64 degrees this morning, Walk 38:02 minutes
Usually, September 21 is the first day of Fall. For some reason, Fall doesn’t start until Sept 23 this year. Hmmmm. Not that I mind a couple of extra days of Summer, even if it is just a word (maybe a concept) and not really reality.
Decided to take a shot at sitting outside on the patio this morning and am pleased to report it is very pleasant. Doubt if it would be pleasant if the wind was up, but it’s not.
Rained most of day yesterday, off and on, but it is supposed to get hot again.
I think people are starting to realize that the salt water wells etc. are the cause of the numerous increase in earthquakes in this area.
The earthquakes keep increasing in intensity (used to be, as a general rule, 2.5, then 3.2, now 4’s are appearing). I don’t pretend to understand the reasons for it, but there appears to be a strong case for a relationship between them.
Upgraded to IOS 9, at least on my iPhones. (Due to a lack of foresight on my part in getting enough memory, I have a difficult time upgrading the iPads, so I just don’t, although I believe I will upgrade to IOS 9.)
One thing the new IOS provided is quick access to all types of news. I have found that most of internet news media is about 50% stories about celebrities, tv etc. that I don’t read, 30% is opinions or special interest they push as “news” that I don’t read and 20% is actually news that I bother to read. Nothing against them as entertainment, if that is what people want but “news” about celebrities, (other than the “celebrity section”, sports, other than the sports pages, etc. leaves me cold.
Also, as a journalism student in college (I didn’t major in it,l but I worked on the college newspaper), the basic rule was news is news and editorials are on the editorial page. That isn’t followed anymore at all by the news media, but I still believe in it.
“News” should be news, and editorials should be clearly labeled as such.
One reason I don’t care all that much for tv news or video is that you can’t skip over the stories that you don’t want to bother with (although we copy most of ours, so we can skip over it!).
However, even 20% is good, and it doesn’t take all that long to read.
Not that the “traditional” news media is always that much better, although I really respect the writing of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, although sometimes I read the same story based on the same facts and they seem to have two separate conclusions about what it means!
Of course I realize what I consider to the editorials disguised as news stories, someone else may think of as news (if it is an opinion they agree with) and I probably do the same.
Anyway, I intend on keeping on exploring the different news sources to see if there is some I like or at least respect. I try to keep an open mind and read about things I may not agree with, since I have been known to change my mind!
Speaking of news, I am amazed I knew so little about “Space X” or Tesla, for that matter. Space X has been going on for years and I just kind of vaguely knew anything about it! I may not be as up to date about news as I thought!
Of course, I knew a little bit about Tesla, but other than trying to figure out how I can afford one (I can’t!), I didn’t really know that much about it.
Promises to be in interesting week. I have some interesting visits today and this weekend I will be on special assignment again.
That’s it for now, Monday, September 21, 2015.
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