How about some random observations you might appreciate, or perhaps not so much?
First, I wish athletic shoe manufacturers would regain their senses and realize each of their products doesn't need 12 feet of laces to get one properly tied. Not only will they save money by trimming several inches from each, I'll no longer have to triple tie or wrap the laces completely around my shoes just to get them tied.
My most anxious moments navigating any crowded Walmart store is that blind split-second when I'm forced to commit to leaving an aisle and re-entering the mainstream flow. I've been known to accidentally sideswipe other customers who mindlessly push their carts toward the two-for-a-buck kumquats when, out of the blue, I suddenly came a-calling.
My suggestion for Bentonville's Walmartian deciders is to make life easier for their shoppers and strategically place mirrors at each end of the food aisles that enable us lowly customers to know when fellow shoppers are approaching. The expense can't be that great. Gosh knows, it would eliminate our end-of-aisles anxieties.
So, I'm perusing Facebook the other day and up popped a list of the most popular children's Saturday TV shows from 60 years ago. Quite a memory rush. Anyone else remember being anxious for the next episode of Fury, Sky King, The Roy Rogers Show, The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Superman, Batman or The Cisco Kid? Those were far more innocent times in these United States unfortunately gone forever.
Speaking of Facebook, I may give up mine after reading how Steve Elliott, an Internet communications specialist who founded the conservative activist group Grassfire, discovered how much Facebook knows and shares about him and others who use the social networking site.
"First, I learned that in addition to having lost control of the data it is collecting on millions of Americans, Facebook also has figured out my political leanings," Elliott wrote. "And if you have a Facebook account, then Facebook has assessed you as well."
He said Facebook referred to him as "very conservative." Yet he's never told Facebook of his political leanings. Instead, he said Facebook "nosed around on my posts and activity" to determine that about him. "Facebook then sells this data to advertisers. And then it loses control of the data."
He said subscribers can visit Facebook.com and see how the site has assessed their personal information in various categories. One selection (of course) is politics. Little wonder congressional hearings with its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are scheduled.
Anyone else as dead-dog-weary as I am with the barrage of negativity coming out of TV and radio nowadays? The drumbeat of conflict and controversy is so mind-numbingly relentless, it feels contrived, as in part of a larger well-funded scheme to exhaust us in mind and spirit.
On a related note, while it does
