Man Tries to Bring Possum Back to Life

So this is one of those stories that somehow made both online and print media.
First the blurb about a man who attempted to recusitate a dead possum. Now most of us I would assume, would know that obviously this person who would try to bring a varmint back to life was not a member of Peta. Nor a member of an animal rescue group.
Yet this story made the rounds.
It was chatted about on Facebook, that ubiquitous social network, tweeted, and I am sure was discussed around more than several water coolers.
After several days of press, it comes to light, that this person was inebriated.
Was anyone really surprised about that revelation?
This was not a beloved pet, but a wild animal who met an untimely end.

Yet the fact is that someone in the press must have felt that this was newsworthy.
The speed at which even the most inane act made the national headlines is something that perhaps we all need to take a look at with a fresh perspective.
Did we need to know this? Was there no other news item that could have been inserted in it's place?
Are we all so news deprived that this became the topic of the day?
Or is it that we are all so weary of all the bad news we are bombarded with on a daily basis, that a laugh once in a while is needed and because we need that laugh, articles ( though this was more a blurb) like this one continue to show up on our home page, as a filler on page five of our local newspapers, or as a tweet on someones twitter.

I personally would rather have the story that meant a little more than this example of person who had too much to drink, and so tried to revive road kill.
What do you think?

So much news, so little time.

My goal for this blog is to take a news story and give my take on it.
It may be a big headline or one that appears between two ads. It could be politcs, or it could be an obscure local headline, or maybe just something I think should be newsworthy to appear on actual newsprint.

Everyday something makes me shake my head. And hey, now my family won't have to listen to me comment.
I was part of a forum on a newspaper which was dissolved and has never come back.
It was like losing part of my family.
We chatted amicably, or argued vehemently, but in the end agreed to disagree.
Some of the members even went as far as to have a picnic, meeting each other for the first time and getting to know each other without their log in labels.

It's no doubt been done before,and that is okay, plenty of room on the internet.
As I have written before, it you like what your reading please come back if not..well there is a bazillion other blogs to read out here. I won't be offended.

I'll still pull out the proverbial soapbox and give you the dailykaws.