Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my iconic Irregulars! How are you? Happy last day of November. And still no s-word on the ground. Shh. Maybe Old Man Winter will sleep through the next three months. Well, I don’t really think there is much chance of that. Yesterday the wind was so brisk that I wore my winter coat for the first time since last winter. I put it on and reached into the pocket, and guess what I found? No, not a fifty dollar bill. It was a used Kleenex from last year. Oh dear.

Our renowned Green Bay Packers took a bite out of the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, extending the Packers’ record to 12-0. Their next victims are the New York Giants, this Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3:15 PM in MetLife Stadium. How can you take a team seriously when their home field is named for an insurance company? Ha-ha! Or a brewery, for that matter. Oh my.

As usual of late, there is nothing in the news but gloom, despair and agony. I won’t sully my lips by commenting on any of it, but I will offer you my latest political theory, which I have humbly entitled the ‘Zoltar™ Effect.’ It goes like this: the integrity of any given politician is in inverse proportion to that politician’s willingness to campaign for office. All of the serious, honest, responsible people that I know would dread being the center of national attention. None of them would want to go on the road, making endless promises and shaking endless hands and kissing endless babies. None of them would want to deal with the hoopla and trauma of campaigning every single day, all day, in the national spotlight, for months at a time. The only people who want to do that are performers, of one sort or another. People who like to put on a show enjoy that sort of thing.

There’s nothing wrong with being a performer or actor. But I don’t think they are best suited to be the leaders of our country. I’d like to have thoughtful and loving brainiacs huddle together to plot our future rather than a gaggle of showmen and double talkers. I believe that the ‘Zoltar® Effect’ also explains why we are more likely to find honest people in politics on the local level than on the national level. The local level is a much smaller stage than the national level. That may appeal less to thespians.

So much for the heavy political thesis. Thank you for reading my blog this week, my dears. I appreciate your visits very much. Each and every reader connects with me when they read my blog. Thank you for sharing.

What do you really want for Christmas? Madame Zoltar© knows: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Oh my, tomorrow is already December. Time flies when you are having a good time, and I always have one with the Irregulars. Make sure your vehicles are ready for winter, my dears. Quidhampton!