Loss of Reality
By Alex Ness
September 10, 2025
EVER WONDER
Note: This was written and finished by 2pm on September 10th. I was considering how we elevate our entertainments and pleasures versus the importance of the world's state of being. But also as to my difficulties attending to my writing, while dealing with a world in panic, a division of people in almost every activity, and how our values seem bizarre considering all that is at stake. Charlie Kirk wasn't the impetus for this, but it fit exactly my point of being, discussing things that don't really matter, while real world disaster happen upon our watch. As a fellow human, I send his family and fans condolences. --------
There is no blame intended in what I am about to discuss here, I'm in the middle of the crowd like any reader. In fact, perhaps I am more to blame, as I am reviewing or suggesting people consume the media I offer. But my point is that we all enjoy sports, entertainment, film, comics, books, music or outdoor hobbies. And there are certainly many more categories and entries.
I was asked by numerous people my opinions on various world events, elections, disasters. While I try to connect the media I share with serious matters, offering my interpretations of the lyrics, story, ideas behind the work, it is about things I generally like. I rarely take on products I hate or find troubling, my reviews have always been about trying to explain why you might like it or why I liked it. That is, rather than swat the reader across the nose with a rolled up newspaper and poop on the product. Or worse, focus on the awful of something, and end up diminishing the work of a creative team or creator.
What I am trying to get at here, is that there are many people at this time who are trying to fish and find my political or religious or outlook on the creative people and industries and product I address. That is when they miss out upon the views, ideas and simply look at some wonderful works. If you want my views, you probably will have to go fish and you aren't going to find what you are looking for. But why is that so freaking important? Just like or dislike or read or listen to what you will, and decide for yourself if it qualifies as good, or fits your political requisite needs.
There are other reasons my heart may be feeling faint. Beyond making almost no money for writing for others or myself, or my books in print for most of the last 10 years. My horrible health has prevented me for long periods of time from doing a lot more. I was dealing with a dental series of small disasters over the summer. But I still tried to work, write, share the work of others. And over the last 3.5 years, I had a return to cancer, a problem for 4 months with my tailpipe, and far more. Without insurance I'd be a dead man.
I am not going to worry about timely articles, and won't offer immediate reply to emails with regularity, except for immediate deletion for spam or hackers, or people demanding I use their services for options and needs that I do not. Find me on Facebook, for easier contact, or email me if this is an important email. I still approve of contact and regular discussions, I just don't need to answer things regularly asked, and historically discussed on my blogs. Do not, please, take this as telling readers not to contact me, or not to think I mean whatever I write about as being serious. But there are only so many ways to retell your favorite movie or book.
I will still review the media I choose to, but I may not do so as regularly as I have. I enjoy writing, but I might require those who request reviews, to send me product. Hoping I'll support your work, in whatever medium, without your own information or product doesn't normally get far in the real world. And especially so without reward or even being thanked. And I might be a little more stingy with interviews, since half of those who ask for my time and interest never return the answers to the questions I spent time writing, and never thereafter say thanks, sorry bout that, or what happened? No one in the midst of an interview should assume I mean them. I've done interviews since 2001. Over time I've offered my services and was not a wealthy man as a result. But I did have fun, did meet great people, and don't regret my labors. I am just old, tired, and in pain.
My next piece might appear on Monday September 15, 2025. It will be post dental procedure, and might be the end of 4 months of misadventures of teeth and being old.
9-11-2001
24 years ago, September 11th marked a moment in culture that made us all have to respond. My biggest pain was realizing that post 2001 my son didn't live in a world without peace, until approximately 2021. That is something we should never ignore.
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