I know the media is under a lot of pressure to provide updates on exciting news, but I was a little annoyed to see a headline about the shooter in South Carolina reading “Suspect in deadly Charleston shooting apparently introverted with few friends.” Really? We need to have an article about that? Why would his being introverted headline news? Do we see headlines like, “Donald Trump, extrovert, running for President”? I know, it’s probably an overreaction, but seriously: why is this important?
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For that matter, did we really need the article from another site stating somberly that there are Aryan and KKK groups active in S.C. and nearby states? Uhm…duh? I’m pretty sure you can find a group in any state that hates any group you care to name. What does it matter? Usually these sorts of things are “lone-wolf” operations anyhow.
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In other news, someone posted a meme pic on Facebook yesterday. It depicted a picture Obi Wan Kenobi, captioned “How you see your candidate”, a picture of Darth Vader, with “How you see their candidate”, and lastly a picture of Jar Jar Binks with “What both of them are really like”. I guess I’m feeling rather jaded, because my first thought was, I WISH! At least Jar Jar is clueless, clumsy, but largely harmless. That last picture should really be Jabba the Hutt, Nute Gunray, or Palpatine himself.
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Then there’s this. Back in 2002 a family of kids put together their own recreation of “Jurassic Park”. In short, this is awesome. My brother and I did our own radio play of Star Wars, but this goes well beyond anything we did. My hat is off to their ambition and creativity. (Just don’t ask me to watch the entire thing, please!)
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And finally, how would it be to be singing one of your favorite songs in a fundraisers at the mall when the artist whose song you’re singing show up and joins you? Ed Sheeran pops up out of nowhere to sing a duet with Sydney Bourbeau in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, then slips back away so she can finish on her own.