Shipwrecked & Comatose

The recent Colorado shootings have had the proverbial guns blazing on both sides of the political fence regarding the place of firearms in our society.    Gun laws in this country haven’t been this relaxed in decades.   There is more freedom to carry guns than there has ever been in my lifetime.    Still every day I hear the voices crying out that our gun rights are being taken away.   I have never heard President Obama speak out about tighter gun control laws, and yet gun enthusiasts continue to pillory him as the man who will take their guns away. I just want to understand why guns are so important to so many.   Why do you want so badly to have weapons that kill people?   Don’t tell me, “Guns don’t kill people.   People kill people.”   Obviously a gun isn’t going to kill anyone without someone operating it.   I’m not that stupid.   What a gun does is make killing another person, or even a crowd, fast and easy. ...

I have decided, as per a thought I had in one of my recent blogs, to have yet another type of "theme" post (joining "Things I Don't Get" and "Style 101").  I'm always seeing stuff on Facebook that ticks me off.  I feel my friends have a right to post this stuff.  I generally refrain from commenting because I don't want to get into it with people.  There are just too many people on Facebook and too many opinions and too much potential for ill-will.  Shipwrecked & Comatose is a dark little corner of the internet that no one visits.  I can sound off in my own little echo chamber and say exactly what I think of your small-minded drivel.  If anyone does decide to come and read and dare to contradict, I just delete.  (Here is where I flash my evil grin and do a little bwhahahahaha laugh.) When we put stuff out on the internet, we always risk opposition.  That is my warning.  Whatever you put on Facebook risks being lampooned, picked apar...

I'm thinking of coming up with a new "theme" post (like my "Things I Don't Get" series) where I take something I see posted on Facebook and post my reactions in my blog.  It seems FB posts are inspiring many of my blogs lately. So what is today's Facebook post that has my brain turning?  Well, I'm seeing quite a few of these posts lately. For the record, seatbelt  and car seat laws began in the 80s, so this piece is a bit bogus anyway. And this It's the same thing over and over.  Adults complain about how kids aren't going out to play and  using their bodies and their imaginations instead of electronics.  Oh the horror. Why is no one addressing why aren't kids going outside to play?  No one is forcing them to stay inside with the video games and Facebook. If you are an adult reading this, and especially if you are a parent, what are you doing right now?  Well, obviously you ar...

…will never actually be posted. I have had something on my mind for quite some time now.  I know that it would be a very interesting and thought-provoking topic for a blog post.  I could never post that blog though.  That post brings into question one of our society’s most sacred of sacred cows.  It’s an untouchable subject.   Even my liberal friends would find it offensive.   Even my liberal friends who might agree with it deep down would still feel obliged to be outraged about it in public.  That post subject is pure taboo. This post is not about that topic, but about the nature of blogging in general.  What lines should a blogger allow herself to cross? As someone who has been online before being online was cool, I know very well that anything you put out there online is out there for criticism and judgment.  One major internet rule that everyone should learn is that if you put something out there (whether it’s ...

How did folks arrive at the belief that if you espouse liberal political beliefs that you are lazy and don't want to work? Five years ago the small boutique consulting and investment advisory firm I worked for was bought out by a Fortune 100 corporation.  Last year the people at the top decided that after all of their many acquisitions they made over the years that they had too many customer service people scattered all over the country.  They were sure that the best solution for customers would be to consolidate all customer service employees into one call center in their main office in Denver. The result was that I was laid off my job this spring.  Do I really believe this move was about consolidation and making customers happy?  I certainly do not.  They wanted to hire as many new and inexperienced people as possible so that they wouldn't have to pay the well-trained and experienced employees the corresponding salaries. They certainly could a...