It’s that time again. This is just way too much stuff up in my brain and if I don’t open the release valve and let some out, I’m going to end up with a massive headache.
Speaking of headaches, does anyone else remember the Excedrin Headache Number ___ commercials. I was hoping to find a list of them. I don’t know why, but I was, and I can’t. I did find some of the commercials though. Excedrin headache #20- the new secretary, #24- what’s for dinner, #39- shopping for shoes, and #44- driving home. If anyone knows of others, please let me know too. They were the kind of low-key comedy we can use today.
Not at all comedic, I wonder what’s the remedy for headache #AK47. Oh wait. I know. Thoughts and prayers. In case you missed it, after the 14 year old shot 4 people in school in Georgia that everyone was talking about, 2 days later in Maryland a 16 year old shot a 15 year old in a high school bathroom, then the day after that a fine defender of the Second Amendment brought a new definition to the term ‘road rage’ when he randomly shot at passing cars on a Kentucky highway.
Something else not comedic, merely desperate and a grave sign of insecurity, when did it become the new macho standard for men to wear black wedding bands? News flash– they look even more stupid than a shaved head combined with a full beard.
On a lighter note, remember when I was bemoaning the loss of color in modern automobiles. Just yesterday morning there was a pretty, light blue car that pulled up in front of my house. It was such a refreshing sight. And I thought a welcome sight too. Maybe I was getting company! But no, they were there to visit the folks next door. [Sigh]
Speaking of cars, I saw a video last week of a guy showing off the new to him 30 year old roadster. Being an owner of 25 year old roadster it was up my alley, or driveway. He happened to mention some of the more atypical factory options the car included and mentioned the original owner “ticked the box off on that on the options sheet.” That brought back an old memory – ordering a car. Did you ever order a car from the factory? Let me know. I’ve bought new cars, I’ve bought old cars. Once, I actually ordered a car. Went into the dealership and sat down with a sales person and an option sheet and actually ordered the very car I wanted. I remember what it was but not when. A black on black Buick Riviera T-Type. I think 1982 but it could have been 1984. I ordered it but never got it. The order went in 2 days before the auto workers staged a strike against GM and that was the end of that.
Football season is here. Also yesterday, shortly before noon the neighborhood was filled with the sounds of life. People out for walks, lawnmowers whirring, backyard chatter, the occasional passing car. At 1:00pm, Eastern Time, aka KICKOFF TIME! all activity ceased. There may have been cheers raised, calls debated, and chips crunched, but if those were happening, they were happening behind closed doors in front of newly purchased from last week’s Labor Day sales big big big(!) screen TVs.
Tomorrow night is the Presidential debate and that is when people should be hunkered down in front of the television and for most of the last 15 elections (if we want to consider 1960 as the opening of the debate generation) most people would be. They seem someone unnecessary now the for the last two election cycles, one of the debaters has decided to not encumber himself with the truth. And still some people are brain dead enough to actually consider it for president. [Shudder]
I feel better now and we now return you to your regularly scheduled headache.
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Michael, you have a way of combining the fun with the stark bleakness. The whole shootings issue has become out-of-control. I blame a lot of it on video games where everyone has lives and doesn’t really die. We’ve gotten too lax with life. So when you didn’t get the car you ordered, did you end up just buying one off the lot? My dad actually ordered a car way before then–a station wagon that I remember as being longer than anything I’d ever seen. It was its own headache–learning to drive I backed that thing into the cement base of a light pole, doing significant damage. Some headaches last longer than others. Tomorrow night will be one with two individuals slinging mud and untruths at each other. Excedrin headache #5,965.
Video games haven’t helped nor do all the threats and insults that get hurled about. It’s too easy for kids – and many adults too – to get the impression that being a bully is the way to get what you want.
Yes when I lost the Riviera I ended up with whatever was on the lot. In hindsight, which is always better, I would have been better just not trading in at all because I never liked the car I ended up with. It could have been a Rolls Royce and I wouldn’t have liked it because it wasn’t the one I had been looking forward to. Oh the problems of youth! As I remember the station wagons from back then I’m surprised it wasn’t the other way around and you did significant damage to the light pole with it!
Well, it was cement. And I guess I was going in reverse a bit too fast. I love your attitude–it could have been a Rolls Royce and you wouldn’t have liked it JUST BECAUSE it wasn’t what you were looking forward to. It’s interesting how our anticipations can change how we see things.
Oh so true that what we want or expect can change how we see things. I guess except for cement! 😁
I love this post…like crawling into your head and heart – Excedrin at the ready. Maybe Tums for some of the other things? I’m with you – about the madness all around us with violence and idiocy from some who feel they’re fit to lead. Thank you for the ‘it’ reference…considering ‘it’ as a choice…seems unimaginable to me.
xo to you, my friend! 💕
You might say that’s my choice of pronouns for .. well, for it. And please, when you’re crawling around up there, be gentle. This new Excedrin just isn’t the same as back in the good old days.
LOL! Yes, yes of course!
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I’m an older type of guy too. To be exact I’m 71 years old. I connected to your blog in a roundabout way. I’m a survivor of sexual m abuse in 1960 -61. MY memory of that was buried until 2020. I act a s group leader for Survivor Network Abused by Priests. MY abuse took place in MA and I now live in RI. I connected via a group in Albany to Survivor OF Abuse Recovery. This website connected me to other people and now to you. The process of Recovered Memory involves a lot of revisiting and reliving my past, and I remember those old commercials like EXcedrin Headache.. Music and TV from the 1960’s helped me a great deal when dealing with ,my repressed memory. Part of my therapy is doing a lot of writing and speaking out as an activist and OPen MIcs . It’sgreat for me to see what other people write
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Welcome to my writing corner. I think we’re a pretty good group here and try (try!) to keep things as upbeat as possible. It’s always nice to hear a new voice.
What a masterful way to tie everything together. The Excedrin commercials – I’d forgotten about those. And #AK47 – heartbreaking. Brilliant post!
Thank you so much! And I am still on the search for a full list of Excedrin headaches.