What a serendipity for me to come to Press and Tower and find TWO personal compliments…… on my comments
(Dan Deroschers was the other).

And I love the way you use New Media, like the Press and Tower, to communicate with a certain gentleman you know:
“one out of three women think their men should…shut the hell up
oops i mean shut your mouth darling”
~~~kc
…….an observation that made me laugh out loud!

(I always thought it was closer to 9 out of 10 women holding that view, so I sit in great relief this evening with your stats, as they come from a mom.
Moms are NEVER wrong!).

I am in absolute agreement with you, on comments being stimulating, or shut the hell up.

The ETN had a great gal writer, who stimulates with words, and so she got out of the ETN fast. But she made a blog for a while that was outstanding in eclectic thought. (She is in hiatus for now; perhaps she wants a 4 year old and a 45 hour work week one day and needs to set aside writing???).

Anyway, since you found my comments more stimulating than No-Doz pills, and you write at midnight, I am linking a “Thank You” comment I made long ago to the former ETN staffer in her private blog.

My “Thank You” to her…..is word-for-word, given to you this day, as well! (Comment 1 on the link).

Follow the link (WITHIN her post below) for some stimulation, kc.
It is an oldie, but good advice if you have a 4 year old and work.

Best regards,
Danny Lucas

http://rkaufman.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/commenter-of-the-week/

Thank you for your kind words; laughter never goes out of style.

I also hope you forgive me for not spelling your name right a couple of times there. We have a guy in town named Joe LaRocca who goes around and corrects every mis-spell, punctuation error, misplaced modifier, and Venn Diagram of all thoughts. Joe let me down by failing to blast me for not getting your name right. My bad!

Endorsements are a true form of bias in the media.
They should be forbidden en masse.
Media should report on all candidates fairly and equally, inform the voters, and let the chips fall where they may.

However, critical thinking skills,…. no, make that ALL thinking skills, are removed from people as they enter kindergarden, and exit between 9th and 12th grade.
Conformity is rammed down our kids until all look like zebras with matching stripes of thought. Then they are released into the world.

Having been told what to do, when, how, no why…just do it, for all those years, allows media to continue endorsements and tell you who to vote for.

If an exit poll was done all day today, and local media asked every person who votes to name ANY state judge currently in office, not one person could name anyone in PA state judge robes (some would maybe answer Mike Joyce, but he changed robes).

For what it is worth, you (Dan Desrochers) ran a clean campaign without whining and negativity.
Win, lose, or tie (could happen in this town), you ran a decent campaign all year.
We are grateful for that!

We have a new, new, new, new, new GoErie (finally).
I thought it would be reasonable to give the opening day a chance to get the bugs out, and look at it on Day 2.
That’s today.

The first thing I noticed was what THEY think of the new (X 10) GoErie. Here is what the ETN folks say about ETN:

“Some of you will love what we have done with GoErie. Some of you might feel opposite. And then there are some of you that might think we have lost our mind.

Our goal is to serve you all….”

As Kevin Cuneo would say: “I think the Times-News got that exactly right!”

On the Home Page, there is a NEW logo that says “GoErie.com” , and then waves a curly line through the word, as if they have a doubt, and are crossing the word out. Not to worry! The old logo with red pill and snarky snake for a “G” is liberally spread throughout GoErie, giving this website TWO logos.

Top that world!

Speaking of world, there are three “news” tabs on Home Page. “Local”, “National”, “State”, in that order ????
World is no longer an option in tabs to look at.
The global news is in a secret spot.

Behind the NEW Logo are a series of “rays”.
I tried to recall where I saw them before.
They are copped from Kim Fabrizio’s Multiple Sclerosis Blog….color removed. Check them both:
http://mysunstillrises.wordpress.com/
(color rays at top)
http://www.goerie.com/
(rays at top with no color)

Dunn Tire sponsors the weather, and I thought the wheel above was appropriate. Closer look and the “tire” is actually the Boston Store Clock! (Not a Dunn Tire, unless tire design was done again by GoErie and they put a clock on your wheels, giving new meaning to GoErie).

Check out the front page Crime Map.
I recommend “Hybrid” giving you map and satellite at once. Then, hit the minus arrow (lower left) repeatedly until all the “pins” become one pin, and Erie becomes the globe flattened out. All crime in this world is then in Erie, PA.

Someone was arrested for a “Cosmetic” act on West 2nd St.
The address was left out presumable since West 2nd is now mostly vacant lots.
Wear no cosmetics on West 2nd St in Erie, just to be safe. Also, an “UNLWF DISPO” occurred at
“4xx E 11 St DN”. Is that a new language?

There is a whole new pile of videos to watch now.
This is in response to losing TV stations in Erie and going to mini YouTube stuff, in lieu of TV death.

I hit “play” on a video called “Unique Erie Weddings”, that has a pic of a bride flying through the air like the Flying Nun from days of yore. Maybe it is her!

I hit play 3 hours ago, and it may come on one day for me to review. It is a black screen so far.

I tried “Supermarket Socializing” video too, but got black screen. Reminded me of the gray and white “rays” at the top of Home Page.

It may be early to voice an opinion on this new Goerie, since every page I click, takes me to the old GoErie format.

I saw a spot marked “Community Blogs” and thought they were gonna give Erie Blogs a run for the money, but a quick check shows it is still the remaining five employees, plus Scott Bremner.
I hope to report on that “Flying Bride in the Air” if it ever comes on. Maybe Scott Bremner could show ‘em how video works.

I encourage this audience to write in here…. to Press and Tower…. with suggestions you see at real websites on newspapers you read. Maybe someone at GoRrie will read them here, as no one reads Goerie.

The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and LA Times are all well laid out and navigable, to name a few.

If you are gonna copy Kim’s rays (with color removed), how about copying the best of the websites out there now?