Social networking on the Internet is fast replacing social interaction in real life.
Here’s a story that exemplifies this from nbcbayarea.com:
>>Think you like Facebook? Think again.
An Israeli couple likes Facebook so much that they named their newborn daughter “Like.” You know as in the like icon on the popular Palo Alto-based social-networking site.
Did everyone survive Friday the 13th? Good, because it’s time for another weekend of music.
Because I’m in the mood for Enya, I thought I’d show some more of her videos. The songs do help me relax, and the weekend is a good time for that!
First up is an interesting remix of her hit, “Only Time:”
Those of us with automobiles are more and more concerned with the price of the gasoline it takes to run them. We’ve seen huge increases recently, but no one seems concerned except those of us paying for it.
Well, someone finally paid attention when a hike that was too big to ignore happened recently in the District of Columbia. Here’s the video about this story: View full article »
That was fast!
There’s an update to yesterday’s story about an elderly woman who stole a pregnant lady’s purse. Here’s the story from the Associated Press:
>>Elderly woman suspected of armed robberies nabbed
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — A crime analyst who put together a flyer for the “Granny Bandit” wanted in a series of armed robberies in Southern California helped police arrest the woman after she spotted the suspect during her lunch break.
Fontana Police Chief Rod Jones thanked the analyst for helping detectives catch 51-year-old Dodi Wasbotten (DOE’-dee wahz-BOHT-tin) on Wednesday, hours after she allegedly robbed a woman outside a Target store.
Check out this story from CBS Los Angeles:
>>FONTANA, Calif. (CBS) — A robber on the loose in Fontana turned Mother’s Day into a frightening experience for one local woman, who said the criminal was actually an elderly woman packing a gun.
Fontana police confirmed that a woman believed to be in her 80s held up another woman who was waiting for her husband in the parking lot of Kohl’s. The victim, who is nine months pregnant, said the robbery occurred in broad daylight, around 11:00 a.m. Sunday.
The alleged victim, who only identified herself as “Shelly,” talked to KCAL9 reporter Nicole Gonzales.
“When she approached me. She seemed like a nice old lady that might need directions, that’s what I was thinking,” she said. “I just thought, I’m dead. I kind of froze, and freaked out a little bit.”
When I thought I’d seen everything, I came across a story like the one below from Detroit’s local CBS station:
>>DETROIT (WWJ) – Be careful of what’s being sold under the counter.
Crack pipes are being sold at neighborhood stores from Detroit to the suburbs.
That’s according to former Detroit police officer David Mahalab, who says the pipes are disguised as novelties.
“To avoid police detection and to try to avoid the law, they put a pen insert – (in) a glass tube, and try to evade the law, which talks about paraphernalia and stuff that has a second use,” says Mahalab.
It’s hard to believe, but this is a really, really bad economy these days no matter what the press says. This story is proof of just how bad it is:
>>WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) – Two southern New Jersey residents who robbed a bank last year to pay for their wedding trip to Las Vegas are now headed to state prison.
Twenty-eight-year old Charles B. Koch of Stratford and 27-year-old Cheri Harper of Malaga both received seven-year terms on Friday. They must serve 85 percent of their sentences before becoming eligible for parole.
My favorite vocalist has been for decades (and remains) Karen Carpenter. I can listen to her voice anytime, anywhere.
Since she passed a long time ago, anytime I come across new music that has her voice in it, I’m immediately interested.
I recently found some unreleased songs with her singing in them, and I thought I’d share them this Mother’s Day weekend. Hope you like them!
Sometimes I feel like my little blog is not very important compared to the news of the day. After all, the passing of Osama bin Laden is dominating the news on every channel I turn on as I post this entry. I don’t have much to say about that except that I feel somewhat relieved instead of joyous. Bin Laden was responsible for the death of thousands, so the world is a safer and better place now, in my humble opinion.
But more important to me is the fact that recently this blog passed a year of bringing what interests me to the Web on a regular to somewhat-regular basis. I apologize for not always being meeting my own schedule of posting something on a daily basis, but real life has gotten in the way sometimes.
It’s been a good year, and I want to thank each and every one of you who has read what I’ve been talking about.
