It is said when times are rough, we try to escape from reality. During The Great Depression, people flocked to the movies to see fluff with over-the-top dance routines choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Rough times are upon us again. Never has it been easier to escape reality, but nowadays we escape it so often we rarely confront it anymore.
I once had a boss who told me it is easy to criticize. He insisted, whenever I felt the need to criticize an operating procedure, he would stand by me so long as I offered a reasonable solution. The Republicans undoubtedly have scored political points opposing the president, now it is time to back up their complaints with solutions. It is your job as a voter to insist upon it.
What is “paranormal” activity? The dictionary definition is anything that is supernatural. In movies, paranormal activity usually involves apparitions from the spirit world, commonly called ghosts. Spirits can be either evil or benign or, as in the case of Casper the Friendly Ghost, friendly.
It snowed and snowed. And then it snowed some more. Even though I don’t drive, I have never liked snow. It is so disruptive. To a regimented person like myself, nothing is as upsetting as disruption.
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