The cone of silence

 Today is the 6th day of the 39th week, the 26th day of the 9th month, the 269h day of 2025 [with only 89 shopping days until Christmas keeping tally isn't funny anymore], and:

  • European Day of Languages
  • Forget-Me-Not Day
  • Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • German Butterbrot Day
  • Hug a Vegetarian Day
  • Human Resource Professional Day
  • International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
  • Johnny Appleseed Day
  • Love Note Day
  • Lumberjack Day
  • Mesothelioma Awareness Day - a rare, aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure
  • National Bakery Day
  • National Better Breakfast Day
  • National BRAVE Day - a day to honor women supporting and aiding women 
  • National Compliance Officer Day
  • National Doodle Day
  • National Dumpling Day
  • National Key Lime Pie Day
  • National Pancake Day
  • National Situational Awareness Day
  • Native American Day
  • Petrov Day - in honor of the man who back in 1983 prevented a nuclear war by realizing the Soviet equipment was giving a false alarm
  • Save the Koala Day
  • Shamu the Whale Day - the original Shamu was captured in 1965 and died in 1971; SeaWorld has used the name as a trademark for different killer whales through the years  
  • Sport Purple for Platelets Day
  • Vegan Baking Day
  • World Contraception Day
  • Xterra World Championship Day
Quote of the day:
"The past always looks better than it was.  It's only pleasant because it isn't here."
~ Finley Peter Dunne -American humorist, journalist, and writer from Chicago, creator o "Mr Dooley"



When Maxwell Smart used the Cone of Silence, on of the running gags was that not only could no one outside the office hear him, the person he was talking to couldn't either  

It also is used to explain gaps in coverage when using radar antennas in aviation 





But what I have found is that in times of great personal stress or uncertainty, even a garrulous person like myself can become immured in our own silence - and as time progresses, the borders start to thicken and you forget how to reach out even when you want to.  And then folks stop trying to reach in because they don't want to potentially add to your burdens and the silence thickens....




Tommy has been gone for three full months now.  It doesn't seem like it should be that long ago

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