tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post8151928127783398195..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Is it just me?The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51565770460713933912009-03-10T11:21:00.000-07:002009-03-10T11:21:00.000-07:00Here's a bit of advice for PM Brown & Co.:...Here's a bit of advice for PM Brown & Co.:<BR/>"Never believe in mirrors or newspapers" - John Osborne.<BR/>Today's synchronious commentbox codeword confirms this. It is: nosessne (anag: nonsense)Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56782342722236395012009-03-08T08:18:00.000-07:002009-03-08T08:18:00.000-07:00I try to limit the amount i read in so called news...I try to limit the amount i read in so called newspapers, to be honest, even the serious newspapers are dumbing down at a speedy rate these days.<BR/><BR/>The helicopter toys actually sound as though they are the more exclusive gift there to be honest, i mean probably loads of children have the identical Top Shop dresses but who else has the helicopters....?Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23016862867693707802009-03-08T05:04:00.000-07:002009-03-08T05:04:00.000-07:00Trouble is, no one cares what we think (except us ...Trouble is, no one cares what we think (except us and our friend) whereas how we look influences how we're treated on our daily rounds of activities. It also affects how we think of ourselves, at least in my case. If I'm in my sweats working at 1PM and a deliveryman stops by, I'm embarrassed. At least put on lipstick my mother would say. <BR/><BR/>But on to the news--desist from watching the news for a while. There is no news that can appear positive now, nor for at least the rest of this year. I don't blame Brown for trying to look better than he probably feels. No point in scaring the populace further, really. Think of Winston during WWII. Positively cherubic, pink-cheeked, upbeat no matter what the day's disaster might have been. Of course, instead of make-up, he used brandy--maybe good advice for all of us who drink...<BR/>Check our Maureen Dowd's column in today's (Sunday) New York Times for a nice barbed response to the comments about those gifts to and from the Obama girls.Babette Fraser Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801971149305731956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51104944986164673742009-03-07T13:06:00.000-08:002009-03-07T13:06:00.000-08:00You just have to pick your choose your news readin...You just have to pick your choose your news reading and watching weaver! Absolutely no Daily Mail, seriously bad for the blood pressure. No redtops - bad for the soul. A bit of the Independent, some radio 4, some BBC on the website. Any more and the irritation quotient is on the rise.<BR/>I utterly agree with you about our obsession with looks too.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44194702568800024352009-03-07T08:59:00.000-08:002009-03-07T08:59:00.000-08:00My dear, a friend just sent me an email of an olde...My dear, a friend just sent me an email of an older woman who had her ribs removed for a hour-glass figure. I don't know what else she had removed, probably half her innards as well. She dressed up in dirndlmore befitting to Snow White, and her fave looked like the witch. Her waist was no more than 10". To borrow a word from my teen grandies, she certainly looked gross. <BR/>If the TV is on the news I too have blood pressure issues. Between doom and gloom and sport, local, state national international, I do like a good cricket match now and again but American gridiron...I ask you!Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6970170229096454362009-03-07T08:38:00.000-08:002009-03-07T08:38:00.000-08:00Weaver, I can hardly watch the news without commen...Weaver, I can hardly watch the news without commenting constantly on how and why they present the things they do... and I cannot watch commercials.. the media has lost something and nothing seems to matter anymore to them except SHOCK... or so called Entertainment...<BR/><BR/>Actually because of this disappointment we have canceled our cable channels and watch no TV anymore... Once in a while I miss just casually sitting down to watch a show, then sadly I remember why we canceled it... It is not the old days of innocence or careful thought anymore... it is very sad what the whole thing has turned into... <BR/><BR/>in fact,even our National CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio system is just as bad... I turn it off more than I turn it on now... ... I think the media is being run or produced by people who have not lived real lives yet... it is all just stupid now.. <BR/>or is it because I am 53 and have heard too much of it now.. I can't understand the state of it and how it is allowed to continue.Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73407421571075892382009-03-07T07:13:00.000-08:002009-03-07T07:13:00.000-08:00Weaver!I hope you've got several bottles on the go...Weaver!<BR/><BR/>I hope you've got several bottles on the go? Let us know when it's ready and we'll be round! Hic!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-50258791719360379742009-03-07T07:05:00.000-08:002009-03-07T07:05:00.000-08:00Well - to that enormous response all I can say is ...Well - to that enormous response all I can say is that if we all stop buying the newspapers and watching the news - goodness knows what will happen! Glad to hear that you all feel more or less the same. Don't brush and powder your neck Raph - we wouldn't see that fantastic pattern - as usual Derrick provides us with a voice of reason - let's all join Solitary walker in a glass of blackberry whisky - I'll drink to that. (recipe - 1 btl whisky, 1 pound blackberries, 1 pound sugar - if you don't like whisky (I hate it) I assure you the finished product (keep for three months) is delicious and tastes of nothing but blackberries. Cheers!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11475961443103769612009-03-06T17:35:00.000-08:002009-03-06T17:35:00.000-08:00I don't watch the news for the very reasons you me...I don't watch the news for the very reasons you mention. I could care less about someone's sock or the angle of a photo. But I'm guessing there are those that do hence that's the way the news is reported. No wonder we have a messed up world - our priorities seem to be out of whack :)Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57255298877020944562009-03-06T15:40:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:40:00.000-08:00Grumpy and proud of it. That's me.Welcome aboard.I...Grumpy and proud of it. That's me.Welcome aboard.I used to get me knickers in a knot watching what you've described on the telly. Now to truly trivial stuff, I say out loud "Who cares"..."Get a life..." etc. I think I'll be a nightmare in the aged care home...or else they'll wheel me over to the crochet corner when the news comes on, or face me to the garden.If my hearing's O.K., I'll still be shouting "Who Cares!! to the daffodils.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27704847796635884282009-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:002009-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:00Newspapers only print what they can sell and I dar...Newspapers only print what they can sell and I daresay that on a human level people are more interested in the minutia.<BR/><BR/>I take solace in the animal world, sometimes dogs are better company. Their joie de vivre is infectious.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-86175451808016514162009-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:002009-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:00MOst everyone with half a brain left is with you. ...MOst everyone with half a brain left is with you. I only use the newspaper for the crossword anymore. The news is mostly for the simple minded why else would they focus on celebraties and recipes than more news. The weather channel here gets my attention more than anything. It's a sad world and we have to teach our children how to make it better because the powers that be at the moment are the media and it needs to change.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947681055574897580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91915597019628097202009-03-06T13:49:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:49:00.000-08:00Hmmm, I think some news reports are best avoided i...Hmmm, I think some news reports are best avoided if you want to keep your blood pressure on an even keel.HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23835373804361578312009-03-06T13:41:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:41:00.000-08:00'The bad news is that I buy a newspaper every day....'The bad news is that I buy a newspaper every day.<BR/>The good news is that I do not read it.'<BR/><BR/><BR/>This by one of my favourite poets, Paul Durcan,from his 2007 book 'The laughter of mothers'(highly recommended)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31139239115476295052009-03-06T13:15:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:15:00.000-08:00I think we have all gone and lost our heads. I th...I think we have all gone and lost our heads. I think we are all a big gaggle of idiots. <BR/><BR/>I don't watch the news anymore except to get quick information. I don't read the papers. I've had to tell my husband to stop listening to public radio because it got him all insane. I still listen, because I like it and I am not insane. However, much of the world is.<BR/><BR/>You have delicious posts this week!Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85980214225581430152009-03-06T11:50:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:50:00.000-08:00Listen only to Radio 4 News in future, forget abou...Listen only to Radio 4 News in future, forget about newspapers and TV; with Radio 4 you nearly feel you are back in the old days of a "newsreader" instead of the over-sensationalised so called tv news read by someone who likes to call himself/herself a "journalist".Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67461390443270675202009-03-06T11:48:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:48:00.000-08:00There was an interesting item on the Today program...There was an interesting item on the Today programme about this this morning. They were asking how it was that investigative journalism had almost become a thing of the past. Ironically, this discussion -a journalist interviewing a journalist- occupied several minutes of the programme. However, a few interesting points were made. One of them was the fact that the vast majority of the media are now owned by big corporations. All they are interested in is grabbing the audience's attention as cheaply as possible.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24814315392845000642009-03-06T11:31:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:31:00.000-08:00Preach it sister, preach it... I'm getting grumpie...Preach it sister, preach it... I'm getting grumpier by the minute with news, media, etc.Leilani Schuck Weatheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517660684870960794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77005068912956758502009-03-06T11:26:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:26:00.000-08:00No, Weaver, you are an informed, sentient human be...No, Weaver, you are an informed, sentient human being with life experiences that over qualify you to visit the media in this day and age. I did a <A HREF="http://myreflectionsmusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/media-in-2009.html" REL="nofollow">rant about the media</A>, too. It is ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>/also a grumpy old womanJenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15187260137656771812009-03-06T10:57:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:57:00.000-08:00Appearances seem to be awfully important. With wom...Appearances seem to be awfully important. With women it's important how she is dressed and which couturier designed the outfit of the lady. Male politicians are quoted and female politicians are said to be well dressed or looking pretty, but it seems to be less important what she has to say.But why spill so many words on the PM's sock??Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59568096761313777812009-03-06T10:18:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:18:00.000-08:00Agree with you, Weaver, one tires of celebrity and...Agree with you, Weaver, one tires of celebrity and superficial outward show and presentation - but don't let it get to you. It ain't going to go away. Relax and have a glass of blackberry whisky.<BR/><BR/>SW (Fellow Grumpy)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60341720292577288402009-03-06T09:55:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:55:00.000-08:00I didn't even answer your original question. I bel...I didn't even answer your original question. I believe what we are is more important than how we look. I do like clean and tidy though.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69171400325753690532009-03-06T09:54:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:54:00.000-08:00No dear Weaver, you are not a grumpy old woman, or...No dear Weaver, you are not a grumpy old woman, or if you are then I am too, along with many others. I scarcely bother to read the papers any more - they are full of rubbish and no longer print what actually happens, and seem only interested in the more sensational events rather than the really important issues of the day. Every story has to have an 'angle' these days, which often distorts the truth of what really happened. I try to keep up to date with one news bulletin a day, usually at breakfast time and have long since come to the conclusion that what I think wont make any difference to anything. Oh dear, I seem to have had a rant - sorry!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24905331403930727452009-03-06T09:08:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:08:00.000-08:00Weaver - You are not being a grumpy old woman. If ...Weaver - You are not being a grumpy old woman. If you were I'd be standing right beside you being a grumpy middle aged woman. I'm in media and looks sell newspapers and stories. In a world full the word Recession pretty people are being used to make magazine sales.<BR/><BR/>It's the person that matters not the look. I have a use for newspapers with pretty people - weed suppressant for my gardens very useful. I don't care who has the latest designs or what face cream they've used in the last 24 hours. I care about people and that's all that matters. So on the people thing - number one is the person not how they look.<BR/><BR/>Take care<BR/>LizLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82458775148084609532009-03-06T09:05:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:05:00.000-08:00Now Weaver, you mustn't let it get you down!I know...Now Weaver, you mustn't let it get you down!<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the cult of celebrity and it revolves around looks more than talent or intelligence!<BR/><BR/>But whether we like it or not, when it comes to appearance, there are a couple of places on earth that we will usually compare unfavourably with the natives - Paris and the USA. The style, gloss, perfect teeth etc. leave us a little way behind, so comparison is inevitable. In which case, don't have your trouser leg caught in your socks!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.com