Sometimes you sit and think “WHY?” about certain things, why are they a thing? Here are five things that I think need to be eliminated:

He’s In No Hurry…

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk: https://www.pexels.com/photo/dried-flowers-near-a-brown-wooden-coffin-7317670/

The funeral cortege is outdated, unnecessary, and I would argue, rude. Let’s stop ALL TRAFFIC to let a hearse go by. The deceased is on a journey where time doesn’t matter. Everyone has GPS, so they don’t need to follow the hearse to the graveyard. The funeral home could print out a small map showing where the gravesite will be and the time for everyone to be there. Unless it’s for a decorated hero (soldier, police officer, firefighter, etc.) it’s time to stop the funeral cortege.

Tiny Spoons

Photo by Olha Ruskykh: https://www.pexels.com/photo/spoons-with-brown-powder-and-coffee-beans-6166700/

Expresso spoons (really tiny) are good for ESPRESSO. Why do people use them for dessert, yogurt, gelato? Use. A. Real. Spoon. (My mom does this, and I asked her why. “Because it looks so delicate.” Um, okay.) I see it on commercials for desserts and yogurt. It does not make me want to go out and buy the product. It just looks dumb (you eat slower and still get the same amount of calories).

Stop. The. Plastic.

Photo by Mumtahina Tanni: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-heap-of-onions-9013761/

Can we stop with plastic netting? Can we use more natural fibers that won’t choke and kill sea life? Put more microplastics in the environment which end up in OUR bodies? Europeans generally, from what I see, use hemp or string bags for food and other things (except I see those Baby Bell cheeses in those net bags! Stop!). Let’s go back to cans for drinks and foods, and really push for all plastics to be recyclable. Or maybe we can give our plastic to Denmark for more Legos. They could make really HUGE Legos and we could use them to build houses for the homeless!

Perfect Lawn Syndrome

Photo by Michael Fallarme: https://www.pexels.com/photo/green-grass-413195/

WHY do we need to have the perfect lawn? Too many people are obsessed with that ultimate patch of green. They dump too many chemicals to fertilize and kill bugs and weeds, they put gas fumes in the air cutting, mulching, and edging, they ruin biodiversity so that their lawns are more prone to bugs and disease, and, they reduce healthy habitats for butterflies, bees, birds, etc. Personally, I’d rather have a front yard full of wildflowers (but the only concession I could get with the hubs is to use green chemicals for the front lawn, and leave the backyard with weeds, dandelions, etc.) I plant flowers and shrubs and herbs that draw pollinators. If we ever move, I’m insisting on a wildflower refuge, no lawn.

Flying Cars?

Photo by Ann H: https://www.pexels.com/photo/firefighter-secures-overturned-vehicle-during-rescue-mission-32437421/

Are they kidding? People can barely drive on the road and they want to put these same people in the air??? It doesn’t take brains to realize that flying cars, aka small spaceships, because that’s what they’d be, wouldn’t fly in nice, orderly lines like we see on Coruscant, in Star Wars (Episode 2, Attack of the Clones). No, it’s going to be like ice on the Pennsylvania Turnpike where 40-50 cars and trucks pile up. And then that debris will rain down on the rest of us. And have you ever seen FAA flight patterns when we’re shown how many planes are in the sky at any given moment? It’s jam packed up there. No, it’s endless catastrophe in the making. Some dreams need to die.

So that’s just five stupid things. There are many more. Send me some things you think are stupid. It will be interesting to see what irks you.

In the meantime… I promised another giveaway for The Excalibur Vow and I will choose a winner on February 9th. (You know the rules: must be a subscriber, must not have won previously, must live in 48 contiguous states.) When I announce the winner, you must respond quickly with where to send it and how to sign the book if you want to get it in time to give it to someone who loves Arthurian mythology/fantasy in time for Valentine’s Day.