Absurd Notes

  For a long time I thought I would not write anything about the virus. About Covid-19. Everyone has written something about it, and they will be writing much more for a long time. A few days ago, I was rummaging through my papers and I found my old notes, just loose pages, almost three months old. I decided to give them a chance... If I don't, I thought, they will disappear, they will be gone. The pages will go to the bin and the topic will expire very quickly, killed by some new, global cataclysm.           It is the beginning of May 2020, and no one knows when and how it will end. Some countries are loosening the restrictions, but the UK is speeding up. We are already beating everyone in Europe. I've been sitting at home for six weeks now. I didn’t go out at all. My wife does all the shopping as she needs some time off the kids now and then. We have three children with us all the time, two toddlers and one in Year 4, homeschooling. It is difficult a...

      For quite a long time I didn’t know how to start. What to do in the beginning. If the Word was in the beginning of creation, it means that it is important to start in a good way. And what is more important, tuning the instrument or jumping forward? I couldn't decide which text to paste first and finally decided to just write something new. A few words about this and that, what’s that for, how it will look and why... And then it hit me. I’ve been watching one of my all-time favourites, “Life of Brian”. I instantly knew I should mention a few names. After all, comedians are masters of ridiculing the idiots of everyday life, stigmatizing human flaws and senseless behaviours. Stupidity surrounds us because this world is a strange place. And, unfortunately, it will remain strange, whether we like it or not. It’s very good that there have always been those, who pointed their finger, who were not afraid to name things. Those for whom the absurdity was essential food, pushi...