Brown Motion

 As the title might suggest there are few things I would just not go near or consume or be associated with, in any meaningful way … Pretzels (in any kind, shape or flavor) Suze Orman Oat milk People with dogs (or cats or any other form of non-human animal endeavor they associate with) - at least when the company includes said creature within 10 yards Cigarettes Babies (we are done) or people lugging said creatures - maybe 2 min. Tops. Wine (other than dessert category) Stout (or any drink pretending to be beer that you can eat with a spoon) Public toilet Tap water Vehicle without air conditioning Coach class air travel Layover of more than 1 hour in any airport Manned (or female operated) cashier stations Food that costs more than $15 pp (with few exceptions) Men wearing jewelry Person carrying weapons People waving flags (of any kind) Any book purporting to be business advice or management speak Priests of any kind Life coach (the very idea, the audacity to announce you are one) C...

 I gave up on being surprised a while ago.  I mean one thing human ingenuity or stupidity (sides of a coin really) has taught me is that really anything is possible. So now the only thing I am surprised is when people appear surprised.  Although that can go down in the stupid column too. You hear things like - I was surprised Brady unretired. I am surprised that guy went and committed a horrific crime.  Seemed normal. I am surprised we went from a robust economy to having to live paycheck to paycheck and inflation this high. I am not sure who I am. Bitcoin crashed?  Really? Used to be people were throwing another person a surprise birthday party or a surprise anniversary party and jump out of closets and doors.  Scared the living hell out of the poor sod.  But outside of these whimsical events what is there to be surprised about? You could die any moment.  Not a surprise. Have you counted the nuts out there? Man gets pregnant.  Ok. Everything...