Outrages!

This morning the Daily Breeze (our local paper) had a story that began on the front page and continued into a double page spread inside. What was it about? The "hot" Super Bowl ads and which ones to look for! It's not enough that the companies participating will get exposure to 110 million people? They have to also hog the newspaper?

I won't name the various companies or events that make them "super" as in Dana Patrick seemingly nude, but you might want to ponder this in a quiet moment. A 30-second ad runs between $100,000 and $500,000 on a normal prime-time show, but the same amount of time on the Super Bowl is $3 million dollars!

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The South Bay Writers Workshop (aka Thurs. Writers) meets in a room in the Veteran Park senior center, located in Veteran Park. I recently ran a photo of the park's new memorial to all five branches of the service.

So what, you say. This is what. We have been meeting there for two and a half years. Last week we were told that a computer class had usurped our day (Thursday) and time (from 12:30 to 3 p.m.) My attitude was basically a shrug - they're the landlords. Others in the group were furious.

Dale took the matter into his hands, as a retired Navy admiral, (I think) and spoke to the center director. He told her, "We have four veterans in this group -- two from World War 2, one from Korea and a Viet Nam vet. You just dedicated a monument to veterans and we are standing in Veteran Park!"

Yesterday, the director came into our room and told us that our hours and day would stay exactly the same. Bravo, Dale!