Somehow we have survived again. I am referring to the nationwide test of the emergency broadcasting system that happened at 1:00 PM CST (local) here. It was supposed to shutdown or interrupt all radio and TV broadcasting in the USA for about 3 minutes. The concern was that some folks would think it was some kind of real thing. Little fear, but they would have had a real panic if they shutdown the Internet (or...
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My Primitive Mind
I don’t believe humans had a weak primitive mind that has improved with time. There is no direct link to evolving superior present human thinking just from the passing of time. There are so many unqualified people who practice (preach) bad science or create it, there is no real truth, only assumptive thinking. I’m included in that group, so let me preach a different view from my primitive mind’s view. What if most humans, 10,000...
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Arugh! How do I slow down the events around me so I can do what I want to do? I swear the planet spins a little faster every day since I was born. I remember when a summer day would last forever. Today a week is much faster than any one of those childhood play days. <sigh> I know it is only a perception, but perception is reality. I have always held that communication is...
Continue reading...Terror in the Neighborhood
It used to be a friendly little neighborhood. Then the riff-raft moved in. Maybe riff-raft is not a “Politically Correct” statement about our neighbors these days but, what’s going to happen to them? “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn”, is what Rhett told Charlotte in Gone with the Wind. It works for me too. Some neighbors don’t deserve respect no mater what’s deemed sociably proper. The neighborhood of which I speak is the...
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