Let's Ignore the Media Whores!

I have been thinking alot about these people, the media whores. You - and they - know who they are. The Charlies Sheens and Lohans, housewives and shore dwellers. It becomes harder and harder to turn on the news to see the "important" things in life (actual news, weather, maybe a traffic report) knowing you will be assaulted with information on one or more of these creatures, either in an actual report, or in a news crawl, or maybe even both. I am looking for some equity in reporting. Say for every whore report, a positive news story must be presented. One about real people doing really important things, like delivering meal to the elderly or raising money for ALS. Or helping a neighbor with their lawn, taking care of an abandoned animal. Bet the news outlets wouldn't be in such a hurry to show footage of celebrity meltdowns if they had to carry an equal number of stories on Habitat for Humanity or Doctors Without Borders.

Of course, this could backfire, and we might get no celebrities and no positive human interest, just politics and war news. Hmmmm.....I am willing to take my chances, how about you?

It's Been a Long Time Coming.....

Over 5 years since I posted here. Time doesn't fly, it tiptoes around in a flanking maneuver and kicks you in the ass. One day you are a 40-something graduate student looking forward to a new career. Next thing you know you are a 50 year-old unemployed teacher relocating and hoping for better prospects. Placing you life into sterile, cardboard boxes and stacking them in a cool, dry place. Waiting to hear the judgement of strangers on the space you spent 15 years creating, perfecting, and now must abandon. People say "when a door closes, somewhere a window opens." From where I am sitting it feels more like the hatch on a submarine at 30 fathoms.