Dear News Outlets...You're not doing your collective jobs when, at any given time, half the content in one of your stories consists of copied Tweets. I don't care what people think about a particular story. I just want the story. If I want to read tweets I will go to Twitter. Please stop.
Culm Bank...I spent time recently wandering around an old culm bank. If you don't know what a culm bank is, well, click HERE. There's a longer posting in the works about my visit. There is also a larger, cautionary tale in places such as this when we think about the natural gas extraction business happening throughout Pennsylvania. More to come.
Work from Home...I don't like to work from home. Well, I do sometimes work from home...in the evenings and over the weekend...but making it part of the Monday to Friday routine isn't something I have done much of in the past. This is mostly because I need a kind of buffer between me at work and me at home, and a long commute does that trick rather nicely. Anyway, that's going to change, at least over the short-term. I actually had a decent work from home day this past Friday, so I'm going to do it again over the next few Fridays. We'll see what happens.
Game of Thrones...I have never watched the show. Ditto for Breaking Bad. And countless other things on television. I put television shows into four categories:
1) Educational - Shows that I enjoy because I can learn something.
2) Mindless Fun - Shows that involve unwashed Alaskans (for the most part).
3) Offensive - Anything involving "Sister Wives", "Breeders", and "Real Housewives of _______".
4) Other - Everything else that I can't be bothered with (for the most part).
Game of Thrones is in the 4th category.
Scranton School District...Follow-up from THIS posting...I heard back from one SSD Director who said that the family relationship I referenced in the posting wasn't known or disclosed during the vetting process (or lack thereof ) for the newly appointed director. Add that to the list of things that the SSD needs to do better. Rumor has it that Silicon Valley has invented a cutting edge new piece of technology to help the governmental bodies identify potential conflicts of interest: It's called a CHECKLIST.
Spring...I'll admit it: I feel better in a lot of ways when Spring finally arrives. Part of it is the fact that I just enjoy being outdoors. As a kid, we spent a lot of time outdoors, all throughout the year. Another part of this is the fact that I enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes with working in the yard. The grass is too high...you cut it...and there is an immediate improvement. That kind of feedback is often times missing in my professional life.
Firefighter Under Investigation...There is a Scranton Firefighter under investigation for potential involvement in a recent multi-vehicle crash. You can link to the story HERE. I mention this because I was thinking the other morning about how we have to be very careful using the word "hero". No one, in my estimation, is a hero by virtue of their occupation. Not firefighters, not policemen not soldiers. Someone is a hero because of what they actually do in a particular situation. For example, a firefighter that risks his life to save a child in a burning building is a hero. A firefighter than goes into a burning building as part of putting out a fire isn't a hero...he is trained to fight fires...that's what he does. Anyway, The firefighter in this story shouldn't be held to a higher or lesser standard of conduct based on his occupation. Judge him based on his actual conduct, not his day job.
Colonoscopy...Probably not the most pleasant of subjects, but what the heck, I'll go there anyway. If you are over age 50 you should get a colonoscopy every 5 years. If you have a family history of colon cancer you should have the procedure performed more frequently. I started having the procedure done in my mid-40's due to some other issues, and now have three under my belt. The test itself is a non-issue; the worst part is the IV insertion and the prep the day beforehand. Those are but a minor inconvenience when you consider just what this test can do for you, as in it can save your life. Seriously, talk to your doctor about this test. You can learn more about the procedure at WebMD.
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