The blizzard of '05

     OK, so New England was hit with about two feet of snow a few weeks ago.  Immediately following the storm, Fox broadcast news had named it "The blizzard of '05"  In 1978, New England was hit with a famous blizzard.  A blizzard that legends are made of.  The weatherman predicted "Partly Cloudy" for the following day.  They were hit with about three feet of partly cloudy.  The storm tried to move into the ocean, but strong northeastern winds kept blowing it back onto the land.  This is what we call a Nor'easter.  It came to be known as "The Blizzard of '78"  You can probably search the web for stories about it.  It came to be known as this because at first, people would say, "the blizzard this winter" then "the blizzard last winter"  then "the blizzard a few years ago."  Eventually they had to start referring to the year, because nobody is going to remember if it was 4 years ago, or 5 years ago...and so on.  That is when it became known as the "Blizzard of '78"

     They have already named this blizzard and it just happened a few weeks ago.  Do we really need a name to remind us yet?  The media is infested with hook lines, eye grabbers and catchy titles to prop up it's stories.  Have we really become so consumed with the daily grind that we need hook lines to remember the important events in our life?  Even the death of JFK doesn't have a real name to it.  It's referred to as "the assassination of President JFK," or "the day JFK was assassinated(or murdered)"  Pearl Harbor's attack is simply spoken about by saying, "Pearl Harbor."  Not, "Whirl on the Pearl," or, "Hawaii, they die-e"  I mentioned the word consume earlier.  We are living in a consumer society.  The rich and powerful consume, and everybody strives to be more of a consumer than a producer.  I realized that there isn't a whole lot that people do in this world that doesn't require shopping, or consuming food, alcohol or other drugs.  It is becoming increasingly harder to play basketball at a park when they tear down the basketball hoops, since they don't charge money to play the game.  We have plenty of space on this world to drive mini-cars, play golf, go to the beach, dance to some music, etc... But if you don't pay a proprietor of these spaces, if you don't pay your golf dues, or go to an indoor track, or pay your parking, or pay a cover charge, and do these activities in other places, you might be arrested, hit with a noise complaint fine, or be completely shut out of the areas you may be able to enjoy these activities.

     Oh well, at least we can stay glued to our TV's, movie theatres, video games, and of course the very internet you are on right now.  How pathetic.