And there I
was on a crisp Autumn evening sipping my London Fog in Wascana Park, Regina,
Saskatchewan, CANADA, when Santa pulled up – he was driving a Coca-Cola
truck! As soon as he stepped down from his truck, Santa
walked over to me and gave me a high five!
Holly jolly! Of course, I decided
to snap a few Santa pictures!
In the ready and perfect position for taking my last picture, I was assailed by a passer-by. “Taking pictures of Satan Claus!” She screamed at me. (Yes, "Satan" Claus, she called him.)
How batsh*t crazy and far out is that?
“Actually,
I’m finished with real Santa,” I said, “and now I’m taking pics of Coca-Cola Santa.” Why I offered such information I do not
know.
Reflecting
on this encounter, I am empirically guessing that in her conspiratorial mind, I
was but another simple member of the brain-washed human herd, whereas she and
her picketing invidious ilk will continue to gather and congratulate themselves
on penetrating and exposing the real intentions of socially constructed sinister
Santa Claus. I am also guessing that
during this Christmastime any children in her immediate orbit will be quite
disappointed.
To
her and other anti-vaxxers, I dedicate this Christmas card:
Moving
backward …
Geologists
in Poland have just uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints, so well
preserved that even the scaly skin of these reptiles can be seen. Such a find gives greater insight into a
complex ecosystem that existed over 200 million years ago!
Going forward …
Astronomers,
sighting through a very large telescope in Chile, have discovered a massive
planet ten times the size of Jupiter. This
planet is situated 325 light years (10 trillion kilometers) from Earth.
How far away is that? For regular people comprehension, to travel
just one light year would take 37,200 human years!
Meanwhile back on Earth …
Being
ever the existentialist and suffering existential dread as of late (I am 70
years of age and know my time left is temporal and not eternal), I still love
to contemplate certain questions of the human condition.
Two
such questions, especially, come to mind:
Where did we come from? and Where are we going?
And
the answers to both: We do not know.
But
here is what I know: Collectively and
historically, both the philosopher camp and followers of the camp faithful,
have sought and not yet expressed satisfactory answers from their searching
from within. Because of the legion of non-suffice
answers offered by either camp, the science camp has extended the searching
from within to that of searching without.
According to astronomers, the answers we seek but cannot find on earth will
be aborn in space!
Meanwhile,
back to sipping London Fogs in Wascana Park …
People, there is no Satan Claus -- YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!
