A Sign that...

...the Apocalypse is nearly upon us.

I heard not once, but twice, on different radio stations this AM news of the death of Fred Thompson that mentioned he was a lawyer and one who starred on Law and Order.  But neither one note that he was a US Senator?!?!?!  I guess I know where our values are.

Pronounce "quick."  Now pronounce "Buick," as in the car.  Isn't English great?

I read an interesting perspective on the state tests mandated by the Common Core.  Many, esp at the younger ages/grades, of the tests are more a matter of computer skills than mastery of subject matter.  What if that 1st or 2nd grader can't "drag and click" or perform other computer maneuvers?  There goes that kid's scores, huh?

And it doesn't matter--Democrat or Republican.  Our last Democrat governor proclaimed loudly and often, "Everybody goes to college," while our current Republican governor wants to make getting a college degree so easy that students can stay home and never change out of their pajamas to get one.  So, again, can someone tell me what value a contemporary college degree holds?

I don't at all know that this is true, but I don't have much reason to doubt it.  The marijuana sold on the street several decades ago had a potency of about 2%.  The legal, medicinal marijuana now sold in a number of states has a potency of 17%.  Hmmm......  Is that really so?

I still don't get the attraction of body piercings and tattoos.  "Body art" they are called, are they?  I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  That blue tattoo ink is particularly glum and depressing, isn't it?

Can you imagine a Nov 2 in Michigan--and the temperature reaches 72 degrees?  Well, that's what occurred today.  And the next two days are slated to match, if not surpass that.  The daily records are in jeopardy.  And this AM, it was 33 degrees when I took Michael to the bus stop, having to scrape frost from the windshield.

A few weeks ago, one of the Detroit Lions castigated Lions' fans at the Silverdome (or whatever the new stadium is called) for booing and other negative reactions to the Lions' play.  Hmmm......  I wonder what he might be saying or thinking today.  I don't watch many of the games, but did catch parts of the last two, just small parts.  The Lions weren't very good.  It looked as if they weren't trying very hard, as if they had cashed it all in already.  So, what are the prices of Lions' tickets??????  Maybe the hundreds of dollars it costs to take a family to a single game isn't a lot of money for some player making millions, but for most of us (at least for me), that's a fortune.  Luckily I don't want to go to any games.

Out to class......