All your problems, instantly solved, By Mark Morford

[madokie]

" target="_blank">hitting epidemic levels. How can this be? How are we so blind and dumb? I blame the media. Oh, and the schools. And Glenn Beck. You infantile bastard.

How about the still-awful state of our health care, the economic grind, the bleak future everyone seems to be facing, even though it's actually not all that bleak and in fact holds more potential and promise for radical re-thinking of who and what we are than any time in 100 years? Hell, look at the burgeoning pot business alone. Talk about your growth economy. Dear college kids: Buy grow lamps now. Srsly.

Then again, it could be worse. It could always be worse. Just look at those lost children over in Japan, the ones who walk around all day with sparkly blue sailor uniforms, shiny shopping bags, expensive smartphones and ... cotton medical masks.

Wait, what? It's another bizarre phenom in a country known for yawningly bizarre phenoms. Countless teens have taken to the "cult of the mask," wearing medical masks all day, every day, for no reason other than, well, who the hell knows? Depressed economy. Hopeless future. Apartments the size of a shoe. It gets worse. There are millions of others, called hikikomori, teen Japanese shut-ins who live with their parents and never leave their bedrooms. For years. ...

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. Thanks. I love Morford. He is brilliant.

" Hell, look at the burgeoning pot business alone. Talk about your growth economy. Dear college kids: Buy grow lamps now. Srsly. "

[madokie]

2. Same here I love his take on things

He is a master of words no doubt.

Kick for the mid morning crowd

Peace all. I finally got our car back out of the street and under the carport, finally. Poor thing spent the night out in the street setting on about 14 inches or more of snow.
In these conditions I'm a real go get her but last night I couldn't make it to go get her.:-) My wife from work, shes a nurse and had to spend the night there at work. Hopefully tonight I can get her home.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Good luck. Stay warm...