Like peeling an onion one can give an opinion and watch what happens. Sometimes it will bring tears too. OR there may be another layer to peel in the form of public opinion of your opinion.
This weekend when Roger Ebert (famous Chicago native and film critic) passed there was no one left to give thumbs up or down so Prez Obama took upon himself (during his trip to the Silicons) to opine his thoughts on California Attorney General who happens to be an Indian African (or is it African Indian?) woman. He gave her his thumbs up and called her a strong, smart and good looking AG.
That led to the press having a field day with the apparent violation of the propriety of the office of the POTUS. Really? That was national news. Also in the news locally was the fact that gas prices according to AAA had dropped by 1.5 cents per gallon. Whoopee do da - lets go have a party in Seattle - and lets all drive there from San Francisco.
Another item of fancy to some was about two other famous people who happened to be married and of African origin having a good time in Fidel's Cuba perhaps enjoying a Cigar. The not so dark people questioned their motives and intentions and legality of pulling this stunt.
In other news the famous guy in the hoodie tried to further hoodwink the loyal crowd by showing off something to do with their cell phones since people were choking by what the press was feeding them in the form of smoke while burning precious minutes.
With such amazing revelations coming on the heels of a recent white smoke affair in Europe I am at a loss for words on what to expect next.
Perhaps that due to climate change (what with all that smoke) the ants in Yosemite are mating more frequently leading to trail erosion which continuing the onion theory has led to dislocation of the Hanta virus carrying rat habitats. Actually that might qualify as news.
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
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