Another Gloomy Monday, Followed by a Funny

As the “it’s going to get worse before it gets better” sound-bite is certain to be the bumper sticker slogan of December-let us not forget to be grateful for another day that the furnace is working, our clothes are perhaps dated, yet clean, and our internet connection is still streaming high def. Join me in my twisted nature to read the doom and gloom and then find a reason to laugh.

Monday’s Doom and Gloom

Mike Harvey: Times must be hard, Americans are buying Spam again

Thomas Watkins, AP: In lean times SoCal gun owners trade arms for eats

William Pfaff: Remaking the World in America’s Image

Monday’s Crackpot Educator

Jim Fitzgerald, AP: Teacher sorry for binding girls in slavery lesson

Monday’s Funny