119/MC — My favorite of your comments. Beautifully expressed. Thank you.

113/Papa Ray — If you ever wander into your coffee shop and see a tall redhead knitting, bring the girls over and I’ll teach them how to knit whatever pleases them *and* enjoy chatting with you about things that matter. Don’t lose faith; do keep trying. As Karen Yvonne wrote in #96, it is up to us to spread the truth until it reaches critical mass.

92/Mad Fiddler — You made my husband laugh. Wonderful.

82/Jamie — You made me cry. [That's good.] 122. Vietnamese is one of the languages on all the bus notices down here in Silicon Valley.

108/steveaz — Agree about the education/”education” thang, though I wish I knew history like Alexis, psych like Batman, a fraction of what’s in L3′s mind… I can fix, make or build nearly anything practical and tangible, cook like a dream, and find my way overland across any terrain, but I’m in a perpetual scramble to learn enough to comprehend half of what the BC’ers write.

Not everyone is exposed to CNN. We bought a TV when DD was inert with chicken pox at age 5 (12 years ago) and we lived in Chicago. History channel, Food Network, and she watched the news in every language but English. After a few months we were all back to reading, the novelty of moving pictures no longer enough to hold our attention. Turned the TV on for 9/11 and the few days after. Didn’t bother taking it with us the next time we moved. When my friends come over they are amazed by how peaceful our house is. When I go to their houses I cannot handle the noise — people leave their TV’s turned on all the time! Is it a disinclination to hear the thoughts in our minds? Is it “easier” to hear and blindly accept CNN? Ack.