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The last few days I've been trying to avoid the news for some portion of the day by listening to random odd podcasts. Derien thinks me strange for listening to Marketplace episodes from years ago, but I can still learn things. And the comedy shows from years ago are comforting. Remember that one where the Scottish people voted to stay in the UK because they didn't want to lose EU membership?! Ah, those were good times.

What is most striking listening to those old shows from four or five years ago or even sometimes a year ago is how much the tone has changed. Those old shows talked about the future. Not just talked about it, they assumed a future. The people in them often had plans or at least were trying to have plans.

Today I can't say I have any plan longer than "I might live through tomorrow." And if you listen between the lines of what people say today, you know it's pretty much the same all over. (For a given value of western centric all over, admittedly)

Do you have a plan for anything beyond breakfast? Not that a plan for breakfast is a bad thing.

The random player just decided to play Zevon "Lawyers, Guns, and Money". Probably be a better song for tomorrow evening.