To get excited these days it would seem. We had two very senseless (make that three) events capture headlines this past week. One was of course the production and apparent broadcast of a disturbing (inciteful not insightful) video that enraged the Muslims. Then there was the fallout in the form of violent protest from a minority group that was itching to pull the trigger and this video definitely took them over the edge.
What followed is tragic - more so than the thoughtless act that produced the film. People who were going about their daily routines were faced with certain disruptions of varying degrees - some lost lives.
What for?
Then there was the third event although not literally fatal showed another side of our condition. Obsession with celebrity photos. Three adjectives further drove the frenzy. Naked, Princely and Bosom.
In this day and age where architecturally wonderful images of the mammaries can be had for next to nothing for those that desire it I am appalled at the extremes that some would go to in securing that princely (pun intended) shot.
Simply to irritate the heck out of someone?
Granted there is fallacy in the story from many angles but the growing appetite for invasive (debatable) action in any form - shooting either with cameras or guns is not painting an optimistic frame for those that are watching.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
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