Suspending disbelief

From our screenplay writers department.

We have watched so many consecutive episodes of Burn Notice that we can now suspend disbelief by snapping a finger.

Like the hypnotists on TV do.

The one major side effect is that we can read the papers or the webby web sites with the same ease as we watched Burn Notice.

That concept from the old Greeks and Romans, logic, has proven to be a hinderance.

A public health hazard even.

But no one wants to see statistics about heart failure caused by believing in logic.

That home blood pressure kit has not blown a single gasket since we caught up with Burn Notice. The cliffhanger in the last episode of the season had no impact on the readings for our newsroom guinea pig or its 200 pound human equivalent.

Get a job!
There are no jobs.
Create them!
How?
Go to school, they teach all sorts of useful skills there.
I cannot afford to go to school.
Then get a job!

All the above just as an introduction to a factoid for our German readers to test suspending disbelief.

Did you know that, in the US, if you fail to repay a student loan, the creditors can take that money out of your Social Security check? The generally not so big government check you get when you reach retirement age.

A K-landnews contributor held such a notice in his hands. It was addressed to a dead man.