offered that ALL Lives Matter.  So Google insists in the guidelines of culture in 2020, that it's some kind of insult to mention All Lives Matter to anyone preaching BLM.

I'm not an advocate for division in this country, far from it, but the way I was taught, in Sunday School, was that Jesus loves EVERYBODY regardless of color of skin.  That's how it's supposed to work, together.  We are more divided now than at any time in MY lifetime and that includes the radical 60's.  I have my own notions about who may have single-handedly divided this nation again, but that's neither here or now.

Being called a racist isn't new, I was NOT a fan of Barack Obama, but being called racist for suggesting all lives matter makes no sense whatsoever.  My life matters, your life matters, OUR lives matter.  Too much division, too many hyphens, too many excuses.  You kids chill out, I'm about to put the whole world on ignore.  Peace.

Surviving Lockdown

It's been strange.  It's been a much simpler routine with no choices and actually not a lot to do.  Karen has caught up with her television routine on demand and is to the point she is actually watching some new shows as they air the first time.  I'm enjoying the pre-2000 Nascar races shown on Fox and love the interaction between the competitors in the Fox I-Racing Invitational series.  Nascar is back in a couple of weeks in overdrive, MBL is suggesting July 4 will be opening day and those ice hockey guys are ready to go back to war too.  I am more than ready for baseball for sure.

Karen's employers met in the parking lot on Friday afternoon, just to let everybody know what was going on.  The company reopened 105 stores in 5 states on Friday and they are awaiting a "go" from Raleigh before calling in employees as the lockdown ends here Saturday.  I almost figure she will be back to work within a week, as Belk is appearing to be a leader in companies returning their workers to the payroll and to work.

Hobby Lobby reopened stores in the NC Triad area yesterday, while remaining closed in "hotter" areas virus-wise.  The Feds (the CDC) has "updated" the death count and this pandemic is looking to be less and less fatal than even the regular flu, for which supposedly, there IS a vaccine for.  Nope.  I won't consider anything backed by Bill Gates, W.H.O. and George Soros.  Don't ask.  Gates is being sued over deaths in Africa connected with him jacking around with vaccines, and he's probably responsible for nearly a quarter million paralyzed kids in India for the same reasons, jacking around with vaccines.  #RealTalk

On the #RoxX front I've accepted the challenge of trying to film my own parts for a "home lockdown-style" music video, shot on my phone.  OK, the phone's not a problem, HD cameras on front and back, same stats on both.  Ran through it completely a few weeks ago, uploaded the video to Tommy.  He makes suggestions, so no, this isn't the end, I'm just getting started.  A week later I shot two complete versions using my LED light strip for color and effect and uploaded them to Tommy.  A week later I reach out and ask how he's doing and he replies he's had some technical difficulties.  Suggests I do my video in segments.  So I re-shot it last night, ended up uploading four segments to complete the song.  I hope?  To be continued!