tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post2006312324658456728..comments2023-05-16T06:32:48.715-04:00Comments on Women of a Certain Age: Why...California Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-18000978739831052272012-08-18T11:22:27.604-04:002012-08-18T11:22:27.604-04:00I wish I could stay local for good news. Our loca...I wish I could stay local for good news. Our local paper serves an area of about 40,000 people. At its core is an editorial policy of printing the most outrageous angry letters, printing polarized columns on everything from politics to whether or not to turn the street lights back on at night. Inotherwords, it thrives on controversy. It really sucks. CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-2839439245481249382012-08-18T11:22:27.046-04:002012-08-18T11:22:27.046-04:00I so agree it is very depressing. I choose to not ...I so agree it is very depressing. I choose to not go looking too far for news and keep it local. It might be all true but where the heck is the good news? As for art it's in the eye of the beholder I guess. I do my own now. It's crap too but at least it doesn't cost me anything, lolLillyhttp://www.lillyslife.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-63943802926094608792012-08-18T11:22:26.711-04:002012-08-18T11:22:26.711-04:00I include those guys for total and complete comic ...I include those guys for total and complete comic relief. I am somewhat addicted to hard news now. It's the plight of my demographic. No idea why but it's always been so.<br /><br />"if it bleeds, it leads" really is true.CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-85907674872801027202012-08-18T11:22:26.598-04:002012-08-18T11:22:26.598-04:00Sadly, because good, positive news doesn't &qu...Sadly, because good, positive news doesn't "sell." People don't want to watch that. They want to hear about rapes and murders and other terrible things.<br /><br />The only news I watch is the Daily Show or the Colbert Report, because it's funny. Otherwise... forget it.Abeerfortheshowernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-26175540233941802822012-08-18T11:22:26.392-04:002012-08-18T11:22:26.392-04:00Thanks Ruth. I watch and it is a positive present...Thanks Ruth. I watch and it is a positive presentation. <br /><br />I'm a hand wringer. I need reminding there are other ways to see things. <br /><br />I'm just finishing the Steve Jobs bio by Walter Isaacson and it's one of the most inspiring, compelling books I've ever read. Why? Because no matter whether he was a a-hole, a genius, a temperamental brat, Steve Jobs was a problem solver. He believed in getting things done. <br /><br />This reinforces that attitude. CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-43800102971843926762012-08-18T11:22:26.268-04:002012-08-18T11:22:26.268-04:00I stumbled across his work several years ago and r...I stumbled across his work several years ago and really like it. At the time, he was living in Santa Barbara and much of what he painted was familiar to me. He gave me permission to use it so I do. His new work is wonderful. He has since moved to Rhode Island. He's a youngin'...I'm thinking mid30s.CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-45337493332984004442012-08-18T11:22:26.103-04:002012-08-18T11:22:26.103-04:00Well, I think there is intention behind it all. Pl...Well, I think there is intention behind it all. Please, please watch this TED talk by Peter Diamandis, who wrote the Abundance of the Future. <br /><br />http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future.htmlruth19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-73838232146634058552012-08-18T11:22:25.716-04:002012-08-18T11:22:25.716-04:00I love the Paul Cumes "Kitty" you posted...I love the Paul Cumes "Kitty" you posted and visited his blog. Wow. Great stuff. As for the news, I'm with you. If it weren't for bad news, we wouldn't have any news at all it seems. Jaynehttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-51047324924471143342012-08-18T11:22:25.206-04:002012-08-18T11:22:25.206-04:00Thank you for that. I almost didn't post it a...Thank you for that. I almost didn't post it as I felt somewhat whiney. It's hard to be upbeat when you're surrounded with negativity. I'm a half empty cup girl always shooting for half full. CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-75633562422153833542012-08-18T11:22:24.807-04:002012-08-18T11:22:24.807-04:00Some stories, like the squeezing of the middle cla...Some stories, like the squeezing of the middle class and the tendency of the Supreme Court to support the Dark Side, directly affect the quality of our individual lives. Because of that, it's easy to believe that other tragedies, even unlikely and far away, could happen to us as well. I watch much less news these days; if I'm reading I can at least quit a story when I've had enough. When media do run positive stories, they sometimes cheer me up but often seem trivial, or just not enough. The art story originally may have been an effort to "brighten" the news. Looks like this art is another toy of the rich, and it has value if they think it does. At least it's not make-believe, like some of the financial game-playing that made Wall Street rich. Good thought-provoking post.BLissed-Out Grandmahttp://blissedoutgrandma.blogger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-61782580408355967522012-08-18T11:22:24.225-04:002012-08-18T11:22:24.225-04:0024/7 news. Yes, that makes sense. One does have ...24/7 news. Yes, that makes sense. One does have to fill the void and bad news sells. I just have a hard time with its relentlessness.CaliforniaGirl500http://www.womenofcertainage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-63927773905092727782012-08-18T11:22:24.011-04:002012-08-18T11:22:24.011-04:00I believe our connected world and 7/24 cable news ...I believe our connected world and 7/24 cable news has us receiving news unlike anything in the past. I still remember learning in a documentary that most (I'm not positive it was a majority but polling back then is not like today) Americans did NOT know where Pearl Harbor was when it was attacked. Young people dying is bad anytime.lislemanhttp://afcsoac.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929216211968531577.post-15039754005731788992012-08-18T11:21:30.299-04:002012-08-18T11:21:30.299-04:00I love the Paul Cumes "Kitty" you posted...I love the Paul Cumes "Kitty" you posted and visited his blog. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.vanssale.com.au/other-vans-for-sale.html" rel="nofollow">Other</a>NathanielSimonnoreply@blogger.com