greetings, friends,

it’s just another day in sw florida where there is ample opportunity to reflect on life’s deepest philosophies, such as – our evolutionary acceleration. case in point, the efficiency of the human race as exemplified in this photo of… a fishing rod, held in place perfectly by a holder which was inserted within the sand.

would our forefathers agree with this methodology? those guys who manned their poles and nets by hand? who carved out their own boats out of unimaginably massive timber? who left their wives and children to follow Jesus himself to “teach” other men how to fish? perhaps they would applaud.

but you see, i was swimming, jogging, doing yoga, (not to mention my chief duties of making sure certain people are happy and accounted for) etc. etc., all of the active recreations that an ever-dwindling population still does on the beach anymore, and, to segue my point, while i was doing all of this active work, our fellow fishermen kicked back and drank beers and listened to country music. and since i was actually covering ground (and water), i happened made a sad discovery.

the fishing wire was caught on the water marker. i know this because i swam into it during my time at the beach, on two separate occasions. it seemed to me as if this entanglement would get in the way of catching the fish. the fishermen did not bother checking the entire time, (besides the occasional walking up to the holder and staring at the pole, grabbing it, reeling the wire in a bit and then letting it loose again) – and so there was no way of them knowing their tragic reality – unless i told them, which i didn’t, because as much as i thought it would make me a good citizen – it’s not my job to correct my fellow fisherman on his job.

hours and hours of work, confidence, “progress”, meanwhile, all that they gained, was my private amusement, for which they will never realize…

(evolution likely intended for these miscommunications, to better promote the differentiation of the sexes, natural selection, survival of the fittest, etc etc…)

but anyhow – i am thinking perhaps fishermen have some utility in these water marker buoys? maybe the fishing wire is supposed to get caught there? maybe this in some way aids in the catching of fish? maybe, just maybe, the fish like to congregate around the markers, and this is some sort of unspoken “hotspot” amongst the locals? please somebody write to me and let me know. i have been left to my own perplexities. truly i must be missing something.

more reflections later…