Written by awneitsch on May 27, 2021
Halloween – When The Dead Won’t Die
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies“We can grab a couple a sheets and give them quite a scare” – This House Is Not for Sale – Ryan Adams Halloween, or ‘All Hallows Eve’, or ‘All Saints Day is a holiday celebrated annually on October 31 in many countries. It has it’s origins from the Celtic, Gaelic festival of ‘Samhain’ or
Written by awneitsch on May 25, 2021
The Cure And The CCC – TBC
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesIt’s great news that the cures for the common cold and the common flu have been found. Where are the celebrations and parades? No more sneezes and sniffles, cough or fever. No more lost work or sick time. No more of that dried, MSG laden chicken soup or cold and flu suppression medication. No more
Written by awneitsch on April 28, 2021
The Only Crazy Person In The Room – TBC
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesThe situation where one might feel to be on either end of the scenario could be seen two ways. It’s a numbers game. The majority will always feel themselves to be virtuous, sane and good and will censure those that dissent from the common mob narrative. The dissenters will always feel themselves to be the
Written by awneitsch on April 21, 2021
Sometimes Ya Can’t Say FUCK! Enough
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social StudiesI solemnly swear to not use the word throughout this piece. Is the word still a bad word? It’s been around since about AD1475. The word is a profane English-language word that often refers to the act of sexual intercourse and even then, relegated to the thoughts and places still frowned on by polite society…if
Written by awneitsch on April 21, 2021
SPECIES – TBC
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social Studies‘SPECIES’ was 1995 Sci-Fi horror film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It starred the delightful and talented Natasha Henstridge in her debut role. The plot concerns an escaped human hybrid that was developed by government and rogue scientists and their race to capture her after she escapes and before she mates
Written by awneitsch on April 21, 2021
Is Life Still Precious?
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesWhen, ever, ever, in history have sane people believed that life was so precious and worthy of saving that they would commit suicide to preserve it? Suicide by any means has historically been deemed a shameful act by the church and against the law by governments. The families of those who successfully committed suicide were
Written by awneitsch on April 18, 2021
SIDS OR SADS?
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesSADS is rapidly surpassing SIDS as the leading cause of sudden death among humans since….well….any world war or genocide in history. SIDS is the acronym for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS is the leading cause of death in infants, and the U.S. has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the developed world, easily
Written by awneitsch on April 14, 2021
On Tyranny
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesI was recently walking through a new residential neighborhood under construction in the city where I live as I am wont to do. I also like looking into the the big green waste bins that are parked in front of the construction sites to marvel at how much waste is produced to build a stick
Written by awneitsch on April 13, 2021
MASKED ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – TBC
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social Studies‘The Walking Dead’ was a popular television series about the horror of a post-apocalyptic world and the struggle for survival against a largely inhumane, unhuman and insane world. Presumably, the crisis was caused by a pandemic of some sort that infected the populations of the world and was spread by close contact between the the
Written by awneitsch on April 9, 2021
If Ya Don’t Stand For Something, You’ll Die For Nothing – TBC
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesApparently James McNeill Whistler, who is known for his iconic portrait of his mother, was at a party that was also attended by Oscar Wilde who was known as one of the great and ribald wits of the nineteenth century. Oscar Wilde was occasionally accused of appropriating the clever expressions spoken by others. During the