One of the few blogs I read every day is "Miss Cellania," a daily compilation of funny, interesting, and thought-provoking information written by a fellow former radio producer living in Kentucky. A few days ago, she featured this old newspaper article on her blog:
It reported that women in England had begun to fear developing lasting wrinkles on their faces because "the strain of trying to catch every word of [a] wireless broadcast constantly puckers the lines around a woman's forehead and draws more lines around the sides of her mouth ... Their habitual expressions, instead of being alert and intelligent, have become transformed into the look of the perpetual listener-in, mechanical and placid."
They were afraid of developing radio face.
It occurs to me that, particularly in these times of rapidly changing governmental, social and religious craziness, we are all in danger of developing the modern-day equivalent of radio face ... what I think we could call news face.
News Face is characterized by a furrowed brow, bulging eyes, and an astonished expression, and is often accompanied by verbal expressions like "what did he do now?" and "he said what?" There doesn't appear to be a cure for news face other than to limit one's exposure to the news as much as possible or, alternatively, to premedicate before tuning in ...
Depending on your health care coverage, you may need to use alternative forms of medication ... I have found gin to be an effective substitute.
Have a good day, and beware of News Face.
More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
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