From where I sit the term Media Circus seems to have lost “meaning” and “significance” in 2011. Back in the day, a “Media Circus” used to describe a frenzied journalistic approach to the media coverage of what was typically considered “A Big Event.” News agencies would dispatch reporters from far and wide to cover a significant “breaking” news item. It was described as a “circus” for it’s over the top appeal and for the sheer numbers of individuals and news outlets covering it. In more recent times, some of us might recall the televised OJ Simpson Escalade Escape circus, which…. [ Read More ]

Recently a friend posted this on Facebook. 22 comments later, the comments got kind of heated. It’s always interesting to me what ordinary people [like me] think Rich People [like Oprah] should do with their money. I find that the people who are the most vocal about how Rich People can SAVE MANKIND are fairly typical in their suggestions as to what they presume are the most pressing needs in our world. [Suggestions include: save a country, prevent and cure world hunger and thirst; prevent homicide, matricide, and suicide; cure debt, cure illiteracy, cure and decrease infant mortality, end child.... [ Read More ]

Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2011 was a particularly awesome Mother’s Day to remember. Why? Because it was the first Mother’s Day in 6 years that I actually felt like I earned the title of Mother; and it was the first time in 6 years that I actually felt like I deserved the title of “Mother.” [My daughers are 6 and 3 years old]. Oh, and Oprah returned a tweet of mine. But more on that later. Up until this particular Mother’s Day, I mostly felt like I was going through the motions of Motherhood. You know, mentally checking off…. [ Read More ]