Old versus young

Alright after reading the Think Tank Entitlement responses on the WashingtonPost website, I was again pondering the resentment I might eventually feel for the elderly. Sure, we'll be paying there health benefits and cruises to the Caribbean, but couldn't they have at least built some roads. Infrastruture is falling apart and we're supplementing prescription drugs. What's that about? Clearly health care is a mess, but the solution is not clear.

But bridges and roads - that's simple - everybody benefits. Hike the gas tax. It's that simple. Use it only for transportation projects. Even people who don't drive get things delivered and int would encourage less driving through economics. What's not to like?

But, back to the subject at hand. What are we going to do about the aging population and why isn't anyone talking about it. That's the worst part of it all. We need dialog and someone is going to have to sacrifice. SS was suppose to be a way to prevent a lower class of elderly, not a vacation supplement. Rich elderly folks - why are they getting it? And I hope I can retire at 62, I just don't see it happening. All we can hope for is no wars between the young and old. The old will win, there are more of them and yong people don't vote.

Time capsules

Ok, I received an advertisement via the Internet (see left). What's that about? I thought time capsules were something kids did in the fifties to pass the time. That would be before Mr. Wizard.

I'm certainly going to pass on this -- but I just have to ask: when did my personal history become so incorporated?

Every other time I get a letter from a past self I wind up with one thought: You didn't know what the hell you were thinking when you wrote this, and you certainly don't now.

Dear Future-self - If time travel has been invented, rewind to the time I wrote this and talk me out of it. Many thanks.

Social Networking - keeping in touch

So, the soiree has started. I can see how quickly it could become an obsession. I check it incessantly for no reason. My social esteem cannot be tied up into that a number of friends, coworkers, etc. That's ridiculous. It hardly serves a communication. Instead, making me feel as though I"m keeping in better touch with folks. My apologies, but I'm probably not. Maybe this one sided conversation will serve me better.

Half the terms of the site I don't understand. And are people paying to send other people virtual gifts? I'm sorry, but a virtual martini is not a real martini. I can't taste it, can't smell it, can't hold it, and it doesn't give me that warm I think more clearly now feeling. And so, are people purchasing, with hard-earned (or grows on trees) US dollars, these virtual icon gifts? If so, can you tell me why? I'm utterly confounded.