Nobody OD'd, nobody burned a single building down
Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vain
We sure could use a little good news today♪
I never thought I'd post the lyrics to an Anne Murray tune here on Infomaniac. (Feel free to mock me, as I suspect you will.)
In this song, our Annie "expresses despair over all of the violence and suffering she reads about in newspapers and witnesses on TV news coverage, and notes how wonderful it would be if, for just one day, the newspapers and television news anchors had nothing to report, because they had "nothing bad to say"."
The Mistress has a friend who is always upbeat; a real "glass half-full" kinda guy. "Mr. Happy," as I call him, has a beautiful home, a loving wife, and the time and money to pursue his passions. But as we know, those ingredients aren't necessarily the key to happiness. So I asked him, "What's your secret?" and he replied, "I don't read the news."
Personally, I like to be informed of what's going on in the world so I read the papers and watch the newscasts on TV. But it's enough to make you weep or crawl back under the covers.
To counteract all the bad news the papers deem fit to print, I click HERE and I suggest you try it out for yourselves. Their daily good news just might restore your shaky faith in humanity.
Thank you for the pick-me-up Mistress.
ReplyDelete**chastely kisses both feet as is proper**
DAMIEN: The secret to the pick-me-up is remembering to click on it daily.
DeleteYes of course Mistress. Please accept my most humble and sincere apologies.
Delete**chastely kisses both feet as is proper**
Is this something like the good old "news of the world", just softened : "Boy Helps Blind Deer Find Food Every Day Before School" - Hirschbraten in Sahnesauce ...
ReplyDeleteMs Murray is unknown to me, Celine's older sister perhaps.
MAGO: Now age 70, Anne Murray became a household name in Canada & the U.S. when she released the song “Snowbird” back in 1970. (Note that LX knows the words by heart.) Since the release of Snowbird, she’s won multiple awards, including 4 Grammys.
DeletePerhaps it’s time she cut an album in German.
♪ ♫ So, little snowbird, take me with you when you go
ReplyDeleteTo that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow ♪ ♫
If find mocking the real news helps.
LX: Ah yes, The Onion….thank goodness that satire and parody are protected forms of speech.
DeleteAnd The Daily Mash.
DeleteOf course.
Jx
The Daily Mash is always good for a larf. Parody and satire with lots of Brit content, which is always a good thing.
DeleteI should point out that The Good News Network contains actual true “good news” stories; not parody or satire.
Then, this. Jx
Delete"Mealworms Love Eating Styrofoam!"
ReplyDeleteGood news indeed?
Jx
JON: The headlines at the "Good News Network" don’t necessarily do justice to the content of the website’s articles.
DeleteThe article about mealworms goes on to describe how “this is one of the biggest breakthroughs in environmental science in the past ten years” and tells you why.
You haven't gone happy clappy have you?
ReplyDeleteMITZI: Not to worry. I’m not bashing a tambourine and dancing in and out the pews.
DeleteI can't say I always read the news either, or listen. Once a week is all I need or want. I'm pretty much the same as your friend. Of course getting laid and copious amounts of liquor help too.
ReplyDeleteMISTRESS MADDIE: In your case, gin is the tonic.
DeleteJust like your friend (and Mistress Maddie up there), I also don't tend to read the news because of all the doom and gloom, misery and despair etc.
ReplyDeleteThe only news I really need I get right here at Infomaniac! Although, I'm now off to click that Good News link up there...
MR. DeVICE: You’re right… we here at Infomaniac do occasionally come up with not necessarily a “good news” story but a good news story.
DeleteCall me an ostrich but I stopped taking in "the News" years ago. Most "reporting" these days is higlighted by personal opinion, hearsay, innuendo and backed up with what's trending on Twatter rather than just the plain facts.
ReplyDeleteGood News... the Sun came up this morning and i'm still breathing to enjoy it.
On another note... Has the Beebster been deported? He's been spending an awful lot of time here in Oz of Late
PRINNY: Innuendo?
DeleteI believe you once told me, “I once dated an Italian proctologist. He was always saying, "I justa put this ina you end oh.”
As for JB, I'm a non-Belieber.
PS: It's Good News Week!
ReplyDeleteLX: Hedgehoppers Anonymous?
DeleteI only watch openly gay newscasters. Thomas Roberts being my fav because he is easy on the eyes. When in need, I go to Catherine Tate and the Shiitake mushroom skit.
ReplyDeleteThere was an old folk song that went: "If somehow you could pack up your sorrows, and give them all to me...".
Another earwig for Scarlett.
Hugs for you.
BTW, I watered a fucking pant for a whole year waiting for the garden contest! Ahem!!!
DeleteGood heavens, I come here looking for good news and people start throwing earwigs at me... it's all too much.
DeleteSx
GROUCHY: Send us your pant, er, plant photo. I’ll make a point of posting it.
DeleteMISS SCARLET: Better an earwig thrown at you that an old kipper.
i've taken to drinking....ok, drinking more :) xoxoxox
ReplyDeleteSAVANNAH: With apologies to the lyricist of the Harper Valley PTA, “if you smell Savannah's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin.
Deletei watch the news, read the papers & try
ReplyDeleteto keep up which is why i'm so happy.