Sad,That It Came To This!

People have always been selfish and self-centered. It's a part of human nature. It doesn't matter if people weigh in for or against. It's already been cut in stone in the history books right down to the bible pointing it out.. Still, it's become part of our culture more than ever with the "me" generation. You know, the one that begins with Mill------. Having pointed that out again, two weeks ago, was the last time that I was at the lake. As far back as last summer, I was telling my self that I can't go to the lake on the weekends. The out-of-control people that make their own rules to suit their selves  became the norm.The Park Administration didn't want to start getting strict with enforcement, but in the end, today,some200 Code Enforcement began the shut down of a crown jewel of the Dallas Park System. And, there is more to come. It has brought about a whole take a second look at just how bad it's gotten.


Don't take this the wrong way, it's not a negative or a positive view. I've been around the lake for a couple of decades on a daily basis, give or take a miss hear or there. Point being, I've seen the popularity of the lake grow which makes me abundantly happy. It's a little Central Park of sorts and to have an area like White Rock in the heart of a city with a couple of million people is something that everyone enjoys. But, with the expanding population at such a rapid rate, Enforcement has begun already.

So, last Sunday, I had an article ready to publish and after reading it through just before hitting the publish button, I saved it to draft. I wanted to give the crew that probably does not even know what "the huddle masses yearning to be free" meant, much less where they could read the inscription where it sits, a second chance in my mind.  With that said, I pushed the delete button instead of the publish one.

In the meanwhile I heard talk of the "curfew nannies" being called up. With that, I knew then, that it was going to happen and happen quickly at that. A bunch of selfish, self-centered jerks--yes, and I don't apologize for the use of the work jerks, either, brought the closing.  They got the entire park shut down to where you need a bike or walk to get in. Still in the recoveryphase and waiting for my second surgery that was scheduled for this past 26th of the month and cancelled by the surgeon, I don't even get a chance to enjoy a walk to a shelter house if I could drive to the park and walk to a picnic table or bench but walking at this point has been limited in distance due to the first surgery that had me in the hospital for 5 and a half weeks over the holidays.

When the call came to shelter in place, I did. And I did it for good of those both sick and those that had to stay home because they didn't want to pick up the virus and spread it to their own family members etc.,etc. But most of all, those that knew what 6-feet away meant. I've made two trips to the grocery store and one to the pharmacy. From here on out, I'll order for delivery both groceries and meds.

Listening to Judge Clay Jenkins state today that if you pass x number of people walking in one direction and x number of people walking the other direction in less than six feet, from their droplets  could land 200,000 virus droplets on yourself. Then, the Director of Health in China said today that Americans were crazy not to be using mask. On top of that, the US could see as many as 100,000 to  200,000 deaths before this is over. Run the numbers matched to the population totals and it doesn't seen that many, but when you stop to visualize 100,000-200,000 of anything, I, for one, am glad that I can read between the lines at first notice of what is coming and choose to say in. And going out is totally out of the question with something this serious.

New York has 45 refrigerated trailers ready to handle the dead. You don't want to see more trailers like New York's rolling into Dallas, or any other city in the US.

Please, Stay Home. Don't get on the Katy or White Rock Trails. If you are dead, all that running,walking and peddling isn't going to help you one bit.

The curfew nannies with a bit more bite!! Thank Goodness! Social Distancing is no joke.

Enforcement to Social Distancing combined with  Code Enforcement and other law enforcement.

Shelter-in-Place. It looks like the kid and parents got the message

This is NOT social distancing.

What Do You Give Up When.......

What do you give up when you rent a video? There is one key factor that is missing. It is a simple thing, mostly, but its effect is monumental. Over the years, as technology becomes and makes us  more anti-social, that effect starts to turn up in strange and odd behavioral patterns. I must admit that even I have become more mindful of my surroundings when I walk, when  I am on a photo-shoot or just going to the doctor's office.

Yesterday, while doing my health walk, I also do the brain clean when I try to replace all the garbage that has built up and filter out the negatives. Today, I have to do that more often than ever before because there is so much more negatives today than in the past. Having a plan and a routine to do that is different for people. Some like to run. Some like to walk. Some like to bike. Some do photography and some just walk and think. I try to combine the photography with the walk at times while at other times, I like to do the photography and think and walk. Multi-tasking your health, I like to think.

While doing that yesterday, it came to me that I had not been to a movie in quiet some time. It's easier to rent  a video than ever before. Go to the pharmacy or grocery store, rent a movie and then watch it when you can block out the time to watch. What's wrong with that? Plenty as I discovered later on after really thinking about going to a movie verses renting one. It also came to me that the anti-social behavior that people have today is partly because they are in their own little  i-world and don't have the people skills that I grew up with.

That's right, Mr. Boxer, this labs need more new social skills.

What it really boils down to is that people don't care about anyone but themselves. It's a self-centered world we live in today. Oh, I know, there are those that will argue that point, but they would argue with a rattlesnake, too. It's about people watching a movie and hearing others laugh at a funny scene or a funny line by an actor. And even though you didn't laugh, at least you knew that several dozen people around you found, what ever it was that caused the laugh, funny to others. You don't get that when you rent a video. You don't have the mixture of attitudes of people around you. It helps you to absorb that others laughed--why didn't I? What was so funny? I didn't find that to be funny but gees, the whole theater roared, you conclude. Don't you see....it just might be you that has no sense of humor.