Inky: Hey now, there’s nothing wrong with the election. We’re just stuck with the gong show that has resulted from it. I’m more worried about the excessive amounts of human stupidity on display after the election than about the results. Seeing a big divide between the urban and rural communities. Really surprised that a ton of litigation hasn’t broken out yet. More troubling are the claims of “hacking” with nothing backing them up. Remember the threats the US made of doing cyber-attacks on Russia if it thought there was any hanky-panky going on? My concern is, we’ve got these allegations and nothing has been presented … how long before somebody thinks it’s a good idea to “poke the bear” and launch a cyber-strike?

Anyway, enough of that.

You do know what “clearing the decks” is for, at least originally, yes? 😛 I’d be a little nervous if the universe was “clearing the decks” in preparation for me… Especially if the universe’s equivalent of a 16″ naval cannon triple turret was swinging around to target me after the decks were cleared 😛

The Book of Psalms has some interesting reading in it as does Ecclesiastes (think I’ve got the right book). I am not sure that I’d take it as divinely inspired, but some of the material in there is pretty good for human understanding/knowledge back yonder.

Pain really doesn’t have a purpose outside of letting us know that something isn’t right. Could be physically, emotionally, etc. Sometimes it gives us a chance to fix/change/stop doing things.