Zen cone

Does anyone else out there feel like it’s the end times? Seriously, what is going on with humans? It seems like the world has collectively lost its mind. Forget politics for a minute, although it is intrinsically entwined. How is it that the whole world is not united and focused on addressing climate change as the crisis that it is?

Then again, if you’ve ever gone into some people’s home it all makes sense. I’ve been in way too many homes where it seems people can’t even keep pick up their own socks, let alone keep their house in order. So, you may as well forget about humans cleaning up the world. If the insanity of those across the world in political power don’t get us all, Mother Nature certainly seems on a path to teach us a lesson on cleaning up our room.

I want to give up and just eat ice cream. Everyone has their drug of choice. That’s mine.

Speaking of which…

Somehow, a text conversation I had lately with my son went from Zen koans to Zen cones to …in my mind…ice cream. Of course.

Since I told Garrett the story about throwing a Zen koan at the students in Fashion Camp and how it miraculously quieted the ruckus behavior of the campers, he keeps tossing the subject of Zen koans casually into the middle of unsuspecting conversations.

For instance, the other day we were texting, and he somehow brought up all the money Jeff Bezos has which somehow oddly segued into a Zen koan conversation. However, this time he spelled it Zen cone instead of Zen koan, which stopped me for a minute because I know he is smart. He is always correcting my English, grammar, politically incorrect statements I blurt out every other second, etc.

So…here’s how it went, a completely non sensical conversation that somehow only he and I seem to follow…

Which then somehow brought me to my very own Jeff Bezos million-dollar idea!

I replied to Garrett, I’m going to open an ice cream shop called Zen Cones. An updated spiritual Baskin and Robbins approach with 32 Zen Cone flavors. (Any interested backers, please dm me!)

Here are some flavor names and ideas for the ingredients/menu ideas:

Flavor name…” What is the sound of ice cream melting?”  …. This will be the new vanilla.

Flavor name….” If a cone drops in the forest will anyone hear? “…. This will be named for the scoop that always falls off the sugar cone.

Flavor name…” If I gain 30 lbs. will anyone care?” …. A Chocolate fudge triple sundae.

Flavor name…” If I eat a Sundae on a Saturday, does it really count?” …Obviously a full on sundae.

Flavor name… “Can we all just get along?” …. This cone will be whatever the customer wants it to be.

My new Zen Cone ice cream shop aims to please.