Sunday, February 5
I Like To Write
I have written over 1200 opinion articles published on LinkedIn
I have written 8 fictional novels that average about 100,000 words each
I have written a dozen short stories
I have written 1 play
Am I any good at writing?
I have no idea...
Am I a published writer?
Not really although I have a few poems in a poetry anthology published in NC back in the 1970s...
Have I tried to publish my writing? NO...
Although, I have considered looking into KDP publishing at Amazon, but I still would have to pay someone to professional edit my work and then also pay someone for cover design.
I really don't have any extra money to spend on luxury items like this...
Is that just an excuse to keep me from proceeding? PROBABLY
I have had several people tell me my writing was good and they enjoyed it but they were not critics or creative writing instructors or publishers... so their thresholds might have been lower than what is needed to convince me I am a talented writer.
Writing passes the time and I enjoy spending the time writing... so, as a retired individual it is good to have something to do, rather than just vegetate away.
Besides at 75 years of age, I am not sure how long my mind will remain functional and allow me to come up with ideas about which to write. Then what do I do? Probably nothing... and if that is the case then someone will be looking after me. Can't wait!!!
In Case You Missed It - Amazon to Layoff 18,000
Amazon has announced it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing “the uncertain economy” and the fact that it had “hired rapidly” during the pandemic.
“Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we’re sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles,” said CEO Andy Jassy in a statement to his staff. The company had announced 10,000 layoffs in November.
The jobs to be slashed under the plan amount to 6 percent of Amazon’s roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce, the largest among recent workforce reductions that have impacted the US tech sector.
Jassy said the company’s leadership was “deeply aware that these role eliminations are difficult for people, and we don’t take these decisions lightly.
“We are working to support those who are affected and are providing packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support,” he said.
Some of the layoffs would be in Europe, Jassy said, adding that the impacted workers would be informed starting on January 18. READ MORE...
Saturday, February 4
Don't Much Care For Politicians
What amazes me is how the Democrats actually just lie outright without any concerns at all...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will both tell you to your face that our SOUTHERN BORDERS are secure... YET... the people who work down there or live down there will tell you they are lying.
Mainstream media does not seem to give a shit about Biden's lies... and, that bothers me just as much as the lies do.
When President Biden took classified documents out of the white house and to his home, he said he made a mistake and was sorry...
When Biden was Vice President he took classified documents out of the white house to his home and now as President is saying that he is sorry.
When Biden was a Senator he took classified documents out of Congress and to his home and now as President is saying that he is sorry.
Does Biden think the American people are stupid???
Did Biden lie to people to take these documents home as President?
Did Biden lie to people to take these documents home when he was Vice President?
Did Biden lie to people to take these documents home when he was a Senator?
Removing classified documents from their places of origins seems to be an ongoing mode of operation for the President.
He cannot be that stupid not to know what he is doing... and if he is, should he be president?
I would say that ALL POLITICIANS know exactly what they are doing when they are doing it... so, don't let them fool you.
Children as Young as Nine Exposed to Pornography
Children are being exposed to online pornography from as young as nine, according to a study for the children's commissioner for England.
A quarter of 16-21-year-olds first saw pornography on the internet while still at primary school, it suggests. By the age of 13, 50% had been exposed to it.
The findings have been linked to low self-esteem among young people and harmful views of sex and relationships. Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza said it was "deeply concerning".
In a nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 16-21-year-olds, 38% had found pornographic content accidentally.
Joanne Schneider's son stumbled across a pornography website, aged eight, after typing swear words he had heard at school into a search engine.
"We'd put all the normal safety features in place and had removed apps such as YouTube but didn't for one second think that my son could find himself on adult-entertainment sites within a few seconds," Ms Schneider, from London, said.
"As soon as I saw what was happening, I closed the site - but both him and I were left in shock at what he had seen. I felt so terrible about the whole thing.
"All of a sudden I was having to explain it all, including the fact that what he saw was artificial and far from what real people look like." READ MORE...
Friday, February 3
They Are Called Garbage People
Amid piles of waste, and surrounded by toxic fumes from burning rubbish, a small group of people hunt for food to eat and plastic to sell for recycling.
This is not the life Alia wanted for her children.
For the past three years, she has set off at 07:00 every day on a two-hour journey to the dump in Tell Beydar, north-east Syria, often taking Walaa with her.
Alia's eldest daughter, born when Alia was barely in her teens, stays at home to take care of a younger child.
Alia and Walaa do not return until sundown. By this time, the family is starving. "I have always dreamt that my daughters would study like other girls," Alia says.
"But now they are like me, they don't know how to read or write at all."
The US military dump, though, is their only source of food and income. "People shame us; they call us garbage people," says 25-year-old Alia. READ MORE...
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