Marcy, it’s everywhere!

Newt.

I avoid politics in this blog, but Newt Gingrich’s assertion a cruise helped him better understand the plight of the average American has to be the most insane thing I’ve heard yet.
This is as insane as saying buying a brand-new Mercedes helps one better understand the plight of the average American car-buyer.
And that’s buying a new car. Even new cars may be climbing out of reach for this kid. I can’t afford to just suddenly part with 40,000 smackaroos.
Newt’s stunning claim falls into the “Marcy, it’s everywhere” category.
Marcy is a long-ago coworker at the Messenger newspaper in nearby Canandaigua, the best job I ever had.
She was saving every blog I wrote, since they made her laugh.
One day she asked how I managed to dredge up an insane topic to blog every day.
I looked at her a second and said “Marcy, it’s everywhere.”

• “Canandaigua” (“cannan-DAY-gwuh”) is a small city nearby where we live in Western NY. The city is also within a rural town called “Canandaigua.” The name is Indian, and means “Chosen Spot.” It’s about 14 miles away. —We live in the small rural town of West Bloomfield, southeast of Rochester.
• The “Messenger newspaper” is the Canandaigua Daily-Messenger, from where I retired six years ago. —I worked there almost 10 years.
• RE: “Marcy, it’s everywhere!” —“Marcy” is my number-one Ne’er-do-Well — she was the first I was e-mailing stuff to. Marcy and I worked in adjacent cubicles at the Daily-Messenger newspaper, from where I retired. A picture of her is in this blog at Conclave of Ne’er-do-Wells.