Saturday, February 22, 2003

If a Bomb Explodes, Get Out of the Way~~First we are given a website detailing all the goodies for preparing for the variety of gruesome things that could happen to us, us being you and me and 260 million other persons residing in the U.S.A. I have it bookmarked and intend to spend quality time going thru it all. You might want to do the same. You can find this at Tom Ridge's Primer.

And it goes without saying, although this columnist already did, and very nicely too -- that yes, you will indeed want to "get out of the way". Marianne Means will explain all.

I have moved Mary Beth's letter to a page at my homestead site. I really hate to let go of it so I'll keep it over there for a while. And though this letter may or may not be totally true, I like to think of it as "Why couldn't it be?"
posted by Lorraine 8:51 AM 
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Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Speaking of TV Commercials~~Saw an ad for some wondrous, delicious, blah blah "fiber" product. TV, being so ladylike and all, delicately refers to go-poopie slop as "fiber" products. In my day, all we had were prunes which I loathed, or Fletcher's Castoria. Fletcher's "fiber" wasn't all bad, kind of tasted like licorice........which, btw, is a totally delicious way to get your "fiber", (or "go-poopie slop" if you prefer).

Today we have 89 or so different vitamins/minerals tucked into one neat horse pill, to be taken daily. No hardship there, for sure. But when I was a kid -- *ca-a-cc-kk* -- (just clearing my throat, OK?) I guess all we had was cod liver oil. This was delivered in a glass of orange juice, presumably to make it more palatable. Wrong. The cod liver oil floated on top the juice like an alien blob of, well, an alien blob. Even stirring quickly and swallowing most of it wasn't much help. My Mother used to chide me, telling me I was a great actress, carrying on so dramatically with my loud gagging and retching. Hey, I wasn't acting, OK?
posted by Lorraine 9:32 AM 
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Monday, February 17, 2003

Good Grief!!~~There are educators and scholars all over the country wringing their hands in dismay because of the "dumbing down of America". Duh. No kidding. There can be no better example of this total idiocy when it comes to our friend, the Television. Please note the shining examples of "entertainment" listed for tonight.

Michael Jackson---you know, that former African-American super pop star, now just a cartoon character?---is hogging two networks tonight. These ridiculous shows are scheduled so more citizens can be stupified by the ongoing, totally irrelevant saga of a very sad, psychologically challenged young man. It is macabre beyond belief. Blech.

Ah, but not to be outdone, tonight is, apparently, the final finale of "Joe the Millionaire". He has decided which of two remaining gold diggers he wants. Why does anyone care? Perhaps I am too old to appreciate this silly farce of pretend "love and commitment". This riveting event will waste two hours of prime time network broadcasting.

I want to publicly thank CBS for not showing any "reality" shows and letting me be truly entertained by "Everybody Loves Raymond". Sometimes fiction is a lot more fun.
posted by Lorraine 2:36 PM 
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