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…But I do set aside time to write every day.<\/p>\n…But I do set aside time to write every day.<\/p>\n
Over the past few months, writing has been increasingly difficult and I\u2019m at a loss as to why that might be.<\/p>\n
There have been more days than I care to admit where I’ve sat down with the computer, or iPad fully intending to write something magnificent. Okay, maybe not magnificent, how about just writing anything at all?<\/p>\n
There have been days when I\u2019d have been happy with the letter \u201cA<\/strong>\u201d on a page. Even that has been difficult and I have no clue what\u2019s disrupting my thought processes.<\/p>\n Maybe it\u2019s time to get some of that over the counter memory drug that\u2019s always on the TV. Much as I don\u2019t want to admit it, I\u2019m in the requisite age group.<\/p>\n It tends to frustrate me. No, it pisses me off!<\/p>\n For whatever it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m trying really hard not to end up a bitter, mean, old man.<\/p>\n One of those in the neighborhood is quite enough, and that guy is really starting to damage my calm!<\/p>\n He\u2019s taken to screaming and hollering about literally any noise in the neighborhood. My next door neighbors have gas powered leaf blowers that each uses maybe once a month and even then only for 15 to 20 minutes maximum. We\u2019re always under water restrictions so instead of washing down the decks or their driveways, they\u2019ll use the blowers, especially if they\u2019ve been trimming plants or what have you.\u00a0<\/p>\n The neighbor about a 1\/2 block away but on line of sight with my street loses his mind and starts swearing and screaming \u201cit\u2019s not a parking lot out here!!!!\u201d Ironically he lives next door to the crazy lady and her boy toy. If she\u2019s not screaming obscenities, the boy toy is grinding metal at all hours of the day & night. Apparently that doesn\u2019t bother the mean old guy but a leaf blower 4 houses away does.<\/p>\n There are a couple of dogs at the end of my street. They\u2019re good pups, if a little barkey. The house directly across from their yard is for sale and they\u2019re doing what they\u2019re supposed to do. Strangers get barked at. They\u2019re dogs, it\u2019s normal. The mean guy loses his shit over that and has shouted some of the most horrific things about the female half of the couple who own the dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Honestly if it wasn\u2019t that the husband is such a damn nice guy, he\u2019d be completely within his rights to punch the mean old pot head out. To be honest if the husband did it, I\u2019d pull a Sargent Schultz from\u00a0Hogans\u00a0<\/em>Heroes\u00a0<\/i> and \u201cSEE NOTHING!”<\/p>\n The mean old pot head is \u00a0also quite frustrated most of the time. He’ll be trying to reach someone on the phone and well, it doesn\u2019t go well. He loses things quite often. Either event will cause a stream of obscenities that can be heard all over the neighborhood. These obscenities don\u2019t stop for literally hours.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to be that guy…<\/p>\n I\u2019d prefer to be generally happy, and peaceful.<\/p>\n It occurred to me the other day that he\u2019s actually a coward. He\u2019ll shout the most horrific things from the safety of his house at people that can\u2019t see him and who might not realize where the shouted obscenity or complaint is coming from. In the event that someone was to challenge him he\u2019d pull the pity me card, \u201cI\u2019m old, I don\u2019t sleep well, I\u2019m infirm, blah, blah, blah.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n In other words I\u2019ve lost all respect for him. He\u2019s an old school troll. I should introduce him to social media. Perhaps that would entertain him more than waiting to scream, rant, & rave about someone living their life, on their property, in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n Lately, he\u2019s gotten so much worse It\u2019s become another incentive to leave and find someplace better to live.<\/p>\n I’ve been wondering if part of my problem is simply I need a change of pace. Perhaps I need to have some fun and put distance between my frustrations and myself for a few hours.<\/p>\n On the plus side, I\u2019ve been exploring interesting music via Apple Music. Their algorithm has gotten pretty spot on in presenting me with choices of music that I\u2019m likely to enjoy. Come to think of it, Hulu has also been much better at suggesting something to watch.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s because the algorithms are better, or because I\u2019m no longer sharing my accounts with anybody. That\u2019s not a complaint, it\u2019s one of those things you have as part of being a family.<\/p>\n Happy Summer Solstice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …But I do set aside time to write every day. Over the past few months, writing has been increasingly difficult and I\u2019m at a loss as to why that might be. There have been more days than I care to admit where I’ve sat down with the computer, or iPad fully intending to write something … <\/p>\n![\"YoungFrankenstein](\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/YoungFrankenstein-abnormal.jpeg\" "\\"YoungFrankenstein")
Perhaps, the problem is the same one encountered in\u00a0Young Frankenstein<\/em> and I need a brain replacement. Or I\u2019ve, unbeknownst to me, had a replacement and that isn\u2019t going well.<\/p>\n