Retro: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

                                                                       May 31, 1966

We bid a fond farewell to "Mad Men" and a host of people and things from our past that collectively make up our "Right Now."  Where are we re-hee-ly?  Alphonse Karr, (1808-1890) the French critic is credited with the philosophical observation:

                              The more things change the more they stay the same.

Actually, Karr wrote, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, in his literary journal "The Wasp" in 1849. Literally translated it states, the more it changes, the more it's the same thing. There is no difference in meaning. 

By now you may be wondering what's your point.  It all comes down to "Welcome to Me" in a Kristen Wiig sort of way.  We are all a little self-possessed. The above caption of me in 1966 as compared to the recent mini skirt fashion show at Saks pictured below are a distinction without much of a difference. 

                                                                      2015

While the packaging and methods may change over the years, the fundamentals of human existence remain the same.  What's next?  More of "ME"

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