THE SIMPLE TIMES

WELL FOLKS- YES IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER SENTIMENTAL POST BY THE
 HORRORDUDE! I KNOW I KNOW- I GET GOING AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW I HAVE
 GIVEN YOU THE BEST DAMN NAP THIS SIDE OF NAPTOWN !(YES THAT IS A PUN SINCE I LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS AND ITS CALLED NAPTOWN!) WELL ANYWAYS I SHALL GET ON
WITH IT!

YOU ALL KNOW I LOVE HORROR , 80S MUSIC AND SOME SCIENCE FICTION. I ALSO GREW UP WATCHING LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE AS MANY FOLKS DID IN MY GENERATION! WELL ,EVEN THEN WE HAVE THE GODFATHER AND TODAY IN RECENT PAST WE HAVE THE SOPRANOS. SO WHAT THE HELL DOES THE MOB HAVE TO DO WITH THE INGALLS FAMILY? WELL I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU! WE KNOW THE IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE GODFATHER AND SOPRANOS HAVE A WAY ,EVEN THOUGH THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, OF SHOWING US AS FAMILY HOW TO STICK WITH EACH OTHER. HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT IN OUR FAMILIES. WELL WHAT ABOUT LITTLE HOUSE? IVE BEEN DOING MY MARATHON OF EVERY SEASON, NOW ON SEASON 8 OF 9 ! IVE BEEN REMEMBERING WATCHING IT AS I GREW UP AND HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS, BUT ALSO NOW SEEING IT AGAIN,ALL THE WAY THROUGH,HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS. THOSE DAYS WERE SUCH HARD TIMES. I WONDER IF ANY OF US PLACED BACK IN THOSE TIMES COULD MAKE IT.I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE I COULD,BUT I KNOW IT WOULD BE VERY HARD.THE THINGS THAT HIT ME WERE HOW CARING PEOPLE WERE IN THAT TIME TO ONE ANOTHER. HOW THEY ALL KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY CARED. THEY ALL CARED ABOUT EACH OTHERS CHILDREN, THEIR HEALTH, AND THEIR SCHOOLING.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HARD IT WAS TO HAVE TO WORK A COUPLE HOURS AWAY(BY CAR)- BUT DAYS AWAY BY WAGON. NOT BEING ABLE TO CALL HOME ,NOT BEING ABLE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW YOU WERE OKAY? YOUR CHILDREN MOVE FROM MINNESOTA TO NEW YORK-NEVER KNOWING IF YOU WOULD EVER SEE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.WE ARE SO LUCKY THE TIMES WE LIVE IN- THE INTERNET , CELL PHONES, FACEBOOK , TV, CARS, AIRPLANES, AND COMPUTERS. EVERYONE WE LOVE IS SO CLOSE NOW- EVEN IF THEY ARE 20 HOURS AWAY BY PLANE.THAT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG- WHAT ABOUT OUR HEALTH CARE ? WHAT ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING WE COULD EVER IMAGINE DOING.

ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS- AND WE CAN MASTER SO MUCH OF THEM- BUT WHAT HAVE YET TO MASTER??? GIVING A REAL SHIT ABOUT OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES- CARING ABOUT THEM. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN FRIENDS FIGHT ON FACEBOOK - GRIPE AND BICKER. GET MEAN AND VICIOUS- AND DOWN RIGHT VINDICTIVE. AS I SONG I HEARD IN THE 80S SAID- (PARAPHRASED)- WE HAVE ROCKET PACKS, WE HAVE COMPUTERS , WE HAVE SO MUCH BUT WE HAVE YET AFTER THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF YEARS, WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF BROTHERLY LOVE.

THAT IS WHAT I KEEP THINKING OF WATCHING LITTLE HOUSE- KIDS CARING ABOUT KIDS- STICKING UP FOR KIDS WHO ARE BULLIED , OR PICKED ON, OR HELPING THE ELDERLY BECAUSE THEY NEED IT. ARE WE SO CAUGHT UP IN OUR OWN SHIT WE FORGET THAT OTHERS HAVE THEIR SHIT ALSO?? MAYBE IF WE HELPED, OR CARED A LITTLE MORE, MAYBE OUR PROBLEMS WONT SEEM SO BAD, OR MAYBE OUR PROBLEMS WILL DISAPPEAR ( IF NOT THEN MAYBE THE STRENGTH TO DEAL WITH THEM WILL BE SEEN INSIDE!).

I HOPE PEOPLE COULD SEE ME- AND ONE DAY SAY- "JOHN, YOU ARE A MODERN DAY CHARLES INGALLS " . THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THE WOMEN OUT THERE- WHAT ABOUT BEING CALLED A CAROLYN INGALLS- A WONDERFUL WOMAN IN THE SHOW- WHO HELPED, WAS STRONG, INDEPENDENT, A GOOD WIFE, AND GOOD PERSON ALL AROUND. WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING OUT THOSE GOOD PARTS OF OURSELVES- MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY TO BE MORE TRUE TO OUR BETTER NATURE.

WELL ANYWAYS- I KNOW I WENT ON AND ON- BUT I THINK IT IS TRUE- AND IT ISNT A HARD THING- IT IS JUST A MATTER OF DOING IT- AND PRETTY SOON IT WILL BECOME A HABIT- THEN IT ,HOPEFULLY, GO FROM SECOND NATURE TO FIRST NATURE AND START A CHAIN REACTION!