It is quite weird to read news about alleged wrongdoers - kidnappers, shooters, molesters, rapists, terrorists, politicians, sportstars, clergy etc.
Allegedly has become cliche - and I am not just alleging. News media also seem confused since the headline is about an alleged shooter but by the time you read the story underneath - the alleged perp (or perpetrator which is not an allegement but a fact) is definitively the wrongdoer and is declared dead. So why allege when simply calling him the shooter would do?
Who's ass are these weak reporters trying to protect? Even in a situation as plain as daylight the commentary is about the alleged gunman. What is this nonsense?
Then there are moronic tales of vigils being held - what are these events? Are they in cahoots with the candles lobby? In a country where power outages are typically restricted to large scale sports events the candle makers have a tough time peddling their crop. Enter the vigils. Any dimwit with no job is available to at a momments notice show up for one at the corner of podunk and dizzy to put on a mourning expression and hold a stupid candle in a cup.
I bet 90% of these candle holders are clueless as to what they are doing. Other than checking out a possible date. Allegedly!
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
What the candle-makers need to do is to get creative, so their market is not restricted to vigils. For example, gold candles with wax coating can be smuggled into India to satiate the huge demand for Aurum.
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