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Page A—4 — Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, March 10,
Random thoughts for a day in March
I can’t figure out whether ,
I’m pro- or anti-biotic.
Was it Bruce Jenner or
Caitlyn Jenner who won the
decathlon at the 1976 Sum-
mer Olympics?
You can’t really be a life-
long resident of a place until
you die there.
Here’s a trait of some re-
cently retired workers: They
take the long route to rooms
in their homes because it
buys them some time before
they have to figure out what
to do next. ‘
It might be better to have '
pretension than hypertension.
When did the phrase a “re-
sults-oriented person” become
a workplace cliche?
We overhear and we over-
see, but do people oversmell?
Just because.you’re angry
doesn’t mean you’re right.
KlRK ERICSON
THESE 1
TIMES
Surgeons wear masks for
two reasons: One, to avoid
inhaling or exhaling any con—
taminants while they’re oper-
ating on patients,‘and two, so
patients can’t identify them
in court if they’re sued for
malpractice.
I’ve come up with my first
clue for a crossword puzzle:
A girl in class. Four letters.
(Answer at the bottom of
column.)
Here are suggestions for
some new crimes: First-
degree shenanigans. Preme-
diated h‘orseplay. Wanton
mischief.
We have too many pluses:
Disney+, ESPN+, CNN+, Ap-
pleTV+, Paramount+ and
Discovery+. Some hedge fund
will eventually swoop in and
own all those pluses, and
the new corporation will be
PLUS+.
Here’s a conspiracy theory
‘ I invented: The governors of
Texas and Florida are unwit-
ting members of the Deep
State and are pawns in a
covert operation against a
certain former president and
his supporters. Democrats
indoctrinated those two GOP
governors as children so
they could be unleashed as
adults when George Soros,
Bill Gates and Anthony’Fauci
finally manufactured the vi-
rus that causes COVID-19.
Stay with me here. Demo-
crats wanted those two gov-
ernors in place in twoof our
three most-populous states
so those governors could urge
Republican voters to refuse
a life-saving vaccine, thus
increasing their likelihood I
of dying. It’s so obvious. Ask
yourself: “Who benefits from
Republicans dying at a much
higher rate from the coronavi-
rus than Democrats?” Soros,
Gates and Fauci, that’s who!
Overseen at SeaTac Air-
port last autumn: A woman
who looked to be in her mid-
30s is standing in line at
a Dilletante Coffee stand.
Blond highlights streak her
tousled hair, she wears a pair
of shiny new Nike shoes and
yoga pants, and the strap of
her fancy-schmancy shopping
bag hangs from her elbow
crease. She orders a big hot
chocolate. A few seconds pass
before she asks the barista
how many scoops of chocolate
that has. “Five,” the barista
says. “Could you make it
three scoops?” she quickly re-
sponds. The barista responds:
' “Sure.” A few seconds go by.
“Actually, you know what?”
the woman asks. “I need that
to be 2V2 scdops, OK?”
A teenager was taking my
breakfast order at a diner
recently. He kept addressing"
me as sir, even after I told
him he didn’t need to call me
sir so much. But he kept it
up, so I started calling him
sir, which made him call me
sir more. Soon enough, we
were both using the word
“sir” multiple times in single
sentences. The food was good
though. '
Atheists and agnostics are
more likely to drive Teslas
than Ford-150s.
These people who pride
themselves on not be-
ing sheep sure do a lot of
bleating.
Crossword clue answer:
Lass. '
I Contact Kirk Ericson at
kirk@masoncounty.com
LETTERS T0 THE EDITOR I
The nature of racism
Editor, the Journal, v
I was raised in the South by a single
working mom, and much like Mr. Poir-
son’s story in his letter of March 3, was
influenced at an early age by the ad— V
mirable personal characteristics of our
caregiver/maid. It is always rewarding
to read letters to the Journal that express
opinions and personal views that are
free from the sneers and name-calling
that fuel running feuds. '
Poirson may want to have some lon-
ger conversations with his experts on
racial conflict because it is doubtful they
accuse him that “as a Caucasian” he is “a
systemic racist.”Every individual may
or may not have racist views or feelings
in their thoughts or opinions, but sys-
temic racism refers to the societal struc-
ture whose outcomes result in inequality
and injustice for some groups as opposed
to others.
The “only cure for this malady” is far
from “a frontal lobotomy,” but for some
individuals out there that is certainly a
tempting option! The tragic story in his
letter reveals a young boy who admired . ,
and respected a strong woman who
played an influential role in his upbring-
ing. Nothing remotely racist about that,
evenas Poirson admits she was the only
person of color he’s known “well enough
Sirltoummucmnty trauma!
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In no way does Poirson deserve his
own label of being an “apologist” for sys-
temic racism. His letter in no way is any
type of defense of that system, but indeed
a great example of how expanding the
diversity of those we ‘feel comfortable
around” can lead to more tolerance and
understanding for us all.
David Ellis
Union
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Shelton~Mason County Journal.
Thanks for
good news
Editor, the Journal,
I commend and thank you for includ-
ing the “Good News” page in the Jour-
nal every week. We all surely need good
news these days. Theresa does a great
job sharing a verse of scripture with
some personal thoughts, prayer andei-
ble trivia. The young and old alike should
enjoy and profit from it. The Good News
is certainly a breath of encouragement
to me and anyone who takes a'few mo-
'ments to read and think about it. This
week’s prayer for ’s mercy on the
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pray. The verse at the bottom of the page,
Isaiah 40:31, is a wonderfirl promise. '
Thank you for such valuable input.
I Doris Spear
Shelton
Thanks for
the correction
Editor, the Journal,
Thank you. Mr. James Biehl, for notic—
ing my error in both logic and nomen-
clature in your response to my Journal
letter to the editor published in the March
edition in response to my letter of Feb.
24: concise, polite, and erudite, exposing
my oversight regarding the difierence
between investment and expense. You are
totally correct noticing that investments
— in this case real estate — are typically
long-term (30 years is considered an
eternity in this environment). Expenses,
on the other hand, are short term —
monthly, at best. ,
As an aside if we ever have a debate
between the local Republican (conserva-
tive) and Democratic (liberal) parties I
would like to have you as my Democrat-
ic/liberal opponent as I think we might
have the ability to discuss (vs. emote)
political issues - a godsend for all.
In the interest of brevity in my last
Front office:
missive to the Journal, I ignored the criti-
cal ditference between investment and
expense; an investment (stocks, property,
machine tools) should not be. confused
with expense (food, clothing, whiskey
and rent — the daily exchange of cash for
product). ‘ .
Regarding investors: I recall an an-
ecdote regarding our neighbor Dorothy
— arguably the wealthiest woman in our
wealthy Community. Dorothy would pull
into the local Cleveland Trust'night de-
pository kiosk in her aging Dodge Dart,
toss thereina wad of cash. wrapped in a
rubber band enveloped with her name. It
was subsequently deposited correctly,
And then there’s my mother’s obser-
vation that the most poorly dressed chil—
dren in our town were the ones whose
parents were wealthy. An early lesson:
wealth is not obstreperous, appearance is
. not necessarily reality, and wealth is an
attittide and characteristic within you, a
part of your character.
Were I ever to be elected to be Grand
Pooh-Bah of the United States, I would
require that every expenditure proposal
be classified as investment or expense:
provide supportive documentation ——
words or less.
James Poirson
Shelton
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