Things That Make You Me Laugh

AT & T is dropping Tiger Woods.

Yes, a company that willingly (and illegally) funnels the private phone conversations of millions of Americans to the NSA, thinks its reputation might be sullied by Tiger Woods' philandering. [that's to say nothing of their lousy coverage and worse customer service]

Yes, Virginia, There Is No Evolution

Yes, some omniscient, omnipotent Intelligent Designer (spelled G-O-D) created toads that look like dead leaves on a forest floor, insects that mimic flower parts, birds that blend into tree bark and ... ... ... why would he/she not? [pic is link to Nat'l Geo article]

Now if we could just get members of Congress and the current White House resident to imitate individuals who actually cared about and represented those they were sent to DC to serve. I'm thinking Jesus will return before that happens.

Halfway

Well, I'm halfway through my iTunes library with this tune (Lonesome Desert Blues -which seems fitting) from Maria Muldaur:



On a related note, it seems I'm not the only one who thinks Mr. Obama has no apparent convictions. It would have been nice if a few more of you would have noticed how empty was his rhetoric during the primaries.

I Love a Duet

but none more than with these two crooners who so obviously enjoy each other -listen to the fun:

It's Been Said Before ...

but I'll say it again. I cannot comprehend why any liberal or progressive individual would have cast a vote for Barack Obama.

The death of journalism illustrated ...

in a mere two sentences.

Stable. Interesting word choice because I should think this man wasn't particularly stable even before he met with a bullet. Then we go to the second sentence ... nice transition. And it took three of them to write this article (multi-authorial attribution being the norm these days) - I suppose it took all their collective brain power to de-sensationalize the headline by only blaming the major for the rampage.

It's a wonder people aren't trampling over one another to get their newspaper fix. It's one thing for the Idaho Statesman, a publication that would have to improve many fold to even be considered a merely dreadful paper, but there was a day when one could expect more from The Times (LA or NY).

Speaking of the Statesman, I caught Mi-Ai Parrish's (the publisher) talk at the City Club on News 91 the other day and ...Oh. My. Gawd. This individual makes a living in a field of words? Talk about failing upward but then again it may be upward in position though certainly not in papers as she has previously worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Sun-Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. I don't have hopes for the Statesman reaching the pinnacle of merely dreadful any time during her tenure.
[screenshot of LA Times article]

Prodigy

Since my itunes library has grown I've found there are way too many pieces I don't hear often enough so I've taken to spending a little time each day, either with my cuppa in the am or in the wee hours, streamlining (removing unnecessary duplicates of slightly different versions, reducing all the artwork to 202 x 202 pixels) and rating the tunes. I'm now in the "Fs" and just came across this:



And I couldn't help but think of the phenomenon that Michael Jackson had become - and not to take anything away from acknowledging his musical genius but ... Stevie 12. Years. Old. Damn.