Why I don’t watch network news shows anymore

TODAY Show this morning. Captive audience, me. Newsbreak with Savannah Guthrie (SG). Very short segment about, iirc, Newt Gingrich/Republican primary race: maybe 15 seconds, film footage with SG voiceover. Very short segment about President Obama’s speech y’day in Kansas: maybe 15 seconds, film footage with SG voiceover. Segment about Alec Baldwin getting tossed from his Read More …

Oh, the humanity!

A Turkey Day memory for those of us of a certain age. Note: One person who tried the link viewed an ad and nothing else. I’m having trouble with those Hulu links. I had wanted to post a link to the entire show, not just a clip of the punchline. I was able to go Read More …

Middle of the week

Two days of rain. Now the temps are supposed to drop, with a freeze possible tonight and snow flurries possible tomorrow. I brought in the parsley and basil pots, along with a pine sapling that I got at work as part of a printer reduction project (fewer printers, lower costs, fewer emissions = Green). The Read More …