Simplify

‘Funemployment’ is not what Henry David Thoreau the writer had in mind when he said in WALDEN, "simplify, simplify, simplify." What would qualify as candidates for simplification would be many of Americans’ wants and needs and elitist, academic language. For example, Obama thinks his citizens need more control and oversight so he has recently appointed his 19th Czar, the salary Czar. A nearby city wants more money from taxpayers "neighborhood stability grant funds." A pointy crowned professor says that even if Pauline thinking (Christianity) had failed, a version would have prevailed "featuring the doctrine of interethnic externalities offered by the open platform of the Roman empire." Each need, want and obfuscation here needs simplification and/or elimination. What would not qualify for a slim shake would be the ability to appreciate the ‘simple’ pleasures in life. For example, my goldfish (for the 1st time observed) has spent today doing torpedo laps around his pond. Equally simple and enjoyable were both of our temporary diversions.