TURNING BLUE

Mainstream television is becoming “bluer” and “bluer”.

More and more news stories have a “blue” edge.

Crime and tragedy have always been big “sellers” without much “blue”, but they’ve had plenty of “red”.

Personally, I prefer positive and up-lifting reports.

If it’s about a public safety issue, then I suppose some blood or mayhem might be necessary.

Today there was a news report that had a “blue” side (or at least a part of the man in the news story might have turned blue).

The report was about a naked man who entered the home of an eighty-eight year old woman.

She had left her door open so that her dog could come back in.

The woman had lived thirty-three years in the same home without incident.

The clothes-less intruder started pushing his body up against the woman, and she began saying, “No, no, no…”, and when she said, “Sweet Jesus…mother Mary”, the bare man stepped away, and this gave the woman an opportunity to take hold of the man’s crotch.

When she let go, the man---Michael Dick---yes, that’s his actual name---ran out of the house.

I was going to write that this news story had me by the _ _ _ _ _...

But I won't perpetuate the “going blue” trend.

P.S.

My favorite synonyms for the word “blue” are bawdy, naughty, spicy, and suggestive.

Dirty, indecent, obscene, risqué, smutty and wicked are synonyms that are too strong and somewhat pejorative (if that is possible).

P.S.S.

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin hosted New Year's Eve on CNN. A “blue” moment occurred when Miss Griffin--maybe not knowing she was still live---yelled at a heckler, "I don't go to YOUR job and knock the dicks out of your mouth."

IT'S BLUE NOT RED!