Yep, it’s time again to clear some of the cobwebs and other unwanted things and thoughts rattling around in my brain.
I’m happy to report to you this week that Jingle, aka the yointer, had his surgery last week and is recovering nicely. You will recall due to an osteosarcoma he had his left, front leg and shoulder amputated. The surgery was last Tuesday and by Sunday he is bounding up and down stairs (against his vet’s wishes for a quiet, and not overly exerted rehab. Try telling “don’t do that” to a dog.)
In other news, I hope everyone who has has hurricanes and tornadoes pass through their yards over the last couple weeks is well, not injured, and can take a few deep breaths while working on restoring life to normal.
The weather along the east coast reminded me of a favorite gripe of mine. Why are airlines so freaking stupid. There were flights from Nashville to Dallas delayed because Tampa was closed. What genius decided “we’re going route all our flights through and park all our planes at airports all along the coast so that at the first hint of weather, whether hurricanes in the south or ice storms in the north, we can cripple the entire country’s air traffic. [evil laugh].” There are perfectly good airports at Pittsburgh Cleveland, Cincinnati, Nashville and other inland cities that are relatively weather safe and could serve as eastern hubs, but no, they have to pick an airport within sight of the ocean. Delta made a little more sense sticking with Atlanta. If only they weren’t Delta they might actually be able to keep an on-time schedule going.
Speaking of airlines, has anybody seen jeenie.weenie on either Instagram or YouTube? She’s probably on other sites too but those are the two I know for sure. (Hey, I don’t make up these peoples’ handles, I just write what I see). Jeenie is a current or former flight attendant and has some of the most “scratch your head and say dayam, if they ain’t right” posts about stuff, mostly air travel, but other things too. It really makes you think about how we really do that crap. Here’s a link to a random YouTube video.
That’s all I have for this week. It’s been a a little crazy but slowly getting back to normal. What would really help is if all the particularly stupid people running for office would stop sending me text messages about how dangerous, extreme, and radical their opponent is, I’d have lots more time to get things back to normal.
Oh, that reminds me…I put this little news nugget out there every couple of years and nobody believes me, but this year I have proof. Do you know political ads do not have to stick to the truth? Yes, not only can politicians lie, they are allowed to lie. Below is a little snippet from the paper (a real news newspaper) to a television columnist’s weekly Q&A column. Yes, politicians can lie, and stations must run it, if the ad is from the politician’s campaign. Third party ads can’t lie. Politicians themselves can. How can you tell the difference? If the ad includes the words “I’m [an old guy with a bad fake tan] and I approve this message” or something like that, it is a politician’s own political ad and it is also a good chance that it is a lie.
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Oh, yay! I’m so glad to hear this update about Jingle. Good, good. Thank you for the Monday morning smiles, Michael. I find myself nodding along, appreciating your wit and observations my friend. 💕
Thank you Vicki. You might be looking at Jingle updates every Monday for a while now. And I’ll see what I can do about keep your nodding along. So much more to look forward to than finding you nodding off as you read my posts.
LOL…no, no. Never ‘nodding off’. Nodding in agreement…with a smile. And I’ll look forward to those Jingle updates. Keep them coming. 🥰
Yes ma’am!
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Once again my Monday is complete because you began it with grins. I agree with Vic–Jingles improvement, even the running up and down stairs on three legs–is great. I’m sure your daughter appreciates it. And the whole political ad thing boggles my mind. I didn’t realize they had the freedom to lie and not fact check–but why should I be surprised? And the whole airlines issue is comical. We’ve seen cancellations for the oddest reasons. All that to say, there was good reason for this morning’s giggles. Thank you once again for beginning the week with smiles.
Ha ha – I’m sure the daughter appreciates the dog feeling better bu tI’m not so sure she appreciates that every time he tries some new doggie acrobatic stunt she has to duplicate it to make certain he doesn’t tip over or tear anything open.
Isn’t that wild about political ads. Whatever bill is was whenever it was it made some bizarre conditions. TV and radio stations must give political ads the best per minute rate available regardless what time the ad is run, so these billion dollar campaigns pay the same for their prime time ad as the neighborhood car repair shop pays for to get a 30 second spot at 2 in the morning. There’s the bit about not editing the ad or refusing to run an ad even if they know there is incorrect or unverified information. And that’s when they started mandating candidates to disclose they authorized the ad.
Political ads aside, I’ll keep doing what I can so you can begin the week with a grin 😁
It’s maddening that millions of dollars are spent on these ridiculous adds when all that money could be given to the Red Cross to help the people in North and South Carolina begin to dig out of the mess Helene left. But no, they have to spend it lying to mindless Americans. Sorry. I’m not fond of all that waste.
Don’t be sorry for not appreciated wasted resources. There is too much spent trying to convince people everyone is such a good guy and can be a good leader and little leading by example.
If only they weren’t Delta they might actually be able to keep an on-time schedule going. Made me laugh out loud, you do snarky commentary well.
I didn’t know political ads could be factually incorrect. I understand how this happens now that you’ve explained it, but really?!! As if I couldn’t snarl more about this election.
Haha – Thank you. I work on my snark when nothing else is going on.
Regarding those ads, there was actually la piece in one of the big papers over the weekend, could have been NY Times, one of. our “candidates” was dismayed that so much fact checking has been going on and it seems quite unfair. One of the times one can truly say truth hurts and not feel bad about it.
I like how you started with news about Jingle and ended with news about ads. Brilliant! So glad Jingle is going well!
Jingle is more important than any politician! I’ll let him you are thinking well of him. He loves his good wishes and get well cards.
The political ads are like unintentional comedy to me. I especially like the day to day ” surges” and “plummeting” depending on which poll is referred to.
Always with maybe 1 or 2 percentage points involved. Doesn’t seem to rate capital letters and exclamation points to me
Claude
Oh so well put – a new ad rating scheme, is it capital letter and exclamation point worthy? Thank you for that!