Pass the Prozac

Ever wonder why you sometimes get that sinking feeling or the people around you seem a little gloomy and on edge. After a century of living the good life, scarfing down fast food, driving gas guzzling muscle cars, building houses, resorts, bridges and generally shaping the land and taking from it anything we chose we are now facing the global hangover of a 100 year party. How is this reflected in our moods? Look no further than our entertainment choices in recent years. While in the 80's and 90's we could unwind with Crocket and Tubbs for a hour as they chased drug smugglers and bikini clad babes around Miami now we tune into some guy who decides to eat MacDonald's for a month straight and point out how we are slowly killing ourselves through a lack of nutrition and overindulgence. We used to tune in weekly to the Dukes of Hazard to see if just maybe Daisy Dukes shorts would ride up that extra quarter inch. Now we tune into Michael Moore's latest shockumentary to see how corporate America is pillaging our communities, or how the president fixed the election, or how or culture is turning young people into killers. Take your pick they all follow pretty much the same story line, we're f****ed. Gone are the feel good days of Richie, Fonzie, Potsie and the gang. Today we are stuck with Franky, Bubbles and the rest of the Trailer Park Boys. No wonder we are a little down. Universal health care is under siege, the education system is in need of reform, nightly we watch highlights of wars we cannot win, we don't recycle enough, we spend too much, our children are too fat and stupid, our pension plans will be bankrupt before we can claim them. If you do happen to feel good about your life then you have pangs of guilt about not being concerned enough about the future. All I can say it is a good thing I had the foresight to tape then entire last season of Magnum PI so that whenever I get that sinking feeling I put on my Tigers cap and take a little trip back in time.