The world’s a little crazy and on fire, but I just keep running

One of my kids recently deleted his Instagram account. He didn’t elaborate on the reason but I guess he thought it was a distraction.

I don’t think I ever will. I use social media to discover the news, listen to different opinions and follow the celebrities I like, especially athletes. I also love the humorous stuff, like comedians impersonating politicians. Do I sometimes scroll excessively through my social media? Yeah. Intellectual curiosity has a cost — “garbage” minutes.

This past week started with the expectation of Hurricane Hilary in Southern California. I’m in Florida for a few weeks with my son but most of my family is in Southern California. Hurricane in California — the tables were turned! Fortunately, the storm passed without causing much trouble.

Early in the week I saw the news of Russia’s warlord-turned-mutant Prigozhin die in a plane crash. It was expected that he’d be removed sooner or later so the news didn’t feel sensational. I still surprised myself however with how little interest I had in reading the details of yet another shit show in Russia. Death, blood, murder, lies. Ironically I’m probably no different than the Russians in Russia — no one gives a shit anymore. My “not-giving-a-shit” has different colors — that of an immigrant, but the substance is the same. Nothing Putin does can surprise anyone.

America has its own shit show in the mean time. Trump’s interview to Tucker, the GOP debate, Trump’s mug…