Yes, I am counting this as a Merry Month of May post - hey one of the suggested topics is to write about something currently happening in the news! Anyway, since I do want folks to be educated about the quality, or lack thereof, in media - here you go. What gets me is that... Continue Reading →
Cancer is not a game, and neither is sports anymore
This has been eviction week #2 which meant outpatient surgery to remove two perfectly round 2cm sized fibroids that were benign but excruciatingly annoying as hell for the last few months. While it was a very easy procedure, it does mean that I am spending a lot of time just lounging around and reading a lot. As... Continue Reading →
Election Result follow up
The day after an election is often spent by both sides reflecting on what they did correctly or incorrectly. Winners and losers assess what happened. Unfortunately, what has been observed over the last couple of Presidential election cycles is that one side isn't quite getting that the electorate is changing. Demographically, and socially, voters are... Continue Reading →
Dear Liza
How's your weekend starting out? Mine is fabulous. Why? Well because I love my new Saturday mornings. I know, I should be sad about 15 no longer playing spring sports - specifically baseball. After all, that's the sport he's played the longest. 9 months out of the year essentially since he was 5. And as... Continue Reading →
Spare me the mommy wars – please!
Ugh! Again with the Mommy Wars in the media? Ok, I suppose first we should blame whoever conducted this "controversial study". I mean really,what's the damn point? No, I wont look it up to link to it and give it more eyeballs. I find the premise of it insulting enough. Apparently the gist of THIS... Continue Reading →
Be careful what you share on Facebook. An illustrative guide on how lies and misconceptions are spread.
Be careful what you share on Facebook. An illustrative guide on how lies and misconceptions are spread.. Fascinating look at how you really need to question what you read on the internet! People are so very easily misled. Since it's technically about a political article, I posted it over on my Politics and Media site.
So why was this quote used?
His friends still worry. “I think he’s getting close to a burnout kind of thing,” said Sam Smith, a former Chicago Tribune sports writer, basing this not on anything Mr. Axelrod told him. Mr. Smith added that he speaks only sporadically to his friend these days, mainly about sports, and that Mr. Axelrod has always... Continue Reading →
Book 4 of 52 – So Wrong for So Long
So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits--and the President--Failed on Iraq by Greg Mitchell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am saddened to say that I discovered the fabulous Editors & Publishers website *just* before it closed shop. It is being re-launched under the same name, but without the brilliant editor... Continue Reading →
Must see & hear to laugh & dance into the weekend!
I just had to share these two things to escort you into the weekend. I'm still quite flabbergasted from yesterday's unexpected promotion of my post to the main WordPress front page - which explains why there are all those comments! I'm used to 1 or 2, not 30!! Anyhoo, as I gather energy and recover... Continue Reading →
Some people say…….
.... that I have green eyes. Some people say....... ....... that the Loch Ness Monster is real. Some people say........ ....... that they saw Elvis just last week (for real!) and some people say........ ....... that Fox News is Fair and Balanced. No matter which news station you watch, or listen to, or which news... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 