We are in Wildwood for the weekend. I like it much more when it isn’t overrun with the hoards of obese tattooed ignorant masses, like it is during the summer months. There is hardly anyone here, other than the old year-round boomers. The weather is perfect for long walks and even going to the beach for a few hours. Our little condo has a porch where we are able to watch the sun rise out of the Atlantic Ocean every morning. It is very peaceful and relaxing.
But, I can never stop observing the degradation and fall of our society. Morey’s pier is having their annual Oktoberfest celebration, with craft beers, rides for the kids, German cuisine, and a roaming band wearing lederhosen playing traditional German tunes. We walked the 30 blocks on the boardwalk to observe the festivities. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. The crowd was distinctly white, so there were no shootings, rapes or robberies.
I can’t understand why the country has an obesity problem. This place has been there for decades, along with hundreds of other purveyors of death on the boardwalk. The good news is the ignorant obese masses can gorge themselves on this variety of garbage “food” and then waddle into one of the dozens of tattoo parlors on the boardwalk to deface their bodies further. I guess this is what happens as an empire circles the toilet on its way down.
- Meanwhile, an old cranky curmudgeon looks out over the ocean pondering his imminent retirement from the rat race, wondering whether his fears of societal implosion, civil war, and global conflict will come to fruition during his waning years on the planet. I hope I’m wrong, but all indications are we are headed into a shitstorm which will turn those peaceful waves into a tsunami of consequences. But it was a nice weekend.
