Once again, I am a little embarrassed to admit it, but I am a big fan of The Wheel of Fortune. It is the competitive streak in me, I think.  I like to finish the puzzles before the contestants can figure them out.  And then I yell like crazy at the television… “Oh c’mon you guys….. ‘One Fish. Two Fish. Red Fish Blue Fish.  How HARD is THAT???'”

Yes.  That is my MO.

Admittedly, tonight, I watched once again.  I know.  What a pathetic Saturday night Polly.  But again I say… that is my MO.

And tonight on the Wheel …. was College Senior Night.  Well, much to my dismay… they could not figure out the following phrase:

“Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck”

They had ALL but the S in Steinbeck.  Fill in this phrase.  Holy _hit!
I couldn’t believe these college seniors could not recognize this titled classic literature piece.

And then.  Next…. is when I realized that our society truly is on a rapid and horrible path toward total ruination and eradication.    The following puzzle came up.  It was this phrase:

“Ordering Beverages Poolside”

They immediately got THAT one.  With maybe half the letters in tact.  I reiterate:  “Holy _hit!!”  Pat give me an S.

My head dizzied… and fell abruptly into my plateful of pizza.  I was vexed.. to say the least.

Alright… let’s get the mozzarella off my face and  move on with the evening.  A blurb came on for Entertainment Tonight… or some such show.  The big headline:  Mary Jo Somebody of Stardom is showing a Baby Bump while on the red carpet in her slinky dress.

Now at that very moment …..my Saturday evening had gone from bad to worse.  If there is one phrase I loathe as much as “24/7” or “It is what it is”…. that phrase would be “Baby Bump.”

Baby Bump is when your kid falls down the stairs and gets a nasty knot on the forehead.  When someone is pregnant… they are pregnant.  Or more politely… “Expecting”

Baby Bump.  I would say Holy Shit again, but it is getting old.

Fear not friends.   All is not lost.  There were some shining moments in today’s news.  The next blurb followed:  Pope Frankie has welcomed divorced people, and homosexuals, with open arms, into the Catholic Church.   He encourages all members of the church to do the same.

I can only hope  he will soon pardon poor spellers with baby bumps.

Holy Pope.  Somebody buy a vowel.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.  —  Gilbert K. Chesterton