Here’s one that caught my attention yesterday:
“Senate is [...]]]> As the dedicated journalist that I am, equipped with the finest research tools and unnamed sources around, sometimes I get all of my information from the CNN news crawl – those tantalizing morsels that creep across the screen allowing us to turn the sound off.

Here’s one that caught my attention yesterday:

News crawls are like tweets. They relieve us of complexity. And in this case, none is needed.

The Senate debating something that won’t happen is sort of what the rest of Washington has become, an exercise in futility – like trying to find a missing sock or watching for the pot to boil having forgotten to add water.

The deal with the Senate is that in an election year all they really want to do is argue, call each other names and repeat talking points their lobbyists wrote for them.

But to stage these smackdowns they have to pretend that pending legislation is on the table. So, all day yesterday they used phony budget bills that even some of the sponsors don’t intend to pass.

Give up the charade, senators. Just schedule arguing time – about nothing. Spare your staff the chore of writing up the bills and journalists the pointless task of reporting what’s in them.

Just wallow around the floor blaspheming and belching at one another. Leave the rest of us out of it.

If you ever do pass a budget, which hasn’t happened for three years, I’ll be looking for it on the news crawl.

Americans score better on all 10 of the Emotional Health Index measures in April than they did at [...]]]> I didn’t know the fine folks at Gallup had been measuring our happiness. But they say we’re getting happier — or at least not as unhappy as we once were. Score yourself with chart below.

Americans score better on all 10 of the Emotional Health Index measures in April than they did at the low point in September. The percentage of Americans who did not “worry a lot of the day yesterday” has improved the most. In April, 68.9% of Americans said they did not experience worry a lot of the previous day, up from 66.1% in September. Similarly, the percentage of Americans who said they did not experience stress was 59.9% in April, up from 57.6% in September. Self-reported “enjoyment” has also increased. The percentage who said they experienced enjoyment a lot of the previous day rose to 85.6% in April, up from the three-year low of 83.0% in September. — Gallup

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And the Streisand/Garland version

Yes, I picked “Optimizer” at 50-1 odds, I’m a risk taker (plus it’s my favorite feature on my Norton anti-virus software).

Thanks to [...]]]> In keeping with Trail Mix tradition we “run for the roses” (and grab our mint juleps) to celebrate the Kentucky Derby (post time Saturday 6:24 PM ET on NBC).

Yes, I picked “Optimizer” at 50-1 odds, I’m a risk taker (plus it’s my favorite feature on my Norton anti-virus software).

Thanks to Jamie for collecting our picks:

Pole Position/Horse/Jockey/Odds/Trailmixer Pick
01 Daddy Long Legs O’Donoghue 30/1 RR, OSH
02 Optimizer Court 50/1 Craig
03 Take Charge Indy Borel 15/1 Carol,Tony,Solar
04 Union Rags Leparoux 9/2 Jaslf
05 Dullahan Desormeaux 8/1 DaveB
06 Bodemeister Smith 4/1 Pogo
07 Rousing Sermon Lezcano 50/1 HW
08 Creative Cause Rosario 12/1 Patd, XR
09 Trinniberg Martinez 50/1
10 Daddy Nose Best Gomez 15-1 Jamie

11 Alpha Garcia 15-1 Flatus
12 Prospective Contreras 30/1
13 Went The Day Well Velazquez 20/1 George
14 Hansen Dominguez 10/1 Tylenol
15 Gemologist Castellano 6/1 MO, Jace
16 El Padrino Bejarano 20/1 Whiskey Jack, sturgeone
17 Done Talking Russell 50/1 KGC
18 Sabercat Nakatani 50/1 AP, Chris
19 I’ll Have Another Gutierrez 12/1 Lani
20 Liaison Garcia 50/1

Why The ‘Run For The Roses’ Is So Special

Also, Happy Cinco de Mayo

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Bagpiper: Dick Chane, Gloucester MA
Edited by Craig Crawford
Painting by Fitz Henry Lane (“Gloucester Harbor, Stage Fort Beach“)
Thanks to Sean’s [...]]]>

Trailmixers gathered last Sunday at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, to remember and celebrate a fine journalist and true friend, Sean Holton.

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Bagpiper: Dick Chane, Gloucester MA
Edited by Craig Crawford
Painting by Fitz Henry Lane (“Gloucester Harbor, Stage Fort Beach“)
Thanks to Sean’s brother, Brian, for bringing the bicycle!
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