Miscellaneous thoughts that keep me awake during the day (I sleep well at night

Miscellaneous thoughts that keep me awake during the day (I sleep well at night - thank you)

1. I am very into Spiritual Healing - the stronger the spirits the more I heal

2. I want to meet the folks that coined the following word associations -
a. Raw Sewage
b. Dodge RAM (among choice oxymorons this is up there)
c. Outer Space
d. Meltdown (and why particularly there is no Meltup?)
e. Good Daycare

3. Is a 'Slap on the Back' better than a 'Pat on the Back'?

4. If Mideast (Jerusalem and general Arab Territories) is out there then how is the Midwest (Michigan and other Redneck Territories) over here? Should it not be adjacent but to the west of the Mideast? i.e. Europe?

5. Lastly - what's with the Q that people (somewhat famous) keep getting asked - "What keeps you up at night?" I say that is presumptuos. Lot of people work the night shift and are expected to be awake - as to asking that question to those that do not work at night is dumb - they likely are fast asleep during night and if not they are ill - they need to rest - else there is growing evidence that 40ish individuals are now keeling over.

Strokes (clearly the bad kind) and Heart issues are on the rise since people somehow have a deluded vision of what successful really means.

Not to mention that we could be expecting a big shaker (the likes that Japan saw recently) on the left coast of the US; which when it happens will keep us awake at night and day (then we will wish we had slept when the going was good).

Sleep tight folks!

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