By James Knudsen
Let me be the first to admit the obvious: 2020 is not over yet, it could still get worse. And lately, I’ve been learning a lot about the ways it could get worse. My wife, Andra, likes to fall asleep to something soothing, like scientific shows playing softly on the television. A recent favorite is, “How the Universe Works.” A better title would be, “How the Universe Will Eventually Conspire to Incinerate Planet Earth to a Cinder.” That’s usually what the scientists explain will happen should the topic of that evening’s episode happen. Actually, I misspoke, when the topic of that evening’s episode happens. Because given enough millions or billions of years, all of these things are going to happen. Things like...
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Despite these and other cosmic cataclysms that serve as my bedtime stories, I don’t suffer from bad dreams. The nightmare is when I wake up and our President says he will not guarantee the peaceful transfer of power.
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James, have I told you lately that the son of that old Latin teacher of mine is a stellar genius? Well, let me say it now: YOU, sir, are a stellar genius. And thank the wife of the stellar genius for inspiring her husband's column for this Saturday. I utterly love it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am pretty sure that my compliment WILL NOT incapacitate you by inflating your head out of any sane proportions.
Your compliments are very kind, but you needn't worry about my ego. Our President is claiming a Nobel... or was it Noble Peace Prize nomination. In light of that, my forthcoming Nobel Prize nomination for literature has lost all its lustre.
DeleteFun read, James. But not fun times. Enjoyed it very much.
ReplyDeleteJames, and anyone reading this: after I expressed to a San Francisco friend my sense that Trump not only wants to “win” the election, but fully INTENDS to do so, by whatever means he can impose, my friend reassured me: “If the election goes against him, the Marine guard will simply pick him up, put him in a box, and ship it back to Queens.” I.e., nothing to worry about.
ReplyDeleteAre Acting Citizen and Ed (and everyone else reading this) as sanguine as my friend in San Francisco? I fear that such sanguinity puts too much faith in political correctness and the expectation that everything will unfold according to constitutional American principle, despite Trump’s having been and continuing to be all about subverting those principles.
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DeleteJames, my friend in San Francisco has read your column and comments on your list of things that are going to happen:
DeleteNone of these is necessary; we’re doing a fine job of hastening the Apocalypse on our own!