Kumbayikes!

We've all been invited to events. Sometimes, we may seem nervous about attending. The inviter notices this and says, "Don't worry. It's not big deal. We're not going to sing 'Kumbaya' or anything."

What gives? What did "Kumbaya" ever do to you? Just sitting there being a song about togetherness, prayer, community, and peace. Suddenly, you make it out to be some sort of evil practice--eager to take an otherwise fun event and making it into Cap'n Creepy's House O' Yeesh!

As I continue to find a focus for this blog, I discover that I can take the "Kumbaya" phenomenon and share other examples with the reading audience. I will find instances where someone or something somewhere was doing nothin' to nobody and was suddenly caught in the middle of something and sullied because of it.

Like human growth hormone. There it sits pleasantly making folks who do not meet the "you must be this high" cardboard-hand criteria high enough so as to meet the ride requirements. Suddenly, some folks start taking large amounts of HGH so more baseballs--which "must fly this far" to be a home run--are now flying far enough to be home runs. It's not HGH's fault people are abusing it; yet the term "HGH" alone can cause shaking fists among the most peaceful sports enthusiasts. Let it be known that HGH has been kumbayaed.

HGH, my Lord, kumbaya

Pros:

I get the claim-to-fame of making Kumbaya a verb

Fighting for slightly more justice

Cons:

Not another verbized non-verb! It's too much!

(Uh oh -- looks like "verb" has been kumbayaed!)

Yet more work

And have a good day.