Sunday, May 16, 2021

The Mysteries Of Life, Or, Well, A Few Of Them


That picture was from yesterday when Jessie and Vergil took the boys to the beach. I think it's deliciously delightful. That look on Levon's face is priceless. I have no idea what August was doing but if it was an imitation of an ostrich, it's a pretty good one. 

Today has been the epitome of Sundays. Not in the dark curtain of thick, inky blackness sense which can envelop us on Sundays sometimes- it's been way too pretty of a day for that to happen. But in the sense of being completely nonproductive- well, I knocked that baby out of the park.
I remembered the Sabbath Day and I kept it holy as hell. 

So to speak.

I was hanging the clothes on the line, which I consider to be a borderline religious activity, especially on a day like today, when I realized that a yellow fly had stealth-attacked me to the point where I was bleeding. It had gotten my left foot and my right leg. As many of you know, the bite of this particular insect is something I react strongly to and before I knew it, the afflicted areas were itching so intensely that I thought I might go mad. I was ready to take a knife to the bites to cut them out. 
This is not hyperbole. I was truly thinking, "So this is how people go insane."
I slathered two different types of anti-itch ointment on them and finally caved in and took a Benadryl. Within an hour, the worst of the itching had passed but my left foot is still swollen like a little fat pink ballon, ready to burst its skin. And it still itches. 
Over the last few years I thought I'd gotten a little less reactive to these bites but it would appear that if so, something has happened to reverse that progress. I can hardly bend my toes. 

So that sort of slowed me down. Benadryl will do that and a foot that is nothing more than a bursting sausage will too. 

Oh well. 

I finally finished reading an article in a New Yorker entitled "The UFO Papers: Why did we start taking unidentified aerial phenomena seriously?" It's a very long article and there are no absolute conclusions but it would appear that by golly, something's going on and has been for quite some time. The good news is that if there is intelligent life spying on us or doing whatever it is they may be doing, they obviously aren't interested in destroying us because if they were, that would have happened a long, long time ago. 
But the part that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up came in this bit:



I have been sort-of joking forever that I think that human beings are the result of a genetic experiment between apes and aliens and here we are. It's always seemed eminently possible to me and it still does. 
Of course, it could all be horseshit but it makes more sense to me than the virgin birth and millions upon millions believe that crap.
Somehow I've never felt the possibility of aliens on earth more than when I am in the Yucatan Peninsula. I have heard personal stories of sightings of crafts over the sea between the island of Cozumel and the mainland. But what really freaked me out was that once when Mr. Moon and I were visiting the local ruins on the island, we encountered a park employee who...well, I'm just going to say it- she looked like an alien or at least what aliens are often portrayed as looking like. Something like this. 



Except more human. Like a person resulting from the crossing of an alien and a human. Mr. Moon and I both noticed her at the same time and our jaws dropped. But there she was, in her green uniform with a badge on, proclaiming her an employee of Zona Arqueologica San Gervasio. 
We're still talking about that. 
And wouldn't it be perfect for a human/alien cross to hang out at some Mayan ruins? 

Well, here's a little alien that I took a picture of on my back porch. 




 I hope you don't think I've lost my mind and am now venturing into the LaLa Land of conspiracies and UFOligists. I haven't. I promise. And as the article states in another paragraph, "Virtually all astrobiologists suspect that we are not alone."
It's actually less believable that we are the only so-called intelligent life in the universe than it is to think that we aren't. 
And this is not something that I feel the need to obsess about. It's just one more interesting thing to ponder as we gaze into the heavens or, alternately, out across the ocean or deep within its depths. 

I hope you've had a good Sunday. Get good sleep and let's rock and roll tomorrow when the so-called week begins again. 
Okay? 
Okay. 

Love...Ms. Moon

39 comments:

  1. I love Levon and August at the beach, both doing what they do best! UFO's and ET life.......... well..... what can I say. I don't believe we are the only *ones*....... but the snippet of the print you posted (having one's mental circuits and fuses blown apart) doesn't appeal to me either LOL! It gave me a reason to both smile, and scratch my head. Your yellow flies........damn them! I have gotten to the place of always using spray insect repellent whenever I am outside working.....I must do it, lest I end up with baseball sized swellings and swollen shut eyelids. Ugh. I have been *reactive* my entire life
    Have a martini, even though it is Sunday!
    Susan M

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    1. OMG Catrina. Your week at Treasure Island with cocktails and bountiful food sounds awesome! However.......your computer needs some *work*. Love you anyway!
      Susan M

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    2. Maybe it's that dicey beach WiFi. LOL!

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    3. Hey Catrina- I went through and deleted the repeats. There's something going on with your commenting postings. They repeat. Anyway, your vacation sounds like just what everyone needs right now! Have huge fun!

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  3. Hubby and I are spending a week at Treasure Island, FL. We have donuts for breakfast, and by 10 a.m. it’s Bloody Mary’s by the pool. In for a swim, out for a couple swigs and 30 minutes in the sun. Dinner of Cubans and devil crab this evening, Sloppy Joe’s and a sunset watch tomorrow.

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  4. Yellow fly be gone, be gone and dead and never come back! I would wear so much bug repellent I would likely die from the toxicity , one thing to be grateful for up here in the north- a few mosquitos in certain areas and a wasp or two but nothing like yellow flies eating legs. dammit! the photo of the boys - OMG, best ever! God, I love them- smash them with kisses.

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    1. Yellow flies are the torment of my life. Well, one of the main ones, anyway. I hate those bastards. They don't just sting, they bite and draw blood and leave their poison behind. And I don't even think repellent works very well on them.
      I would smash those boys with kisses but they can run faster than I can.

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  5. I am keeping an open mind about aliens. Too many unexplained things have happened. Mayans, Aztecs. Things you can only see from the air.

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    1. Exactly. Maybe? Maybe not. I sure don't know.

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  6. I think the aliens are flying around in ever decreasing hope of finding intelligent life on earth. I think they zoom off saying there's got to be something better than this! Let's try Jupiter.

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  7. Your leading picture is past precious. That Levon. But, he does love diggers.

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    1. Oh yes he does. With every fiber of his being.

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  8. Page’s dad and I saw ufos on the regular when we used to camp at La Push on the very edge the world. 🛸

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    1. Cool! I don't think I've ever seen one but I have seen an alien. Ha!

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  9. They do say that if we are alone in the universe it would be amazing - and if we are not, then amazing just the same...
    Two great pics there - the ostrich and the lizard - I wonder waht they'd make of those... or of our putting washing on the line, or of say Baseball or camping, or...
    We must seem very odd to anyone watching.

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    1. I always wonder what aliens would think of the signs on our convenience stores here in the US. They would surely believe that humans exist entirely on ice, milk, and beer.

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  10. Did you know that you can stop an insect bite itching with a hair dryer? Point the heat at the spot until you can't bear it anymore and the itching stops for hours! (You can look it up..it really works!)If you haven't got a dryer, you can heat a spoon up in boiling water and place on the affected area. I started off using hot water and cotton wool, but the hair dryer is the easiest!
    I love the lizard.I always wanted to have reptile pets, but they are quite difficult to look after I think...also the live food would freak me out!

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    1. Frances- I am going to try that if I ever get bit again and the odds are pretty darn likely I will. We did use heat on Jessie's foot when she got stung by a sting ray. It worked for the pain although she still got an infection. They carry nasty bacteria on their barbs.

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  11. Well now I really want to read that article! I haven't gotten to that issue yet. See, this is exactly what drives me crazy about The New Yorker -- it stacks up so damn fast and it's expensive (at least internationally) and yet almost EVERY ISSUE has something like this in it that sounds completely fascinating. I wonder how someone becomes an astrobiologist?

    I'm sure there are other life forms out there, and I hope for our sake they're peaceful and a lot smarter than we are.

    That photo of August and Levon is HILARIOUS!

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    1. You're right. Every issue ahs something that's like, "Whoa! Everyone needs to read this!"
      I have no idea how someone becomes an astrobiologist. Perhaps all you have to do is declare that you are one.
      Amen on your hopes for aliens. But if they do decide to destroy us, I hope they make it quick.
      That picture is the best, isn't it?

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  12. If they indeed are "intelligent" life I'm sure they have sized us up and don't want to engage!

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  13. What the hell is an "astrobiologist" and how many of them are there on this planet? Perhaps they become astrobiologists because they want the notion of alien life to be true. As far as I am concerned it is indeed all "horseshit". It's just us on this little ball. There's nothing else.

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    1. Is astrobiology really a science?

      Astrobiology is the area of life science that investigates the origin of life, how the biological components interact to create environment, and what makes planets habitable. It also searches for life on other planets.

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    2. Well, as I very clearly said- I have no idea if there are other lifeforms in the universe or not. Seems sort of crazy that there wouldn't be but maybe not.
      Thanks, Marcia, for the clarification on astrobiology.

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    3. I had to Google it ... I chose a short description ... there are much longer ones if you Google it.
      Yesterday, The Travel Channel was showing a bunch of Aliens in Alaska shows ... there is just too much evidence, eyewitnesses, videos and pictures that testify to the fact that we are definitely not alone in the Universe!

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  14. I've heard the humans are a genetic manipulation by aliens before. what I question is why an alien would want to or even try to mix their genetic material with apes, evolution notwithstanding. when and what hominid species did they tinker with? but yeah, thinking we are the only intelligent species in the entire galaxy nevermind the whole universe? complete human arrogance. I just watched a short segment of a 60 interview this morning with two Navy pilots about their own experience with a 'UFO'.

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    1. I would assume that if the ape/alien theory is correct that it was because aliens, like us, their possible descendants, do things simply because they CAN. Seeding the universe with their DNA? Who knows?
      More and more military people and pilots are coming out publicly about things they've seen.

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  15. Jessie should enter that photo in one of those best vacation photo contests! They would be sure to win! So cute!

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  16. I remember some of the young lads in my class when I was in junior school and, seriously, some of them were more ape than man! I'm sure they all blossomed into fine young men but .... And that picture is adorable!

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    1. You know what? I have frequently looked at individuals and thought, "Too much ape," or, alternately, "Way too much alien."

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  17. All I can think is "I want to be in the sun, on the sand with a young boy sticking his head in the sand - literally" It seems like a moment where you are absolutely just in the joy of the moment. I wish them many more.

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  18. Your post title sounds like it would be a great song title! August cracks me up! It's a wonderful picture.
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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  19. Oh, my, what a story, of the alien tour guide. Wow.
    I am amazed that people can be so categorically sure that there is no such possibility. But then, they're categorically certain of so many things I find at the very least plausible, too.

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  20. Lol, I love seeing the boys having fun in the sand.

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