Are You Wearing Enough Flair?

Are You Wearing Enough Flair?

Table of Contents

“What do you think, Joanna, of the person who only does the bare minimum?”

Are you wearing the right amount of flair? If you don’t get the reference,please immediately go watch Office Space.

I was joking with a friend the other day, that I can’t help think of that scene from Office Space when I see someone wearing religious paraphernalia like a cross pendant. So we coined the phrase, Religious Flair. And yes, I know that these tokens probably mean a great deal to the person wearing them,and they may have great sentimental meaning. And yes, I’m a horrible person for saying all this, but it does creep me out a bit to see people walking around with medieval torture/execution devices around their necks.

To bring the point home, the recent interview with the Indiana pizza store owners who publicly expressed their ‘beliefs’ by stating they wouldn’t cater a ‘gay wedding’ (as if any gay couple would serve pizza at their wedding!), they also made some rather uninformed statements about our country and our history. For the record, I am a tree-hugger, but I have no intention of marrying a tree. 🙂

I get it…we’re all imprinted with the culture we are born into and grow up in, and for some folks, especially older folks, that means the America of the’30’s, 40’s and 50’s. From what I’ve read, and seen in the movies, this was a great time of cultural upheaval, of war and conspiracies, and the modern day equivalents of witch hunts, McCarthyism.

This was a great time for what we now refer to as the ‘right’. Fear was easy to spread. Your neighbors could be Godless, souless Reds! Watch out!

This push was even so powerful that the The Pledge of Allegiance was changed so that folks were indoctrinated as early as possible.

If you dig deeper and look closely enough, it’s apparent that these times in history, when civil rights are challenged, those pushing from the wrong side are struggling to keep hold of their power. They are working to continue the fear mongering because it means power and money. Plain and simple. Sound familiar?

So, whether it’s women’s right to vote, racial equality, or marriage and legal equality for the LGBTQ community, those on the wrong side will continue to spread fear and fight because they know if they loose, they loose their power and their money.

Enjoy!

Tags :

Related Posts

Trellis With Moss Stitch

Trellis With Moss Stitch

The next Crazy Quilt swatch block is the beautiful Trellis with Moss Stitch pattern in Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns Vol 1, page 261.

I used the Berroco Vintage Chunky yarn in Fuchsia. It’s a descent alternative to full plastic yarns. It’s a good percentage of wool, and has a nice feel, and it will block.

The traveling cables are twisted so the stitches ride on top of the cables and really stand proud against the background of purl bumps. The moss stitch is a nice fill for the diamonds. It’s not easy to keep the Moss stitch tight with such a bulky yarn, but just be diligent and tighten a little before each purl.

Read More
Comfort Without the Bulk

Comfort Without the Bulk

When I was looking to redo the V-Berth on my boat, I researched mattress options, and ran across several ‘under-mattress’ systems and ended up going with the Froli Modular SleepSystems.

The big challenge is ventilation under the mattress.

  • Affordable and well made
  • Easy to follow instructions
  • Easy to assemble and use
  • Comfortable and adjustable
  • Great ventilation.

As others have noted, it can be a wrestling match with the Froli to get to the lockers under the cushions in the V-Berth. What has worked for me so far is keeping the overall pieces small enough to handle, instead of creating one large connected piece, I have three smaller pieces: One on port, one for the bench starboard locker cushion, and one for the center key piece.

Read More
Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery)

Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery)

alter-text

Caution: Puns Ahead!

That should be on the cover of this book–if you hate puns, you won’t find this book as amusing as I did. Because the bad guy calls himself the Gingerbread Man, one might think this was a light book. It certainly was a quick read, but the subject is disturbing, as the Gingerbread Man is a serial killer.

Read More