what’s more sad on NPR this morning: a story on villages infested with tuberculosis in Tajikistan* who refuse to believe the disease is spread through airborne contact, assuming it is
cold water that causes it or interviews with fangirls at the red carpet premiere of the Lone Ranger who believe that the movie will be a good history lesson?? send your answer on a postcard.
NPR gives a traffic report: “All highways are moving at normal or above-average speeds.” i don’t think i’ve ever heard that in my life. i get to work late anyway. my, my. what a weird day it shall be.
*not that i am terribly uninformed but maybe i am anyway, i was not aware that Tajikistan existed. because i am human and not omnipotent and had a terrible public school education, i will openly admit this flawful ignorance. i knew about Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, which border the country, which is poor consolation for being unaware of 8 million people who make up a distinct cultural identity, so now i’m reading more about this whole area and the civil war that devastated the region. this my only available amendment for a self-created sin. i will never know all and this mildly upsets me.
does death excite you?