The Scarlet Starlet, Sunset and Study

A Study in Scarlet, a Scarlet Sunset, and the Scarlet Starlet, are today's "S" words. Sexy, Sultry, and Sensual were the original three "S" words I had chosen. Then, as sometimes can happen, in the process of piecing together this post, an evolution of thought and theme took place and this is what developed. You would think a Scarlet Starlet would be all those descriptive things; sexy, sultry and sensual; and so it is. Its a beautiful little flower; a type of marigold actually.







The Scarlet Sunset is also all those things; sexy, sultry, and sensual.










Now you're all disappointed because you think a sunset is a sunset, and you thought the Scarlet Starlet was a woman of some questionable character perhaps? The intrigue of the title has been bashed. You're thinking, "What's left is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes yarn"? Yes. That's almost correct. Here's the billboard poster for the film version:

But if you guessed correctly, you still aren't entirely correct. That Scarlet Starlet that you imagined before you saw the flower? Yep. That's the one this post is about.

So there we have it. I've done an imaginary post that you have seen in your mind's eye. Don't let this mess with your mind very long. It's just another of the many enigmas you will encounter beneath the Carolina moon.

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Retort to the ......

I was wondering, if say half or better of the VT student population had been armed and all of the faculty, then how many would've been killed before the shooter was taken out? But, since guns are already outlawed on campus, I guess that's a mute question we'll never answer. So it seems the right to defend oneself against deadly force is no longer in existence in this country?

I know I'm not politically correct; never have been; never will be. "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns", seems to make perfectly logical sense as it was played out on the VT campus. What a shame that so many young lives were senselessly lost. Could it be that had a few other guns been around, besides the two the shooter possessed, then at least a few of the 33 dead would be alive today to tell of their close call and express their gratitude to those brave individuals who were armed and took out the assailant?

Why don't we ban free speech also, then speech for freedom won't be stirring up such contrarian views as I seem to have. Somewhere today, I read, "To be happy is to be free. To be free is to be brave." Then why do Americans listen to people like Hillary Clinton who tell us otherwise? Call me misguided or call me right wing; it doesn't matter. It never has and never will; not here, beneath the Carolina Moon. I've been absent for a while and come back with this. Go figure!

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Question, Query, and Quandary: “Q” Words That Lead To A Beautiful “R” Word

I think it goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, that life presents us questions sometimes that develop into queries. A query, as I can best ascertain, is a tad more complex than a simple question. A query can become an entire line of questions or a single question with multiple conditions.

A quandary requires deep deliberation to resolve if it is resolvable at all. A quandary best resembles a puzzle. It is more often than not unpleasant, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. I suppose too much of a good thing can present a quandary, but then, that’s a good thing gone bad, which is no longer a good thing to the recipient.

I made a query of the words question, query, and quandary, and only found good information on question and query. Not finding good information on quandary after I had started this post left me somewhat in a quandary. What should I do? Try to finish this post that started out with what seemed a good idea to develop into a brief post, or just toss the thing and go on to find another angle. Trying to find decent “q” words had been a quandary for me. It has, ashamedly, taken me weeks to come up with this idea. I really don’t want to start over. Do you fully understand the quandary this leaves me in? Do I delay an updated post to the blog even further than its already impolite, near abandoned, state, or just go with what I have? Of course as you can see, I decided to roll with it.

Admittedly, this is a lame post that doesn’t do the chosen “q” words justice. But, when you’re trying to serve the entire alphabet, someone’s probably going to get shorted. “Q” is probably used to it. If not, then this can serve as a life lesson to “q”. Life ain’t fair, so just get on with it, fair or not.

Whew! I’m glad this thing is done with and my life and the blog can move on. The quandary that “q” presented is resolved; not handsomely, but resolved no less. And, when something is resolved, that’s a beautiful thing. Be it question, query or quandary; resolution is a beautiful thing. What an “r” word! I'm glad this is done. It near made me pull all of my hair out...






Have a nice day. I have other plans, but that's another post.

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