The news is not great is it? Compelling yes, but generally, not great. Pirates, tea parties and poisoned water all get three big thumbs down from me. I understand "if it bleeds it leads" is a way to sell papers or is it? It doesn't seem to be and effective way of keeping long standing newspapers from laying off staff or from getting smaller and thinner. I stumbled across a local newspaper today called "The Evening Whirl" and although I was amused by the colorful urban prose and the clever way the writers could make tragedy funny, it was dark and painted a bleak picture of urban life. I do realize denial is not a river in Egypt or anywhere else for that matter, but in my tiny corner of the universe denial offers some much needed relief.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Pirates, Tea Parties and Poisoned Water- Oh My!!
The news is not great is it? Compelling yes, but generally, not great. Pirates, tea parties and poisoned water all get three big thumbs down from me. I understand "if it bleeds it leads" is a way to sell papers or is it? It doesn't seem to be and effective way of keeping long standing newspapers from laying off staff or from getting smaller and thinner. I stumbled across a local newspaper today called "The Evening Whirl" and although I was amused by the colorful urban prose and the clever way the writers could make tragedy funny, it was dark and painted a bleak picture of urban life. I do realize denial is not a river in Egypt or anywhere else for that matter, but in my tiny corner of the universe denial offers some much needed relief.
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Indeed, denial does just that. While you and I are of the age that we don't deny always, it is sometimes necessary.
Marcia, of a certain age, formerly from the MidWest
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