Weighed in the balance and found wanting

The weather has turned and the good people of Chester County are buying as much mulch, grass seed, glyphosate, patio furniture, and cleaning supplies as they can carry. I’m too tired to complete a thought or a sentence or

So here’s some vintage Johnny Cash, the first song he ever played for Sam Phillips at Sun Records.

It’s an old song and an even older story, but the way Johnny tells it here seems pretty timely:

Well, the Bible tells us about a man
Who ruled Babylon and all its land
Around the city, he built a wall
And declared that Babylon would never fall
He had concubines and wives
He called his Babylon “Paradise”
On his throne he drank and ate
But for Belshazzar it was gettin’ late

For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided, couldn’t stand
He was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His houses were built upon the sand