"Enough Ees Too Much!"

In the Warner Bros. cartoon "I Love to Singa", little "Owl Jolson" wants nothing more than to be a jazz singer. His father, a classical musician, cannot bear the thought, and for him enough is not just enough, but it "ees too much"! Until it isn't. Because eventually, of course, Dad comes around, and much jazz music is made by all.

"What Kind of Fool Am I?"

From Devo to Jackson Browne, the theme of blissful ignorance winds on. But there’s a difference. Devo’s “Mongoloid” is happy with his hat and his job. There’s no thought of what it’s all for. Jackson Browne’s “Pretender” is more like me. He has to decide to be dumb, and the dumbness he’s looking for is what Winston Smith had to find in 1984, an ability to let the cheap substitutes provided by society make up for the lack of freedom and love.

Dumb Enough

I wish I were dumb – just smart enough to survive and enjoy life. Not so smart that I’m always thinking, thinking, thinking. Enough thinking! My mind can’t stay in one place. It is constantly making connections. For example, when I had this thought, suddenly Devo’s song “Mongoloid” started playing in my head:

            Mongoloid he was a mongoloid

            Happier than you and me
            Mongoloid he was a mongoloid
            And it determined what he could see

Working Up To My Potential

The ottoman is covered in cat hair. So is the rug. So is the couch underneath the sleeping (snoring) culprit. She sleeps in various places around the house to spread the hair around. I can never brush her enough; there is always more loose fur and dandruff (yuck!) I can never vacuum enough.