No news is good news
News is an interesting word if you think about it. At face value, it is the plural version of new. New information. New updates. New things to tell you. So news is just what is says it is. Multiple new pieces of information. Somewhere along the way, the news became something more to people. It attained a level of gravitas and importance. Rules emerged. Rules of objectivity and disclosure. But at its core, it was the same thing. New information.
People seem to think that news is dictated by events. Something important happens, you need to know about it. Some people get outraged when they see more about Anna Nicole’s death than about Iraq. But most of those people are just pretending. Because news has always been dictated, by its very nature, by the audience it is reaching.
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What was a leopard doing in your pajamas?
Arthur: Hey, Jim, did I ever tell you about the time I caught a leopard in my pajamas?
Jim:What was a leopard doing in your pajamas?
My trip to the Asian Market
Here are some highlights of our recent trip to the local Asian market.
1. Products such as Bug Joy, Fress Red Union and Meatball with tendons.
2. Overpowering smell of Kim-Chee that almost drove us out
3. An entire octopus in bag of some type of liquid
4. A Vacuum Packed whole frog
Another fantastic top ten list!
The Top Ten organs in the abdomen.
10. appendix
9. spleen
8. colon
7. intestine
6. duodenum
5. adrenal gland
4. pancreas
3. kidney
2. liver
1. stomach