Doubt that any of my readers have followed this one in the title .. intensely personal, extremely intimate. [nothing to do with ME, just an interest]
And .. have to admit that there's been a few months gap in MY interest, but have to report that Val is alive, well, and on the way to thriving.
Which brings me to the concept of " instant" gratification.
Am oldish bastard, like to read books from front to back .. not from "today to yesterday" . [there must be a 'media studies' PhD there somewhere] .. if that makes sense. Blogger - or any of the "online services" gives us an "inverted" look at history. Everything has been 'invented" TODAY!!!
[won't mention that the power of 'steam' was a "toy" for the Romans, or that females have held power for ..........................x...years]
It's all on " Gurgle .. ".
.. or, basically, on hard copy in various Libraries around the world.
have just been watching a doco on TV about the amount of the cocktails of drugs " prescribed" by highly paid "doctors" - to CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!! For what? Misbehaving?
Hey, give us a break. From time immemorial .. kids are kids, children are children.
Some survive, some don't.
2 comments:
that is my biggest beef with blogging: It promotes the perspective and attention span that we usually associate with a total loss of long term memory.
The virtues ascribed to being here and now do not flow from being completely disconnected from other points along the time lines of our lives.
One problem with blogs is that they don't read like books. I got up and started working on my new pickup camper at 3 AM this morning so I'm just checking a few blogs while eating breakfast.
French toast and pork sausage.
Kids, they spoil them too damn much.
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