Prompt: Write about things that are dumb.
Well, that’s loaded, eh? The easier, shorter list might be: what ISN’T dumb?
When my wife and I finish an evening of commiserating over dinner, we comically sum it all up with a quote from one of our favorite TV characters, Ron Swanson: “I hate everything!”
Things that are dumb? Name it.
The Seattle Mariners, my favorite baseball team, after going up 2-0 on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays, ended up losing game 7, thereby missing the opportunity to go to their first World Series EVER – the only team in the MLB who’s never even BEEN to the Fall Classic.
And, while I’m griping about my beloved Mariners, their OWNERS are dumb for never spending the requisite coin to buy marquee talent that might GET them to the series. Look to the Dodgers or Yankees, for example. Heck, even the Blue Jays that just eliminated them!
What else? How about an hour plus commute to work, one way? And, on a day like today? When I leave here it’ll likely take closer to two hours because it’s wet. People forget how do drive when it’s wet.
Government shutdowns? Dumb.
Politicians in general? Dumb.
My dad losing his battle to cancer and my mom’s recent stroke? Dumb.
My kids – and by extension – my six grandkids – all moving thousands of miles away? Dumb.
My inability to do anything to fix the world and it’s woes? Dumb and dumb.
I hate everything.
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Hearing this for the first time in person was one of the best moments of my last couple weeks. So delightful!