tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3514300452594776332..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Is All That News Really Bad for You?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-73196859027955683382018-05-31T12:34:33.274-04:002018-05-31T12:34:33.274-04:00Dangerous in other ways. The ubiquity of motorists...Dangerous in other ways. The ubiquity of motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians and SKATEBOARDERS texting and staring at their mobile phones while moving about on crowded city streets. So many pedestrians cross streets without looking either way, let alone both as we were taught as children. <br /><br />The skateboarder in front of me was weaving like a drunk. I had no reason to think he had ingested any substance, it was just that he was ... elsewhere. <br /><br />I loved the video. Nervy little tuxie cat. Sweet dog. lagatta à montréalhttp://montrealcyclechic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49344715620519431232018-05-31T12:30:14.017-04:002018-05-31T12:30:14.017-04:00Trump actually wished people a "Happy Memoria...Trump actually wished people a "Happy Memorial Day"....<br /><br />No Memorial Day here; Remembrance Day commemorates both fallen and surviving veterans (including those who died later on of unrelated causes), and for many, all victims of war. And it is in suitably gloomy November.lagatta à montréalhttp://montrealcyclechic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37054782367430191172018-05-31T10:21:16.479-04:002018-05-31T10:21:16.479-04:00hi Riley's sister... I know what you mean. Man...hi Riley's sister... I know what you mean. Many of the bloggers on Progressive Bloggers have become so dark and depressing they are almost impossible to read. And worse it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between Progressive Bloggers and the Blogging Tories. Like everyone I'm sometimes moody, but I try to keep it to myself, and reflect my optimism in the future. For if we lose hope, then we will be truly doomed...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-70555498941864580322018-05-31T10:17:12.016-04:002018-05-31T10:17:12.016-04:00hi anon@1:20 PM...the reason I decided to run this...hi anon@1:20 PM...the reason I decided to run this article was because I just read a study looking at the rising levels of teenage depression. And although many teenagers have always been moody, the study notes a sharp increase in psychological problems that just happen to coincide with the arrival of cell phones. And we all know how nowadays many teenagers and older people are totally addicted to their mobiles. I don't think one should give them up, but I think we definitely need to be aware of the dangers, and take time off now and then....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35041375671859202592018-05-31T10:12:19.484-04:002018-05-31T10:12:19.484-04:00Hi Jackie...I think Trump has exhausted a lot of p...Hi Jackie...I think Trump has exhausted a lot of people in North America. He's out of his mind and just trying to keep up with him can be difficult and depressing. And then as you point out, we have our own cast of villains in Canada. I could never have imagined that an oaf like Doug Ford might actually end up as Premier. It's like some gorilla escaped from the zoo and declared himself to be the King of Canada. But luckily it is almost summer, and it does have healing powers. And I will take some time off, both here and later in Scotland. And up in the highlands, at least in the places I frequent, if you mention the word Trump they give you a strange look, and move away from you as fast as they can. It used to bother me, I thought it was very rude, but now I just call it sanity... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7554327128736815102018-05-31T05:48:49.064-04:002018-05-31T05:48:49.064-04:00I agree! Listening to mindless chatter daily is No...I agree! Listening to mindless chatter daily is Not Good. Marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651890655542192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-23990519141022914602018-05-30T15:04:31.514-04:002018-05-30T15:04:31.514-04:00I wonder if this is what has happened to some of o...I wonder if this is what has happened to some of our progressive bloggers. I can no longer even read the headings on their latest publications without cringing. Three cheers for yours and "Things are good"Riley's sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239456917688622474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72715620740039193802018-05-30T13:20:27.980-04:002018-05-30T13:20:27.980-04:00I am definitely guilty of spending too much time o...I am definitely guilty of spending too much time on the internet and reading the news. I totally believe that it can cause depression and stress. Internet addiction really is a thing - the fear of missing out and not knowing what's going on.<br /><br />Anyhow I will try to stay offline for a whole day sometime this week and see how it turns out. Peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-79109594304105605392018-05-30T11:48:28.322-04:002018-05-30T11:48:28.322-04:00I hear ya, Simon. A dear family friend died unexpe...I hear ya, Simon. A dear family friend died unexpectedly in the lead-up to Memorial Day weekend, and so I didn't even have the time or energy to check in on the news cycle, because I was mourning with and consoling family. Really puts things into perspective.<br /><br />The funeral was yesterday, but to sort of numb out the day before, TNT cable network (Ted Turner channel, which I'm not sure is on the lineup in Canada?) was airing a <i>Star Wars</i> marathon for Memorial Day proper, so I spent some time watching that. The weather was too overcast and soggy for a cookout, and nobody had the energy to bother because we were all saddened and needed to just hunker down for awhile.<br /><br />Trump, Ford, Scheer, Harper, Levant, Sessions, Roseanne, et. al., just exacerbate whatever sorrows people are already going through, which I'm sure is their sole purpose for existence: attention-seeking sadists who get their jollies off making people upset, angry and sick. You don't want to get passive and give up in the face of the Dark Side, but life's too short to get riled up over every little thing. You don't want to... "let the hate flow through you."<br /><br />It's going to be a long, hot summer, that's for sure, and I think we all need a vacation from this crap. Timothy Leary's L.S.D. adventures notwithstanding, sometimes it's very helpful and indeed necessary to — as a 21st-century paraphrase of his famous saying might go — turn off, tone down and... log out.Jackie Bluenoreply@blogger.com