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Time stamp 11:51 pm Pacific Daylight (13 June 2020) and this page is live.

I have not yet written anything here .. but I will be very shortly.

"What am I planning to write in this entry?" you ask? .. here in this page with such an inviting title?

I am sure that you will not be able to handle it.

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» I Should Write Something for the Solstice with the Cool Date

Next Saturday is the summer solstice » 20 June 2020 (2:43 pm PDT).

Which is always a good time to document and post a zeitgeisty narrative that happens to capture the essence and the flavor of the times in which we now live.

Here I will be do my best to write this thing in a way that would make Fitzgerald proud. (Dont make me get all Fitzgerld on you, girly.)

You must admit that these are extraordinary times in which we live .. by pretty much any social metric you might care to cite.

You might recall that I posted an entry back on the winter solstice, titled » The Stab-of-Regret Visits the Capricorn on the Solstice (21 Dec 2020).

Both these dates represent extremes of our sun's position, north and south, as experienced by those of us who happen to live here on planet Earth.

World map clearly identifies Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

Like a pair of cosmic bookends these dates represent the limits of our experience here on planet Earth. Beyond these two extremes the sun cannot go.

Next Saturday our sun reaches its maximum limit of travel in the northerly direction .. where it will hover over the Tropic of Cancer.

(Henry Miller knows what I am talking about.)

.. before it turns and heads back south .. to the land of Capricorns.

» You Must Admit that the Solstice Falls on Cool Date

In addition to next Saturday being the summer solstice .. the date » 20 June 2020 is also very cool .. with its rare triple 20 pairing. (How could I resist?)

(I am going to warm some creamy tomato soup right now .. so I can dip in some crunchy toasted bread. Yummy stuff for sure. I'll be right back.)

He's back. Tummy much happier.

Of course, I was thinking about things while I was fixin' myself some "mid-rats".

I was thinking about what kinds-of-things I should write about .. and how to say the things that I needed to say.

» Welcome to Boner-City

Earlier today I thinking about writing something for the summer solstice next week. You know, the one with the cool date.

Now I would normally prefer to choose a page title after I finish writing the entry. But I need title first .. because the URL address for the page is derived from the file-name .. which is derived from the title.

(Here is where I come in .. the man who appreciates a title that is clever or cool or elegant. I know one when I see it.)

While I was trying to come up with an appropriate title, I thought about the things that were going on in our nation today.

Any I thought to myself, "There is nothing that I can't write right now." Everything is open season. Everything is on the table. No subject, no topic, is banned or off limits.

This is when the voice in the back of my head said, "Welcome to Boner-City."

Boner-City is what I call it when the writer finds himself in a place where there are no limitations to the subjects he can entertain and explore. Ari knows what I am talking about.

I used this term in a page titled » A Departing Sting with the Venom Meant to Do Lasting Harm (19 Mar 2018).

I was reflecting earlier on some of the things that make 2020 such a fascinating time for the writer .. from a range-of-topics perspective .. and from a historical perspective.

This is when the voice in my head said, "Ooh, Welcome to Boner-City .. that would make for a cool title."

I agreed. Sometimes these crazy voices actually make sense.

» Curious Titles and Timing of Recent Entries

But before I begin to wade out into the deep waters .. I feel like I should mention some curious recent events. Probably just coincidences .. but worth noting nonetheless.

To be continued. ■

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