Getting back into the swing of things

It is interesting how things change. I tried to put a new entry here every couple of days but as you see I have failed miserably the last few months for several small reasons. One reason is there being alack of inspiration. I can sit here and regurgitate what you see on the news but who needs that negative hammer to hit them even more.

Well what has hit my fancy…

Regardless of what you think of Jay Leno it has to make people chuckle when you think about the irony of him moving to the 10 o’clock slot. The irony is the networks are now bringing you variety television. Folks – that is what they were doing seventy years ago. It is way cheaper programming and breeds loyalty way more than written dramas which at this point have exhausted pretty much all story lines ten fold. The only question – who will be next star chosen and how soon?
The Lion’s season ends soon - two weeks. They are 0-14 but they have a chance of winning of the final two games – home against the New Orleans Saints and on the road against the Green Bay Packers. The long and short of it – the season will mercifully end soon. We will just have to wait and see if the Ford family is that apathetic toward winning or if they do really give a damn.

Now I don’t go to the mall or just out shopping that much but I will let you know that from one man’s personal perspective – the crowds are for sure down this year. This based on about two and a half hours in two different malls over two days. If the White House gets the money to the auto companies before the weekend, the malls will be over the top busy. The people will believe they have been given a gift and it is time to spend. I will be happy to have most of mine done with almost all of it online.

Do you think Microwave slippers are a good idea?

It is official and obvious – someone needs to think of a better system for picking those who replace leaving Congress people than this awful appointee system. The Illinois governor did not handle it well. (On a side note – he is one of the creepiest people I have ever seen out there). As for Hillary’s New York Senate seat, Caroline Kennedy is vying for it. Someone who has NEVER ran for office and people think she is qualified due to the last name on her birth certificate. Newsflash – this is not a monarchy Kennedy’s.

The Detroit News and Free Press have decided to provide home delivery on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. They are going to work on getting a majority of their readers to go through the Internet. There is for sure a place for daily newspapers in our community as well as all cities in this country. They will be able to offer stories and coverage for local events that you otherwise would not get through TV or national focused news sources. Don’t kid yourself and think this is happening due to the Big Three issues. This has been in the making for some time and will start taking place with other newspapers. In this day and age of instant gratification and a tremendous need for information, the newspapers had to adjust to the times. The one saving grace – the News and Free Press have done their best to keep writers on staff in order to give their own flair or the coverage. This has not been the case with most newspapers as they have decided to outsource their story writing giving off a very canned and impersonalized approach.