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Lasso Your Monday

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  • I’m Mondaying through my Monday.
  • Not like last Monday, but …
  • Had half the bullets written and realized, no, dude, you can’t say any of that.
  • I mean, I could, but consequences.
  • Definitely not something Ted would do.
  • We started watching Ted Lasso this weekend, and it’s pretty spectacular.
  • Almost literally every line in that show is gold for every character.
  • And the actors nail them every time.
  • There is an abundance of NSFW language in it.
  • If that offends you, you’ll want to skip.
  • But man, I have not laughed at a show like this in … decades.
  • Because I don’t laugh.
  • That would be breaking character.
  • I don’t know what happens in the second season, but I’m already certain it deserves every accolade it can get.
  • If it weren’t Monday, I’d be home on the couch bingeing the rest of the series.
  • What would our world be like without all our creative people?
  • No Ted Lassos.
  • No movies, no stories.
  • No books or songs on the radio.
  • No fancy interior design schemes.
  • Or elegantly designed homes to decorate.
  • No dances to watch in a darkened theatre.
  • No colorful murals on your favorite city walls.
  • The list of things that make our lives worth living, that enrich and enhance, distract and dissuade, is so long I can’t even come up with all the categories.
  • I’m saying I’m thankful this morning for creative people, no matter their medium.
  • And I’m blaming Ted Lasso.
  • And his da … rned optimism.
  • Funny, then, I’d come across this specific article at this specific time.
  • (It’s like they are reading my word document in real time.)
  • 1984.
  • Panopticon.
  • I mean, they can’t be, right?
  • What kind of societal trust would there be if literally every word we said in any medium was monitored?
  • And what is the point of that monitoring?
  • And why do we volunteer for it?
  • I’m tripping over the line again.
  • But maybe Monday mornings can use some more deep thoughts about modern society.
  • Or maybe we should stick to the superficial.
  • Like James Bond.
  • We watched the trailer for the new Bond movie that allegedly opens in a couple of weeks.
  • The Teenager thought it looked great, so she suggested we do a Daniel Craig Bond movie marathon over the weekend.
  • (It sounds like all I did was watch stuff.)
  • There were bike rides. And a birthday dinner.
  • I did things.
  • Do things on your Monday.

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