PSA + Millennials + Hawaii vs Nebraska

Whimsical WED

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:  It is very possible that if you are reading this blog via the link from the Norfolk Daily News web site, you are only getting text . . . No special fonts, no special headings, no colors, no bullets, no links. I am not saying this to criticize! I love the Daily News! If you are reading this blog via a link on Facebook, you should be getting everything. Whether that's an advantage or not I'll leave for you to decide. *
* And whether this is a PSA or EDA **, I'll also leave for you to decide.
** "Ego Driven Announcement.

There Is No One Like . . . 

Millennials?

Here is a link I found while browsing through National Review On-line (SUN 5/15). The writer is David French. It was originally posted on 5/14. He seeks to affix the blame for the fragility of millennials on . . . well, you'll have to check it out yourself. I'm not sure I can accept his premise.

There Is No Place Like . . . 

Hawaii?

Here is a link I found while scanning through the Drudge Report on SAT 5/14 re:  Hawaii, earthquakes, & tsunamis. The source is Hawaii News Now, originally published on 5/13 & updated on 5/14. [We moved to Hawaii in July, 1993, & lived on Oahu. I moved back to Norfolk in January, 1997. Lois & the kids moved back in June, 1997. *]
* Some of my children moved back more reluctantly than others. I don't want to mention any names for fear of embarrassing him . . . Oops.] **
** He's a millennial by the way.

Nebraska!

Driving home from Wisner, NE, last night, I was reminded of one of the phenomena of the spring agricultural season that I treasure about Nebraska . . . as I drove west on Hwy 275 & dusk approached, I was struck by the appearance of headlights where ordinarily one would never expect to see headlights . . . out in the middle of a farm field. Alien spacecraft? No . . . It was a farmer on his/her tractor, doing whatever farmers do in their fields this time of year. *
* Pardon my ignorance. I'm grew up in a metropolitan area. **
** Concordia, MO . . . Metropolitan hub of southern Lafayette Co., Missouri.

From Omaha World Herald (5/4):  "The same idea, but a truer portrayal of our Sower. About a month after its debut spurred a flurry of Internet chatter & some mocking from 'Saturday Night Live,' NE's new standard license plate has a new Sower. The Governor's Office & Rhonda Lahm, director of the Dept. of Motor Vehicles shared the more authentic design w/The World-Herald on TUE evening." [I just renewed my vehicle registration. It was a disappointment to find out that this is a year for new license plate stickers & NOT new license plates.}

From Norfolk Daily News (5/10):  "Is $44,000 too much for a speech on happiness? The person who brought us 'Nebraska Nice' said she was seeking extra spice at the 2015 state tourism convention when she spent $44,000 for a speech on the connection between happiness & success. But past state tourism officials said they never spent more than $10,000 on such speeches, & sponsors usually paid for them, not state taxpayers." [Ordinarily, I would say that no price is too much to pay for any speech about the connection between happiness & success, but I'll offer this. {1} I think I potentially could be an entertaining & informative, motivational speaker. {2} I'm willing to offer my services at a considerably more modest fee. {3} Contact the Editor of the NDN to see if he might be willing to have the Daily News serve as a corporate sponsor for my more modest 4-figure fee. *]
* Which I will donate to charity since, technically, as long as I am on a medical disability, I am not allowed to receive any remuneration of any kind.

Also from OWH (5/14):  Chamber offers way for drivers to let all know 'We Don't Coast'. For those who don't want the result of Plategate on their cars, here's a simple, 'classically clean layout.' Just in time for NE drivers unhappy w/their choices for license plates--funny-looking sower, anyone?--the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce on Friday unveiled a new specialty license plate w/a message:  We Don't Coast. There's nary a sower to be seen." ["Nary?" Who uses the word "nary" anymore? See, that's what I like about my daily, hometown newspaper vs what "He-Who-Is-Still-Irrelevant" would undoubtedly call a corrupt, media shill for the DNC front-runner, SWSNBN.] *
* In all fairness, I also subscribe to & read the OWH every day, & it does provide a full page of color comics every weekday. **
** But not "Pearls Before Swine" in its Sunday comics!

Dept. of Shameless Quip "Borrowing":

From OWH "Breaking Brad" by Brad Dickson (5/6): *

• "An audit of the NE Tourism Commission was quite critical. For example, take its new slogan, 'Visit Kansas!' It needs work."
• "THU night, a wildlife group planned to release 250 bats outside the Joslyn Art Museum, & the public was invited. How dare anyone criticize the NE Tourism Commission when we have these kinds of promotions?"
• "The new NE license plate design is said to be better than the last. There's a bar set a quarter of an inch off the ground."

* It seems especially to offer my own quips in response to these quips from a trained professional, so I will refrain.