Is Anybody else Sick of online Marketing Surveys?

From: "Scarborough Research" <Scarborough_Research@surveysavvy.com>
To: me
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 10:25:19 AM
Subject: Scarborough partners with Nielsen - participate in the online usage study

To Scarborough Research Survey:

Changed my mind. Please take me off your list.

The deeper I got in, I realized that it is a targeted marketing study.

I am cutting back on my consumerism, consciously.

I don't like that others on the planet lack food and clean water.

 It hurts my conscience.

I may not be able to help them, because I have limited means, 

but I can learn to do with less in solidarity.

I am grateful to have ample food and clean water. 

I pray that we human beings start taking care of each other globally.

Perhaps that would alleviate the jealousy of terrorists...

Don't get me wrong, I love America, Land of the free, home of the Brave.

 I am proud to be an American and feel lucky to have been born

here!

Of course there are things I don't like about us and consumerism

is the main one. Do we really need all this stuff?

I learned early on the difference between want and need and

too often want turns to greed. And frankly other people starving

bothers the heck outta me.

I started to notice as a kid all the fuss about helping the poor at Christmas.

I remember wondering who was helping the poor the rest of the year.

I am not headed any particular direction with this except to say I hope

when you are paying $1000. for your Apple 10, just because you can,

you remember that it is a want, not a need. I really hope you think about 

that! The buck stops with you.

raintreepoet, pondering.

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Last Bus to Wisdom

Last Bus to Wisdom   by Ivan Doig was his sixteenth book

 and the first I have read. I discovered this delightful novel in

the Montana State Museum gift shop in Helena, the capital

this past summer, while on a road trip.

Doig was a master storyteller. This novel is peopled with

strong, flamboyant characters and a twisty, turny plot that

will leave you breathless

Donny, who tells the story, is a latter day Huckleberry Finn.

He is an irresistibly charming rascal. Donny has the curiosity

and gregariousness to imprint indelibly in a reader’s mind.

Herman, the German, Donny’s pardner in crime is also his

perfect foil. They keep each other honest and help each other

survive.

Ivan Doig did quite well as a best- selling author before I was

aware of him. I did notice his name on best- seller lists several

times. I read constantly and hadn’t gotten around to him yet.

 I so am glad I finally discovered him! He is simply one of the

best storytellers I have run across in a very long time.

So much “wisdom” was imparted as Doig’s twisty plot unfolded

I began to think the title was metaphorical. I was slightly

 disappointed, having visited Wisdom, Montana years ago.

However, I was gratified when almost three quarters of the way through,

 Donny and Herman did manage to get to Wisdom, which

implemented their redemption and gave them a place to

finally be at home.

This novel is one of those page turners. I am sad Ivan Doig

is gone. I am glad he wrote fifteen other books. I plan to

read every last one of them. The Last Bus to Wisdom is

that good! I give it my highest recommendation.

Raintreepoet, reporting.