Sunny and coolish.. not bad day.
"Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
01. New York Marriages
New York Times: I did some more analysis on marriage announcements shown in the New York Times for 9/28/14, and came up with these amazing figures:
A total of 22 couples had their vows administered by these ordinary religious folks:
Catholic Priests = 5
Episcopal Priests = 5
Rabbis = 4
Lutheran Ministers = 3
Presbyterian Minister = 1
Methodist Minister = 1
Baptist Minister = 1
Church of Christ Min = 1
Non-denominational M = 1
Other people who administered vows:
Catholic Arch-bishop = 1
State Judge = 1
Federal Judge = 2
Justice of the Peace = 2
State Official = 1
Town Manager = 1
Town Mayor = 1
The largest category of people who administered vows was those who became Universal Life Ministers just for the occasion: 10 people did that.
And.. out of the 41 couples in the study:
There were 3 gay marriages.
There were 2 interracial marriages.
There were 2 couples whose pictures indicate that they could pass for twins.
As I've mentioned before, the people who have their wedding information shown in the New York Times all appear to be professional folks, with advanced college degrees and interesting occupations. For instance, one gay couple both have major composing and directing roles on Broadway. The write-up on their wedding was an extremely lucid view of how rich folk celebrate in the New York area.
02. Social Security Move
Carroll County Times: An article mentioned that the Social Security Data Center will be moved to the Frederick, Maryland area from Woodlawn. This was news to me. But then again, even though the Alumni group has an office in Woodlawn, we have no need to have access to internal Social Security activity.
This information opens up lots of questions for me:
Who (specifically) will move to the new building?
What will become of the old data center in Woodlawn?
Was the Union involved?
How long will it take to move?
Who thought this up?
Have the Congressmen in the Baltimore area lost out to the ones in Frederick?
When will this all occur?
How will this affect my son who is a computer expert at Woodlawn?
How does this affect the Social Security Savings and Loan?
03. Mysterious Crime Situation
Carroll County Times: An article mentions that two men broke into a Mount Airy, Maryland house at 4 am and threated the 4 occupants with guns. From what I can make out of the article, the four people did not want to give up their money and began to fight with the intruders, who were getting beaten up as the front door opened and State Policemen entered to capture them. Mug shots were shown, and both men looked as though they had been in a tough fight.
I have lots of questions about this story:
Were the victims karate experts?
Were all four victims in the same room?
How did the State Police know to come in at just the right time?
Why didn't the Perps use their weapons?
Is there a lot more involved in this story?
I think so. We will have to wait for more Police information. Intriguing though.
04. Texting while policing
CC Times: Carroll County police are increasing their use of electronic media, including implementation of a text notification system.. where people will be forewarned of problems by police-prepared text messages. I personally hate texting. When I had it on my phone, I would get spam texts and each one cost me $1.. so I had it taken off. Besides, who needs to text me anyway?
That's enough for today. Lots of other things to do. Bye.
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