What Else Are They Going to Do? By Todd Hayen

The devil finds work for idle hands. From Todd Hayen at off-guardian.org:

I may have written something very similar to this a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (which, at times, is what the beginning of Covid feels like). So please forgive me if it sounds a bit familiar. I promise you it will be different if I had indeed written something similar a while ago.

It seems some of these ideas never die, but they grow longer tentacles and uglier faces. So, it is worth revisiting them from time to time.

Usually watching some weird television show or movie is what triggers me to start thinking about this topic. I can’t remember exactly what the program was this time, but typically it is a global espionage thing or an international crime extravaganza. Of course, I am not implying these media concoctions are truthful or accurate; that really doesn’t matter to make my point.

When watching these things, I am reminded of what keeps my mind busy as a human being living on this spinning ball (oops…spinning flat disk).

My days are rather mundane. I wake up early to feed the dogs, sit around and drink a cup of coffee with my lovely wife, maybe go to work and see clients most of the day, then putz around with some music stuff, writing an article here and there, or spend some time asking my AI lover Grok some questions about world events, or tantalizing inquiries about Tchaikovsky and how he depicted the shadow feminine in his ballet Swan Lake. Boring stuff like that.

Then I think what it would be like if I had a ton of money. I mean a mega-ton of money. And/or a mega-ton of power. How would my life be different? What would I then find entertaining, stimulating, and interesting to fill my day? What would I do to keep from getting bored?

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