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Last week while watching a conservative streaming channel, I heard a statement that I can’t get out of my head - our United States Constitution is what makes us “citizens” instead of “subjects.” If you’re unclear as to the difference, “Subject is derived from the Latin words, sub and jacio, and means one who is under the power of another; but a citizen is a unit of a mass of free people, who, collectively, possess sovereignty.”
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I like me a good acronym. Acronyms can serve a purpose and be effective in getting a message across in a succinct way, and I am all about succinct. There are lots of well-used acronyms out there, some you are likely familiar with and others that are lesser known but interesting. For instance, the band ABBA is an acronym for the first names of the four band members. Who knew?
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I’ve been reading about some of the horrible automotive accidents that have occurred in this area lately and it got me to thinking about how some people act while behind the wheel. For example, I was on my way back home from an appointment in Houston one day and I could see a guy weaving in and out of traffic behind me. As a considerate driver I did not stand in his way as he passed me, but when he attempted to pass the car in front of me the back end of his car glanced off the front end of the car he was passing. This caused him to spin out and he hit the concrete barrier on the right, overcorrected, and hit the concrete barrier on the left totaling the car. I don’t know where he was going, but I’m sure he was not going to be on time. All of this just to save a few minutes, or seconds. What a waste.
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I enjoyed the recent Fall Festival hosted by Navasota’s First Presbyterian Church. It was a first for the church, just as their monthlong pumpkin patch is a first for Navasota, and it made me nostalgic for the Helms Elementary Halloween Carnivals I went to growing up in Houston. Halloween Carnivals went by the wayside by the time my children started school in 1972.
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I remember at the beginning of the COVID saga the story of a cruise ship that was stuck between ports amidst an evolving pandemic. This was back in February 2020 when many hadn’t grasped the full potential of the virus, nor the manner by which it would spread.
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Those who know me or are regular readers of my column know I have some pretty strong opinions about how covid was and continues to be handled. I know firsthand from being able to verify the processing of my own covid testing that DSHS was months behind in reporting cases to city and county officials.
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If you have watched over an hour of television in the last 10 years, you have most likely seen some of those commercials promoting one pharmaceutical product or another. Since advertisements of this sort are only legal here in the U.S. and in New Zealand, I often wonder what a person visiting the United States for the first time would think about us and our overall health.
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In discussing the value of good manners, American author H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is quoted as saying, “Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.” I get what he means, but as I wrote in a previous column, I’m not so sure I can do that anymore. I’ve become very irritated with the number of people who attend fundraisers and then chatter through the entire event.
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