Breaking News

Went to the Xfinity NBC News website this July 11 Monday morning for the first time since arriving in Berlin and remembered how tired I’ve become of the 24-7 News Cycle – talking heads [someones with credentials to allow a network to make them be pontificating experts] – The Dallas Tragedy and black/white black/police relationships  (and it is a tragic landscape that perhaps shocks us enough to do what we can to alter the climate in whatever our own part of the universe is) – Donald Trump, Donald Trump and did I say Donald Trump.  I admit the 30 seconds spent in awe of NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter within one second of the predicted arrival time made it worthwhile.  How much NASA has done to embolden the human spirit.  Brexit is MIA – apparently sooo last fortnight.   It’s good to know the Astros are at 48 and 41 and that Andy Murray won Wimbledon and that the stock market – the ultimate in legalized gambling (but where else does one find liquidity and increase possibilities) – is up, but I’m just fine with uninterrupted appreciation of what is around me Now and my family and friends.  To the extent I can do something about what is wrong with the world, then I want more information so maybe I can make a small difference.  To the extent I can’t, then it’s TMI.