Way on back in Merry Olde one time, at the All-nite Bar-be-Que, the good-time, all-nite, all-right Bar-be-Que. And then in the morning, first thing, up and at 'em for some Beans and tinned-toms and soft-eggs, with a Chicken Burger on the side. Cooked right up before your eyes in a Stick-tent there in the middle of the field. Or was it a drivable kitchen. I saw it the night before behind the Pilley and they were serving cups of high-test Tea. Black Tea, like gunpowder, the Boston Tea Party kind, thrown over board, an act of Civil Disobedience, with a fun, costume-theme, War-Paint, and why not? The best kind of disobedience is Civil Disobedience. In dire times, commit small crimes, not the kind where somebody gets hurt, except maybe in the pocket-book. But how many people carry pocket books these days? Some percent must and we look to them to name our generalization. I carry a giant bag that will never stand up straight, no matter how much I shift it around. It's just too lopsided, with a narrow keel and no proper ballast. When I was in 7th Grade, I carried a gigantic, orange Miami Dolphins duffle bag, filled with the entire Text-Book contents of my school locker. This left me all the space in the locker to store several uneaten lunches and long expired fruits. Complaints began to flow in to the Office regarding that stench. Couldn't pave any streets with those cobblestones. We're down to our last street in town. The cobblestones. They brought them a long way from the Sea. Sailed all the way up the river from the Gulf, through the valleys, all the way up to Ohio before they realized they'd gone too far. DeSoto and the Boys. Looking for... what were they looking for? My guess is they were planning on building a Dinner Boat Attraction, the even flew in a Chef, special, from New York City, just to cook the Prime-Rib buffet, however, once they took out all the stones from the hull, the ships tipped over and sank in the muck. No Dinner Boat and the whole crew had to hike back to the Sea-Shore and light signal fires to try and get the attention of some passing Explorers. More than likely they attracted Natives instead, who at that time, perhaps, still had an advantage in numbers over the Spaniards or English or French or Dutch or Vikings, although having done no research in preparation, this is all just off the top of my head. It's the new History, the His/Herstory by You and Me. It's made up of what we can remember, handed down through the ages. Now it's up to us to pass it on. And the new America says it's okay to make up information, okay to lie, that way we don't need education and we can save all that money for something more important. These are the examples being set by our leaders this is what the children will learn. I wish we could change that course and sail into a brighter future. I am still optimistic, there is still a chance. It's just hard to rise out of the Media-Ocracy (mediocre) that is dulling our spirits. I want to rise! Man, count me in on that. I am ready for the Old Order to melt away.