Most of the time, I try stay on the even keel.

I think it is better that way. For me, at least. I try not to get too crazy excited about anything, or at the other end of the scale… too terribly upset.

First the elation part. I am a bit of a kid at heart. This is true for a lot of reasons. But the main one being, I have whopping portion of 10-year-old-brain inside my head. I’m stuck in that excitement of when things turned from black-and-white on the TV…. to technicolor. Holy Prisms Batman. Pet Rocks. Pez Dispensers. And Leave It To Beaver.

Yes, my ten-year-old brain that still gets giddy when I watch cartoons… and can’t resist the urge to skip down the street at times…. and speak in made-up voices… and play tricks on people.  Yes… I really do have a bunch of Sock Monkeys in my office.  I also get AE.  Anticipation Excitement.  Typically associated with Christmas Mornings and Birthdays.

That part of me I have to quell.

Same with the other part…. the portion of me that gets deplorably upset about things. Oh I steam. I can rant, I’ll tell you. I’ve been known to thunder about and show distress.  And it doesn’t happen often… but once I hit that mark…. Yowza.

Tonight, I heard a little piece of news that tipped my teacup.  I’m not even in the “thick” of the situation…. I just have had knowledge about it.  A secondary involvement. But boy oh boy did I ever see red. Hopping mad. Foaming at the mouth. Irked, vexed, and livid. So you see… it is best if I don’t go there.

When my boat gets rocked… well …..then I have to call on Yoda… and all the Forces that Rule the Light Side.  I have to get back to that place in center… that even keel. The Middle Earth. But…. sometimes it is hard to find it again.

So…. it is best that I never leave the equator. Walk that center line.  Yep. Right down the old pike.  Stay off the curves.

What was I so upset about?

I heard on the news they are really, in truly,  going to remove the pink slime that McDonald’s dips their hamburgers in. Yes… they are getting rid of the very tasty Pink Slime….just because it contains a bit of ammonium hydroxide.  Pissshhhhaaaawwww.

First Wendy’s changes their french fries.. and now… Micky D’s is banning my favorite side…. the delectable pink slime.

ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH! What’s next?   What…. like……  is Burger King going to fire their King Dude with the over-sized head and crown….?

What’d you just SAY about the Burger King Big-Headed Dude?

“Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.”  -Anthony J. D’Angelo