Overheard at Table 2: Respect Your Elders

I'm Gen X, and it just hit me today, as I was getting ready for work, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought "man I am starting to look kinda old" and then it hit me that, when we were young, we were taught to respect our elders BECUASE they were old.

I remember thinking how cool it would be that people would respect me for being old when I got old.  But now that I am old, we're suddenly in a culture in which people only respect you if you do what they like.  

So I guess the culture is telling me that I'm gonna have to keep WORKING for respect until the day that i DIE.

... I call bullshit!

Overheard at Table 3: Poem of the Day - Feral Luna Watches Everything

Feral Luna Watches Everything

Feral Luna watches everything
as her babes climb all about her.
Golden-eyed, she peers through shadows,
discerning, recording
each footfall, every voice
of the humans who try to pet her.

A scruff of the ear,
a caress of the chin,
but, be mindful, human!
Do not try to pull her
onto your lap, she will
scratch with flurry and scurry
under the armoire, or
hide under the couch,

and from the safety of her
secret nook, she will crouch
and peer out,
discerning, recording,

Feral Luna watches everything.

MR
2023-1029

Overheard at Booth 3: Feral Luna Watches Everything

[written on the back of an invoice for the spaying of the feral Luna]

Feral Luna Watches Everything

Feral Luna watches everything
as her babes climb all about her.
Golden-eyed, she peers into shadows,
discerning, recording
each footfall, every voice
of every human who tries to pet her.

A scruff of the ear,
a caress of the chin,

but be mindful, human!
She is not yours - do not
try to pull her into your lap -
snap-clawed, she'll scurry 
under the armoire or 
shelter under the couch
and from the safety of her secret nook,
she'll peer out for hours,
discerning, recording.

Feral Luna watches everything.

2023-1029

Overheard at Table 4: "I have to drive to work and I have no time for myself!"

An employer has a responsibility to provide a safe work environment, but it has ZERO responsibility to ensure that the employees have a comfortable commute.

Overheard at Booth 3: Dr Pentecost Dice

Dr Pentecost dice: Hay preguntas para aprender, y hay preguntas para enseñar

Overheard at Booth 1: Lucky and Otis Discuss Contrarianism (No, They Don't)

Lucky Moran: Is it just me or has everybody become completely contrarian these days?

Otis Redwing: That hasn't happened.  Not everybody's contrarian.

Lucky: You just proved my point, dude!

Otis: No I didn't.

Overheard at Table 4: Why a Husband Doesn't Cheat

Would you ever cheat on your wife?

Oh hell no!

Afraid of getting caught?

Not that. I already disappoint one woman in bed, I don't think my ego could handle disappointing another.