Surprises

 Other than how Putin and Russia can get away with what they are doing to Ukraine, things continue surprise me.  Among our generation of JA, we are continuing to explore the incarceration of WWII. 

While at times we take it for granted that everyone knows about it, we find out no one really does.

This is from today's LA Times comic section from one of my favorite comic strips.

In the same edition, published was the obituary for Secretary Norm Mineta.  In my research for my films, he has come up often as a  subject of interest.  In my google image search for this year's film, I came across this photo taken by Mario Reyes of the Rafu Shimpo.  It is by far my favorite of all the photos.  This year at the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage they are to celebrate the groundbreaking of The Mineta-Simpson Institute at HeartMountain.  

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks.... Sort of

 I was told tonight that I haven't posted in a long time..... time to catch up.

I was given lessons by my daughter in law in Facebook.  Yes I have posted a few things recently, but I didn't understand what I was doing.  Friends, accepting, Friend Requests, Public.  All the things I didn't want to take the time to figure out.  I was laughing  when I found out I had 141 friends, and that quite a few I never met.  How does that happen?  Well I found out tonight.

Old folks use Facebook, the next generation uses Instagram and who knows what the youth of today use.  I don't understand Twitter and what all the fuss is about when Trump Tweets.  Who really cares?   Apparently a lot of people do.

I also got a lesson on Facebook Messenger.  It will become another way to communicate with the grandkids other than FaceTime.  And apparently I have messages from years gone by.

But in the big picture of things, I still am a luddite when it comes to social media.  The wife and I barely keep up to keep in contact with the grandkids.  But I am slowly learning that some of these new fangled apps may be of benefit.