Wisdom

Dear George:

Tomorrow, at 9:00 AM, I am having my wisdom teeth extracted.  I am not very happy about this.  I should have done it 20 years ago when my dentist, Dr. Ronald Antoine, told me to do it.  He also told me not to come back until I had them removed.  I never went back.  I've never done real well with authority.  This is still true.

In any event, tomorrow is the day. They are putting me to sleep, primarily because I'd probably punch the dentist if i wasn't.  I've heard various stories about how this is going to go.  Everything from horrible to manageable.  I'm hoping for manageable, but it will be over and I won't have to do it again.

I was thinking, though, that the name of the teeth, wisdom teeth, is really a misnomer.  I know that historically they are called that because, you know, as you get older you allegedly get smarter.  I am fairly convinced this is absolutely not true.

I think as you get older, you know more stuff, but that does not make you wise.  Isn't wisdom the ability to listen and make reasoned statements and come to logical conclusions?  It is not knowing more about the Civil War then you did when you were 16.  

I mention this because it appears to me that the older I get, the less wise it appears that others around me become.  I should not be surprised with the lack of wisdom that most people possess.  They don't seem to have the ability to listen, to consider a point different then theirs, and come to a reasoned conclusion (this in no way is meant to imply that this is one of my qualities, I could also improve).

I was reading about Arizona and the wack job Sheriff Joe.  He has started a posse.  This posse carries guns and will "protect" the people and children (sounds like a cop's job, but whatever).  He has a pedophile in this group and a person charged with domestic assault.  Great posse.  To make this story even more bizarre, (if that is even possible), Steven Seagal (yes, Above the Law Steven Seagal) says that anybody who criticizes Sheriff Joe is an embarrassment to the human race.

I'm not sure why people live in Arizona.  I don't mean to attack the state (well I do), but you have got to be kidding me.

I only mention these two crazy people because, frankly, they need to be mentioned.

I hope that everybody tries to be a little wiser today and think of me tomorrow when I'm getting my teeth ripped out of my body.

Oh, yeah,  Happy Valentine's Day.

Song of the week -- Mc Eiht

Be easy

-cp