It’s Epiphany today. I’ll mention that, although the anniversary of the capitol insurrection looms large. But Epiphany is more important, as far as I’m concerned.
The global semiconductor shortage hit my project today. Our hardware delivery has been delayed by a couple of months. We’ll figure something out, even if we have to move our schedule out as a last resort.
The Washington Post has an interesting article about a CBS Sunday Morning piece Ted Koppel did earlier this year about The Andy Griffith show and Mt. Airy, NC, the self-appointed inspiration for Mayberry. Here’s the summary.
A lot of people view the show through a nostalgic lens; times were good, everyone was friendly, people got along, etc., and wish they could live like that again
Mayberry in the 1960s never existed – anywhere – and the problems of the 1960s – racial unrest and the Vietnam War, for example – were never brought up on the show
Confusing fantasy with reality is problematic, to say the least