Headline: Newt Gingrich to bow out of presidential race and have scaled back Secret Service protection. Newly reassigned agent fresh from Cartegena Columbia and Arizona sex addiction clinic, still somewhat easily distracted….Ok, I made some of that up. Not the part about Gingrich, but the part about the new secret service agent, altho who really knows? It’s hard to believe what is fact and what is fiction nowadays. Young people I notice, accept the absurdity of the news and what is reported by the media with greater ease and less incredulity. I spend half my time reading and the rest of the time thinking, “No fucking way!! That cant possibly be true…can it??”  I think it’s all the reality TV they watch including the ghost hunters and alien abduction shows which are presented as if they are scientifically valid. The ghost hunters always carry “scientific equipment” with lots of dials, digital devices and readouts to indicate the presence of “paranormal energy”. What the heck is paranormal energy anyway? If somebody farts does that count? If a ghost farts could they detect it? These are the kind of absurd conjectures that sometimes make me long for the ’70s, well before smart phones, iPads, Kardashians and Gingriches, both the original and 2.0 versions.