Caged Bearcats (1 of ?)

Red Taped

Fat monks, tigers, cobras, and viruses, oh my!

A few weeks ago, two bearcats met via technology from their respective cages to honor a fellow bureaucrat with the prestigious Walter Peck Excellency in Bureaucracy Award. They also took some time to talk about their recent transition to “all-telework-all-the-time” and other random things. This is the first in a series of “Caged Bearcats Episodes” where we will be playing around with different formats and topics while social distancing.

If you were ever curious what Andy and Larry talk about when they have nothing to talk about, this episode is for you. The short answer is snakes, mostly. The long answer: technology burn-out; neighbor shaming; becoming members of the siesta club; how mundane bar food can transcend into sublime memories; how turning 40 while social distancing is strangely like other life milestones (in a dark basement, scared, and so very alone); snakes, snakes, and more snakes; Demolition Man as prophecy; and the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of quasi-illegal hiking.

Book: none

Drink: whatever we could find.

Next up: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays Self-Reliance and Compensation

References:

The "Monk and the Tiger" story is from this video (Check it out, it will help):

“What do to when everything falls apart” by Ajahn Brahm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4gks2rAGg

Next time you are in Albuquerque, form some new nightmares:

https://www.rattlesnakes.com/

Technical assistance for the toilet paper shortage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nFEnFtvCM

Be back soon with Emerson and Parks and Rec...