A Frosty’s Return: Could it be???
As we strolled the ample sidewalks of downtown Brunswick on our way to lunch today, we noted, surprise of surprises, an ‘under contract’ sign in the window of the long closed Frosty’s Donut Shop.
This matches up with something we heard from a ‘little bird’ who visits the Other Side ‘feeder’ from time to time for a few grains of corn and other tasty offerings. The ‘bird’ says the sales contract reportedly calls for the current shop owner to teach the buyer how to make classic Frosty’s offerings, for which we have long pined.
Could it be true? Could we be noshing on twists or cinnamon swirl coffee buns or jelly donuts in mere weeks or months? You can count on us to keep an eye out on your behalf, and report to you as soon as something tangible occurs. And don’t worry; if the shop does reopen, we’ll put our eye back in.
Given our years of loyalty to the shop while it was open, we wouldn’t be surprised if we detect the aroma of dough frying in hot oil before any other indication.
Even if we do live four or five miles away. Our schnozola has been well trained for just such purposes.
Local Occupiers: the past and the ‘future’ on display
In keeping with our usual habit, we surveyed the latest print media offerings as we chomped away on our Big Top lunch.
The lead article ‘above the fold’ in this week’s Coastal Journal is about ‘Occupiers’ in our local area. In our view, the top level message in the article is that the well-known and oft-seen peace and anti-war groups in our area, largely composed of those in the older generations, are attempting to ride the latest media white horse by claiming ‘solidarity’ with the mostly younger ‘occupiers.’
Many of the local occupiers are stumbling all over themselves in their nearby encampments, embarrassing the concept of ‘protest.’ Public drunks, dopers, and common criminals don’t seem like the best choices for our local sign carriers, dialoguers, and face painters to align with, given that your friends say an awful lot about you. But the usual suspects aren’t given to circumspection in such matters, are they?
Marching on, a few specific passages in the article (besides the oh so tired and typical BIW Destroyer comments) particularly tweaked our usually well controlled cynicism, and we are compelled to pass them along for your consideration and reflection.
Brunswick resident Joe (redacted) said that while Americans are typically greedy, he thinks people deserve a lot in life they can't get.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over. That’s either one of the most inscrutable comments we’ve read in a long time, or an example of incompetent reporting and editing. Or, more likely, a combination of both, considering those involved.
Here’s another telling example:
Dan (redacted) is Mike's son, and is a graduate student at the University of Maine studying peace and reconciliation.
“All of these issues are connected,” he said, referencing Mahatma Ghandi, who spoke of economic violence and of his studies. “The one percent on top of the hierarchy exploits everyone else.”
We can’t help but wonder what the job prospects for young Dan will be upon graduation, other than carrying signs at protests. Joblessness stemming from poor choices would, however, put him in real solidarity with the occupiers. Unless that is, he intends to exploit everyone else by charging for his counsel.
Here’s another example of a total lack of common sense, or if you prefer, cluelessness amidst our current generation of college students:
For Betsy (redacted,) who is from Brunswick and is studying global and gender issues at New York City's New School, the Occupy movement goes beyond economic frustration. Like a lot of college students and graduates, she and her mother are deep in debt to financial institutions that funded her education. She (sic) believes, however, the Occupy movement also involves human rights issues, class warfare, and racism. She has participated in Occupy protests in New York.
Good luck, Betsy, on finding a job as a global gender specialist, or analyst, or whatever (hamburger flipper?) once you graduate. That’s a fine choice of major, right up there with pursuing government dependency studies. Perhaps you’re minoring in the latter, since we have a hunch you believe that other people (id est, taxpayers) should be funding your education, even though there were a lot less expensive options open to you, and majors that might actually prepare you to make your own way after graduation.
Call us unjust and insensitive, but we don’t have a bit of sympathy to spare on those who have allowed themselves to be sent down the primrose path of aimlessness, often with the encouragement of their parents.
While we’re snickering a bit as we write this, sadness is overwhelming our funny bone. You’ll come to your own conclusions, but ours is that we are melting down as a culture and society. Those carrying the heat guns are ‘the children’ who are being deluded and misguided by many of our ‘elders’ in the attitude formation and ‘helping’ fields, especially our government schools and academia.
If these ‘children’ are ‘our future,’ as Yogi Berra famously said, ‘the future ain’t what it used to be.’ And you can take that any way you damn well want to; we doubt you’ll have any questions about how we mean it.
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