Monday, September 25, 2017

There's Another Pilgrimage Coming, You Know

It's too early yet for the fanfare and particularly while the glow of the pilgrimage this weekend is so radiant but Cadillac Man will come to town next weekend.

This one won't give the Millennial view since we're well over thirty years older but he does know that view intimately on a local basis since his Millennial daughter was going to accompany him with the newborn Charlotte.  I wasn't so sure that was such a good idea so soon after childbirth and her doctor definitely didn't like it so she will need to defer the flight.

The baby will only be two-weeks old at flight time so what would you do, Betty Crocker?

Betty Crocker:  I'll stay home to make delicious recipes for your gustatory pleasure

That sounds like an excellent choice, Betty.


Charlotte's mother is a Millennial but not of the same variety as Seraphin since she doesn't show the same passion for change and is largely disinterested by political matters in general.  The activist vibe of Seraphin's Millennials can probably reach her since she reached a similar conclusion about the Powers-That-Be.  When she saw they were frequently lying to her, she saw no further reason to listen to them.

Her voting choice is her own but more clear is that of her partner in life crimes since he strongly advocates Trump.  He's not so well-informed and Cadillac Man has sought to address that but obvious difficulties may come when the relationship is so sensitive.  Only a damn fool comes between Mama Bear and Papa Bear and you know how that goes from your own lives.

Zen Yogi:  lotta scratches from bear claws?

That's it, Yogi.

Zen Yogi:  it's never a good idea to make Linda Bear angry but she doesn't much care about politics since her interest is in stealing pic-a-nic baskets

Her goals are noble, my furry friend.

Zen Yogi:  we are the Robin Hoods of Jellystone Park since we only steal from the rich ...

and you eat what you find in the pic-a-nic baskets but how can that be a crime when you're hungry.

Zen Yogi:  I'm a philosopher, not a criminal

I know, Yogi, and it won't be me trying to catch you.


There's a growing vibe of the transitional engagement with Ithaka now since Seraphin is back to independent movement and it will be delicious to see which way he moves.  At some point I must abdicate and it's impossible to know when but the time until then remains and, from my standpoint, that's the most important.

That time mustn't be for loading the Ithaka content so heavily with my views that it places him in a position of defending them rather than pushing in whatever direction he likes.  I don't see any reason to forego the enjoyment of John Oliver and Last Week Tonight or posting announcements from Bernie since they're not me except in the sense I'm pleased to represent for them.


The growing Millennial vibe is a powerful attractant and their honesty is at the root of that.  When we can't find it anywhere else, we go to wherever we can.  It can't be my sole theme for that which remains of my tenure, tho, since you have always wanted more variety.  You have just taken Ithaka under five thousand reads to get over the top and it would be most unfortunate to disrupt that.

Cadillac Man was laughing earlier that Ithaka may top a million about the time he gets here and conceivably so.  For him to be here when it happens would be a delight since he knows the validation.  It might even happen sooner since today went over twelve hundred and it won't take five days at that rate.  Even that fact is conflicting since the weekend material was exclusively within a single theme.

I'll go with some variety in-between one pilgrimage and another since it looks like Queen Bee and Doc will do it again.  I won't go on as long as I have already on the unexpectedness of all of these pilgrimages but I must remark again on how dazzling they have been.


See you in a week, Cadillac Man.  You're not my furry brother but you're a brother nevertheless.  I love you, man.

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