The Christian Science Monitor has always been considered the most objective newspaper in the US if not the world. Objectivity in news writing is rare indeed, if not extinct. And there's just too much profit to be made by scaring the hell out of everybody and fomenting fear, hopelessness, and division among people. If it bleeds....... And people seem to line up to get their daily dose of shit instead of turning off the news feeds. Also, how about seeing problems in their own communities and what they can do about them instead of worrying about stuff that's happening on the other side of the planet? Here's an example: the famine in Darfur spurred a lot of actors in Hollywood to using their fame and names to promote aid donations for that problem. Meanwhile, instead of building desalination plants along the coast to provide potable water, they prefer to drain the western states dry and even think it's a great idea to build a pipeline to suck filthy water from the Mississippi and bring it across country to LA for their swimming pools. As for worrying about the destruction of the planet: 65M years ago, a meteor slammed into earth, killing off most of the dinosaurs. It didn't destroy the planet! Throughout the history of the planet, there have been 17 ice ages separated by warming periods on a global scale. Humans and other species have managed to survive that climatic rollercoaster for millions of years. People who fret and sweat about "the planet will be unlivable in twelve years" need to get out of their convenient little bubbles and see that other humans and species have found ways to live on every continent in every climate that exists. Obviously it's going to take one hell of a huge meteor to obliterate earth. Any other "threat" is laughable. It remind me of a T-shirt my husband used to have. There was a painting of a woman clutching her pearls, saying, "Nuclear war. There goes my career."
The yarn as a stashing place is fascinating. I was knitting with my mom last night and mentioned it to her after seeing your post. Just so funny. (I also am forever looking for things. So much wasted time looking...)
The decline of the NYT is particularly frustrating because even with its ideological leanings it is still one of America's great newspapers and it will be a huge loss if it doesn't restrain itself from the direction it is taking.
The Christian Science Monitor has always been considered the most objective newspaper in the US if not the world. Objectivity in news writing is rare indeed, if not extinct. And there's just too much profit to be made by scaring the hell out of everybody and fomenting fear, hopelessness, and division among people. If it bleeds....... And people seem to line up to get their daily dose of shit instead of turning off the news feeds. Also, how about seeing problems in their own communities and what they can do about them instead of worrying about stuff that's happening on the other side of the planet? Here's an example: the famine in Darfur spurred a lot of actors in Hollywood to using their fame and names to promote aid donations for that problem. Meanwhile, instead of building desalination plants along the coast to provide potable water, they prefer to drain the western states dry and even think it's a great idea to build a pipeline to suck filthy water from the Mississippi and bring it across country to LA for their swimming pools. As for worrying about the destruction of the planet: 65M years ago, a meteor slammed into earth, killing off most of the dinosaurs. It didn't destroy the planet! Throughout the history of the planet, there have been 17 ice ages separated by warming periods on a global scale. Humans and other species have managed to survive that climatic rollercoaster for millions of years. People who fret and sweat about "the planet will be unlivable in twelve years" need to get out of their convenient little bubbles and see that other humans and species have found ways to live on every continent in every climate that exists. Obviously it's going to take one hell of a huge meteor to obliterate earth. Any other "threat" is laughable. It remind me of a T-shirt my husband used to have. There was a painting of a woman clutching her pearls, saying, "Nuclear war. There goes my career."
That was quite a find in the middle of the skein!
And a couple of days later, I pulled out another chunk of 20s! I think I’ve got it all now.
How many times have I put something where I wouldn’t forget it, only to lose track of it, sometimes forever.
The yarn as a stashing place is fascinating. I was knitting with my mom last night and mentioned it to her after seeing your post. Just so funny. (I also am forever looking for things. So much wasted time looking...)
The decline of the NYT is particularly frustrating because even with its ideological leanings it is still one of America's great newspapers and it will be a huge loss if it doesn't restrain itself from the direction it is taking.