[rant mode: ON]
It’s official! The world may end but I will learn of it only when the end reaches me. Or perhaps when a caring friend or neighbour lets me know what’s happening.
The reason?
It’s because I am now officially boycotting all radio, TV and other public news media until further notice.
For some time now it’s been a scary, hairy and anger-producing or anxiety-raising experience listening to the news or reading the newspaper. It’s all gloom, doom and fear-mongering, with nary a good news story or uplifting moment of the human spirit in sight. [Read more…]
I couldn’t resist adding a post to my blog about Barbara Natterson-Horowitz’s TED talk: What Veterinarians Know That Doctors Don’t.
The other day, among some stuff I was clearing out, I found a ticket stub tucked away in a book. The stub was from a 1975 train ticket! Yep, we were issued with solid cardboard tickets in those days. The date is on the back. On the front are the train lines it served: Princes Bridge to … Glenroy … Holmesglen … Hughesdale … McKinnon … Rosanna.