"Mother nature is not a cross-eyed hooker on crack with a calculator"

Date: 1/498

I was pretty excited about my idea...crafting physical planning calendars representing the Gregorian date along with what I had decided to term the Earth date. It looks something like this:

I'd created the prototype of a planner that ran though June (Gregorian) and was pretty happy with the product. My intention was to hit the road with these planning calendars and sell them to pay for fuel and travel expenses. Then I decided to do some research.

Screeech!

I'd never delved deeply into the history of calendars. Superficially, yes, but not deeply.

I won't go into all that I learned, but here is where the word 'calendar' comes from (Wikipedia):

So, okay, the very word 'calendar' is offensive, beginning as a way for authorities to require the payment of debts. The very act of keeping calendars in the first place began as a control mechanism. And while most people believe it began as a survival thing related to seasons and planting, I find that doubtful.

Here's the thing...providing a method of transitioning away from something makes perfect sense because most humans don't just suddenly flip from one way of being and doing things to another. So I stand by my Earth dating system and calendar. But what I have trouble with is selling it for money.

Friends would argue that what people would be paying for is materials and labor. But in today's economy, why should people have to pay for something they could get for free in a pdf that they could download and choose to print or not print? Maybe people would want to help support my travels and would appreciate having a physical planning calendar with Earth dates; however, how useful are the Earth dates? The current system does not recognize them. People still have to keep track of Gregorian dates IN ORDER TO PAY PHONY DEBTS. Once that paradigm goes away, the requirement for calendars goes away too!

Ken Wheeler once said: "Mother nature is not a cross-eyed hooker on crack with a calculator." This has become one of my favorite quotes (video). Thanks, Ken.