Tuesday, April 17, 2018

APRIL 17 2018
EVERY TIME I THINK I HAVE HEARD IT ALL..... ?MOIST WATER?  TO TAKE OFF MAKEUP?  -- WHAT AM I MISSING... THERE IS NOT MOIST WATER SOMEWHERE?  THAT WAS NOT A FUNNY NEWS SIDELINE-- IT WAS A TV  AD THAT WAS PAID FOR...  IF IT WAS A SIDELINE IT  WOULD BE AMUSING... LIKE OUR SALE OF PUPPY BREATH--- OR THAT GUY  AROUND HERE WHO WAS SELLING BOTTLES OF SNOW IN  LAST YEAR'S BLIZZARD--  WHAT TERRIFIES ME IS THAT THERE IS A POPULATION  THAT NEVER QUESTIONS MOIST WATER...
I AM NOT  INNOCENT-- I HAD TO GO BUY A POWER TOOTHBRUSH WHERE THE BRISTLES WENT IN CIRCLES INSTEAD OF UP AND DOWN...I  JUST HAD TO DO THAT ONE DAY--I WAS TRAINED...- I WAS FURIOUS WHEN I GOT HOME AND SAW TEH TV AD THAT  TRAINED ME TO DO THAT....- TEH STUDY OF MANIPULATING  THE PUBLIC STARTED LONG AGO "HIDDEN PERSUADERS"  HAS GOT WAY OUT OF HAND.....

I REMEMBER......1940'S  ?  IT WAS NOT TOO HIGH ON TH E LIST OF "HOT TOPICS" AROUND TEH DINNER TABLE, BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT  THE EDITOR-- OF OUR LOCAL NEWBURGH NEWS, TEH HERALD TRIBUNE AND NY TIMES- AT THE TENDER AGE OF MAYBE 8 I ALWAYS  FIGURED EDITORS  WERE SOMEHOW RELATED TO THE POPE- AS BEING  ULTIMATE JUDGES OF THE TRUTH... WHO WOULD NEVER ALLOW FALSEHOODS TO BE IN THEIR  NEWSPAPERS UNLESS PROPERLY LABELED  OP-ED.  MY MOTHER WAS BIG ON  " THE PRINTED WORD" IN MANY PLACES-- SHE  WAS THE TYPE THAT COULD SPELL-- HOW COULD SHE POSSIBLE FORSEE "FACEBOOK"- AND OUR NEWSPAPERS BECOMING  A GLORIFIED FORM OF THE GAME OF "GOSSIP"?-
WHERE IS THE PRESTIGE OF "TEH  EDITOR".. THE JOURNALIST.. THE NEWS ANCHOR  -- THE ONLY PLACE I CAN THINK OF WHERE THEIR IMPORTANCE IS RECOGNIZED AND STILL GIVEN  SOME OF THE PROPER RESPECT... IS IN  T HE VArious  WAR ZONES WHERE THE NEWS PEOPLE ARE  USUALLY ARE NOT SHOT AT. 
A PRESS BADGE GOT YOU INTO PLACES SO YOU COULD  REPORT ON "THE NEWS" ... WHAT HAPPENS  AFTER THAT ---TO THE "NEWS" YOU HAVE RISKED YOUR LIFE TO REPORT-- HAS GONE ASUNDER. 
THE LACK OF A  RELIABLE NEWS SYSTEM  COULD BE TEH ACHILLES HEEL OF ORGANIZED SOCIETY IN GENERAL.. "IT'S IN THE NEWS"  IS  ABOTU THE SAME AS   "IT'S ON  THE INTERNET".   

COUPLE THAT WITH THE  THRILL SEEKING NAY SAYERS WHO JUST CAN NOT WAIT TO PASS ON DEVASTATING INFORMATION WHETHER CORRECT OR INCORRECT- VIA FACEBOOK INTERNET AND  IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE ALMOST ANYON'E LIFE ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE.   L;IKE.... 
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT  TEHY FINALLY PROVED THAT DRINKING COFFEE  WILL CAUSE  AN  INCREASE IN ALZIEMERS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU A BURDEN TO YOUR FAMILY  --- FURTHEREMORE  FUNERALS NOW COST  OVER $8000 .
MEANING THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ENJOYED-- AND ARE ADDICTED TO THAT MORNING CUPPA ARE STILL GOING TO DRINK IT, BUT  ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO ENJOY IT ---BECAUSE  OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN..
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT CONCEPT.---
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ANOTEHR BIT OF SHOCKING NEWS AROUND HERE YESTERDAY WAS... WATER WILL RUN DOWNHILL-- TANNER HAD A GREAT PIPE SYSTEM GOING SO PEOPLE SCOOTER KAREN?   COULD GET  TO THE DONKEY FENCE-- AND HE WAS SO PLEASED TO TELL ME  WATER RAN THRU THE PIPE REALLY WELL..-- AND YOU COULD GET TO THE FENCE.... THAT IS UNTIL WE HAD 2 INCHES OF WATER AND THE ENTIRE AREA WAS 4" UNDERWATER.-- WELL... MOST OF TEH TIME IT WILL BE FINE...  BUT 2 INCHES OF WATER OFF THAT ARENA IS GONG TO DO WHATEVER IT WANTS TO DO- SO BETTER MAKE OTHER  PLANS ON A VERY RAINY DAY.
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ERICA ASHER
WE'RE JUST POPPING IN TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALIVE AND WELL, JUST BUSY, AND ONLY A LITTLE EXCITED TODAY THAT WE'RE DONE WITH OUR FINAL BRIEF OF 1L YEAR.  JUST SIX DAYS PLUS FOUR FINAL EXAMS TO GO AND WE'LL BE 2L LAW STUDENTS!!
ASHER HAS BEEN NO MORE THAN A FOOT AWAY FROM ME AT ALL TIMES THESE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AS I'VE BEEN WORKING AWAY ON BRIEFING OR STUDYING FOR OUR FOUR OTHER CLASSES, USUALLY TRYING TO GET COMFY ON THE HARD FLOOR OVER OUR COMFY BED IN THE NEXT ROOM. POOR GUY PROBABLY THINKS I HAVE SEASONAL DEPRESSION - OTHER THAN CLASSES, WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING OUT MUCH! BUT ASHER IS, AS ALWAYS, WONDERFUL COMPANY AND THE BEST LOVE BUG WHEN I NEED A SNUGGLE BREAK.
WE HAVE A FUN EVENING PLANNED TOMORROW - WE'RE HEADED TO PROVIDENCE TO LEND A PAW TO THE JWU PLAYERS AT MY ALMA MATER... MORE ON THAT LATER, BUT LET'S HOPE ASHER LIKES THE STAGE!  

WE'LL BE STAYING BURIED IN BOOKS MOST OF THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 11TH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND A FEW FUN THINGS TO SCATTER AMONG THE STUDYING!