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Bad Debt

Bad debt: (n) a debt that cannot be recovered.

“Free credit report dot com.”Dictionary B

I have never seen a time during my human history when there is such obsession with one’s credit report.

It used to be a subject whispered in the hallowed halls by those who were fairly confident that they had achieved acceptance in the realms of financial security but still occasionally wondered if their unknown credit score might someday, like a nasty asp, lurch up and bite them in the ass.

Now all we have to do is punch a few buttons and discover how well-accepted we are in the banking community.

As one who has had a very high credit score number and a very low one, I will tell you that neither numeral enhanced my being.

I didn’t become a better person when I soared to the heights of reverent dollar-wise security, nor did I become a devious devil when the same number plummeted, flirting with entering the gates of hell.

To me, it falls under the universal banner of what seems to be so important in our society today: shallowness.

  • Let’s not talk about important things because they’re too serious.
  • Let’s not consider our frailty because that’s too depressing.
  • And please, dear God, give me a number that confirms that I am four points higher than the son-of-a-bitch sittin’ next to me.

So rather than excelling at goodness, gentleness, kindness and creativity, we have selected to be evaluated by a mythical number that can be accidentally changed … through a clerical error entered by a high school graduate who got a D in data processing. 

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Asp

Asp: (n) another term for Egyptian cobra.dictionary with letter A

I don’t know much about Cleopatra.

Supposedly she was beautiful.

But honestly, I’m not convinced that all the reports of beauty throughout the history of humankind are valid.

After all, she lived thousands of years ago, before women were as well-tended-to and groomed as they are today. Who knows? She might have had hairy armpits, which would have been totally acceptable during her time, but might be a bit of a detraction from our concept of modern-day beauty.

I think what bothers me most about Cleopatra is that she killed herself.

It produces a paradox: we want to teach our children to deal with problems, not give up and never snuff themselves. Yet throughout history we glorify people who have committed suicide, from Socrates to Cleopatra, and oh, let’s not forget…Romeo and Juliet.

Even in today’s society, if somebody kills himself, we have a tendency to romanticize it or find reasons why he or she was ill-suited to be part of the family of man.

For instance, supposedly Vincent van Gogh was just too creative and spiritual to be with us mortals.

And then, we turn to our young people after glamorizing self-execution and insist that they seek counseling, gut it out or survive the bullying instead of “offing” themselves.

Sooner or later, we have a responsibility as a society to speak consistently. If you have nothing against killing, then continue to promote all forms of life-termination.

But if one kind of killing bothers you, please admit to yourself that killing as a whole might be obtuse.

Likewise, we should make a decision whether it is a brave thing to commit suicide, or an act of cowardice. And please don’t tell me it’s both, depending on the circumstances.

  • Cleopatra may have been beautiful.
  • She may have been powerful.
  • She may have been cunning.

But when push came to shove and she was floating on a barge on the Nile, she stupidly made an asp out of herself.

 

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