2019 - Day 235/130 - Friday...Global Village...

Traffic congestion has been all over the news channels lately, so let's take this opportunity to look at some clouds instead of car wrecks. Or wrecks in general. It seems everything is a wreck these days, not just vehicular wrecks, but you name it, it is a wreck. But clouds...now there is something you cannot make up. Lovely, beautiful, voluminous clouds. We have experienced 0.04" of rain this month, not really enough to brag about, and it was really just a tease. No rain on the horizon for at least a few weeks, according to the forecasts. There is a 20% chance of rain a day or two in the seven day forecast, but in Texas, that means it is not going to rain. We are all shriveling up and turning into a dust bowl. And it does not help with the work they are doing on the roads out here. Or I could more accurately say the 'lack' of work they are doing on the roads. Okay, I am tired of complaining, so just take a look at the picture accompanying this post, and think about things that make you happy.

Global Village -- Noun. the world viewed as a community in which distance and isolation have been dramatically reduced by electronic media (such as television and the Internet). Thanks to crowdfunding and the generous response of the global village, the couple received enough donations to pay their sick daughter's medical bills.

Did You Know? The term global village is closely associated with Herbert Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian communications theorist and literature professor hailed by many as a prophet for the 20th century. McLuhan's mantra, "the medium is the message," summarized his view of the influence of television, computers, and other electronic information sources in shaping society and modern life. By 1960, he had delineated his concept of the global village, and by 1970, the public had embraced the term and recognized the idea as both exhilarating and frightening. As a 1970 Saturday Review article noted, "There are no boundaries in a global village. All problems will become so intimate as to be one's own." I frequently use the term "Marshall McLuhan, what are you doin?" I quote from a segment on Laugh In I watched, back in the day.