Now, while I'm sure that all my blathering on about fathoms, unfathomable, and fathomless is about as engrossing as watching the proverbial paint dry, I find those words particularly applicable to three things on my mind today:
- How does so much lint get between the keys on my laptop? This is one of life's persistent questions. I find it fascinating that I can brush the lint off my keys and the next day, there it is again! Unfathomable.
- How can our newly elected national Congressmen and women look Diane Sawyer in the face, with any shred of decency, and rationalize why they deserve better health care than the rest of the national public? Sawyer's question, posed to a group of ten, elicited one respondent that said, unequivocally, that nationally elected politicians should be held to the same health-care parameters that the House and Senate will decide WE, the people, are to be given. Another freshman Congressman actually had the nerve to attempt to rationalize, on national television, why he should receive better health care than you and I. The rest sat silent in response to her query. Fathomless.
- The Mega-Millions Lottery Jackpot, or whatever it is officially called. Two tickets had the winning numbers. It is unknown how many people will actually split the money. The lives of the winners will be changed forever, and, history has proven, may not be changed for the positive. It is possible to be prudent with unfathomable amounts of money suddenly thrust in one's direction? Only time will tell. I cannot fathom having this dilemma, nor can I fathom how many friends the winners will suddenly have. Relatives, four, five and six times removed, will suddenly recall all of the wonderful 'times' they have had with the winners. It would be easier to measure the deepest part of the ocean than to fathom the quandary of sudden, mega-wealth.
Ancora imparo
