Pinball

 He's a pinball wizard.  That has to be a twist.  Pete Townshend's lyrics are from the rock opera Tommy.  Symbolism reaching out.

There is eclectic thought process.  It bounces from one thing to another.  It's not as chaotic as you might think.  

It can be as simple as word association.  One thought leads to another.  A specific topic can render specific results.  Some fit some don't.  See what works.

Write thoughts down.  Trying to juggle them all can be daunting.  And if something escapes into the ethos, just wait.  The old adage if it's important it'll come back is often true.  Then again don't worry if it doesn't.  Alternatives come.

Having an outline/framework is a good idea.  The thoughts can mix and match.

Whiteboard helps organized main and tangent points, reminders etc.  

Don't obsess.  Balance head and heart.  

Learn how to rush and how to take your time.  Think under pressure and don't go to sleep either.

Just bouncing ideas.

So, try not to tilt, mind your bumpers and don't forget to use the flippers.

Better.

 Than what?

After so much improvement after 28 years, we are in a downspin.  And there is the crux.  Worse is better.

No, I don't ascribe to that.  It is a Leninist maxim.  As bad as things get, collectivists destroy even more, making the previous atrocities seem ok.  Then, the new crisis occupies the people, leaving no room to think or improve.  

Power for its own sake demands more.  It is bottomless hunger.  They control due to lack of self.  There is no humanity, only merciless conquest.  

As is normal for collectivists, what they do is opposite of what they say.  It might sound better, but it is worse.  

Look at better with light and a fine tooth comb.

Live in Liberty and truth.

Don't do better.  

Be best.

Ricochet

 Something, usually a bullet, that bounces off a hard surface.  Its path is deflected and can hit something, even the shooter, at an odd angle.

In self defense we make sure what is behind a target.  We don't want to harm innocents.  We want to only stop the threat.  Accuracy and control are paramount.

Gangsters/criminals or as Col. Jeff Cooper called em 'goblins' don't care.  They shoot into a crowd or wildly shoot, hurting many including kids.  Hitmen have downed a whole passenger list to murder one person.  It is lack of humanity.

Also, words can be accurate.  They paint verbal pics and can speak of love, strength, patriotism.

Words, especially these days, but as before, ricochet.  They are misplaced and can mean the opposite of what is said.  

Be accurate and mean what you say.  

Bullseye!

Prurient

 Immoderate or unwholesome interest/desire.  Sensationalism.  Arousal of quick, intense emotional reaction.  It ain't just sex.  It's distraction.

Nothing wrong with a little excitement of almost any kind.  But if it's obsessive, it stultifies.  The objective is, if not sex, that people get upset about something based in half truth if not lies.  

The idea is to be robbed of the ability to think, to reason. 

Don't be a headline hopper.  

It's easy to be led.  Unravelling is simpler than knitting.

Rise above.