We all know there are far too any media outlets out there fighting for our attention. That's why some of them are so partisan...
Since the internet became more widely accessible, the vast majority of news outlets knew they had to adapt with the times and move online. As a result, most people now get their news from digital sources, with even bigger majorities getting their news from social media, where those digital sources can be viewed and shared. But there has been plenty of growing concern about the spread of misinformation and bias in the news that goes viral online, especially among Gen Z and millennials - the young idiots too smart for their own good.
Us old guys know something the young pups don't. We don't believe anything the first time we hear it. We're smart enough to - as ole' Uncle Ronnie liked to say - 'trust but verify'.
The reason I ask if I'm part of the problem is simple - and selfish. The only reason I started doing this was because I didn't want to interject my feelings about stuff - political or otherwise - on to my Facebook shit. The blog gives me an opportunity to vent, and to show off, but mostly to share stuff I hope you'll enjoy. I never want to be just another 'media-whateverthefuck' in that big mix. I hope ya get my drift here...
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Maybe the worst joke that came out of the whole tragedy came out within almost minutes of it happening. New Hampshire high school teacher Christa McAuliffe was onboard, and it was her voice that was heard last on the flight data recording asking 'What's this button for?'
A Woman - possibly the salon owner -peers through a gated doorway during the riots in Newark, NJ, July, 1967. The sign in the window is to alert her fellow 'Brothers' that they shouldn't burn her business down because she's 'one of them' - a soul Brother.
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A word of advice from a wize old sage - me:
Whenever you're putting on new underwear, always plant one cheek against a wall or something solid. It also helps if you put your socks on first, for which you should be sitting.
And when putting your pants on, it's always best to be sitting down rather than standing and trying to
balance on one leg. In that manner, you'll reduce your chances of a floor/face plant exponentially.
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He's the Mayor of Pasadena, Califoria. That explains that.
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Welcome back to Theater of the Absurd...
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Babs was still teaching back then (inner-city Paterson, NJ) and one of her students said he has a 'Space Shuttle Joke', so she let him say it in class. The kid said 'What color Miss McAuliffe's eyes was? Blue. One blue here, the other blew there'.
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At the time of the riots, we were living in North Newark, a basically Italian/Irish enclave with few non-white residents, so the riots didn't reach our part of town.
Anyway, there was this one -off-the-boat Italian guy who didn't speak good english and owned a small grocery store in the neighborhood. He didn't know what the whole soul thing meant, so he put a sign in the window that said 'Soul Brother', thinking it would spare his store from problems. Somebody from the neighborhood put a rock through the window about five minutes after he closed the store that day. Like I said, the riots didn't reach in to our neighborhood - for very good reasons...
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Click on the picture above for information on these earrings.
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Your furnace has been cranking all winter.
It's a good idea to change you HVAC filters.
Find the size you use here ...
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Valentines Day is coming up soon.
She'd probably love to have these.
They're only $20.00 with free shipping.
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