Thoughts R Full: KonMari time

Stuff been there so long it got comfy, settled in. Really awkward to dislodge it.(USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

Time for a mental break using the KonMari method?

You know how it is. Slivers of ideas – a collection of undeveloped blog posts you just can’t let go of so they just lounge around cluttering up the place.

Tethering them is selfish, I guess. Or foolish.

Should either spend time them – or let them hyperdrive into another cranium.

OK. A showcase – like pet adoption day. Open season on some half-baked thoughts:

A view of the left brain or right brain? (Don O’Brien/wikimedia.org)

#1.  Loonie or not, the moon getting laser treatments. (As it’s “The Man in the Moon” instead of the Lady, this isn’t about hair removal.)

There’s a couple of laptop sized reflectors that were left on the moon during the “One step for Mankind” visit. Since there are no moving parts or batteries, these still function. Scientists in a New Mexico Observatory bounce laser beams off the reflectors on a regular basis. It’s all about Einstein, gravity and gravitational pull in the universe. Their measurements are very precise.

Interestingly, the moon’s orbit is moving away from Earth about 1 1/4  inches a year. So if you multiple your age by 1 1/4  you can figure out how the distance the moon has traveled away in your life time.  (Don’t worry I don’t think it’s anything you said.)

Intriguing. (Some of us are easily amused.)

One of the many “bound to be useful somewhere” pictures. Who could delete that one?(© image)

#2. “Red and yellow kill a fella” used to be a warning about snakes. Who knew the meaning would writhe into a warning about fashion.

Wearing red hats or yellow vests in the wrong place is hazardous to your health.

Has anyone notified members of The Red Hat Society? You know, those who live by Jenny Joseph’s poem? (the title of that poem should be a heads up for them?).

Seeing red over what fashion said. Red, the color of fire and blood – like “The Red Badge of Courage”  oozing emotion and passion with hot, hot, hot alternating with the standard “stop”. (Yellow’s a flasher with “caution” or “yield” – no wonder when it is bipolar meaning both courage and cowardice. Tie a yellow ribbon around all that.

Micro aggressions are the new snakes in the grass in the cry of the beholder.

#3. The Bloody Valentine Experience at Creepy Hollow Haunted House.

Yep, nothing’s more romantic than chain saw murderers, serial killers, and Black roses – with thorns, of course.

After years of vampires, “Walking Dead”, slasher movies, and ennui, we’ve come to this.

The Valentine gift competition pushed by retailers has some bleeding dry in order to afford what is expected mandated by their heart of hearts.

At least the Scream Queens are still using traditional Valentine red.

I know with a little effort these little tidbits, could be built into something. (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

Whew. Clearing that bunch out wasn’t so hard. 

Who knew professional, certified KonMari consultants would be a career path?(There are actually 6 in this state.)

My mom could have been their national trainer. But instead of Marie Kondo‘s soul-searching with holding it up and asking “Does this bring me joy?” and thanking the object, the only question we were allowed was “Does someone else need this more than me?” A little different focus.

But as long as order is restored, in either room or mind, does it matter?

Freshly cleared space. Open range for new ideas.

(Any chance you might adopt one of those ideas? I’d feel better if they went to a foster home or something. They’re all really good kids with lots of potential…)

Mindful that out of sight isn’t really out of mind

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Ready for some racing thoughts. (micadew/Flickr/Commons.wikimedia.org)

 

 

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