Recently I phoned a friend that I’ve known for over thirty years. He and I have bantered over the years. This time, he said, "Call me again when you have something important to say." Now I wonder if I ever have anything important to say. For that matter, do any of us ever say much that is important?
The problem with humans is that they think what they say is something other people want to hear. And the measure of importance is, how long does it take to say it. The truth is that we have a lot of conversation and very little communication about anything important.
Back in the day, as they say, in one of my previous lives, I wrote news for radio. The objective was to tell the important stories in the least amount of time. That should tell you how long ago that was. Today we have all news radio stations. Television news shows that used to run no more than thirty minutes now last hours. Hasn’t anyone noticed that the actual "news" content is still less than 30 minutes? The rest is junk like what color some celebrity’s underwear is for that day.
I suppose that this blog isn’t important. But it does serve a purpose. It makes my financial controller think I am doing more than playing games on the computer.
Now that I can’t call my friend back, I’ll have to find something else to do with that time. I suppose I could wait for him to call me about something important.
He never has before.
PMO
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