. . . Read All About It!

I have always wanted to know what was going on so I am always amazed when someone has not heard about something that has happened today that has been widely reported.

If you have some time on your hands, you can go to the C-SPAN TV channels and see what is happening in government right now. Quite often, they are broadcasting live from the House. So, you can see news being made right there!

The News Channels - CNN and FOX are the ones we have - give you pretty much all the news you want anytime you go there.

If it's Business News you want quickly, that would be Bloomberg, MSNBC or CNBC. They have tickers going throughout the day.

Here, the big stories can all be had after your local weekday news at 6 Eastern, 5 Central with the major networks on the half-hour.

If you want a full account of news and opinions, your daily newspaper gives all the details of local, national and international events. Newspapers tend to give more details and have featured columnists, comics, horoscope, entertainment, TV and movie info for your area;

You can also go to online websites for your local TV station which will include weather and local headlines for your area. The major networks also have sites.

If you are unsure where to go, just "google" what you want. I have spoken to more than one person who seemingly did not understand about googling. I tend to assume if you are reading this blog, you know how to google, but perhaps not. So, maybe someone could use this info:

There are several search engines including Ask.com, Yahoo.com, Dogpile.com and Alta Vista.com. Since Google is one of the best known search engines, the word "google" became a verb to do a search on your computer.

So, you can go to http://www.google.com and there will be a space where you can insert what you want to know. You put in the words to describe what you want, click where indicated, and several references will appear. To limit the number of answers displayed, make your question very precise. Once you are familiar with searching, you can easily and quickly find answers to just about anything. (It saves time and makes you look smart!)

The newspaper has columns and the computer has blogs to keep you up with ideas - opinions and editorials (op/ed).

The Obama administration has a very extensive website where you can see exactly what is being been done today. There is capability for you to send a message. Simply go to:

http://www.whitehouse.gov

One of the easiest ways today to keep up with everything - in real time - is Twitter. Go to:

http://www.twitter.com

and set up your own account.

You can select who you want to receive updates from and who you want to see your updates. Twitter lends itself to business people who like to promote what they are doing.

I think young people take a lot of things for granted because they have grown up with them. We seniors need to understand as much as we can about what is happening each day.

Just because people have computers and televisions available, doesn't necessarily mean they make the best use of them.

We have come a long way from walking up Yonge Street to catch a bus and hearing a man with an armful of papers barking the current headline, and saying,

". . . read all about it!"