It's a cold Monday here in Western NY. I know I didn't blog yesterday but even God rested on Sunday (haha....I crack myself up).

I'd like us all to take a moment to realize just how precious life is. Over the weekend in Brookfield Wis, a man walked into a room where a church service was being held and started shooting. In all, he killed seven people, including the minister and his son and wounded four other people. He then shot himself. He had been a member of the congregation. It just goes to show you, one day you can be going along like la la la and then boom!!!!

Ridiculous item of the day: Just when you thought it was safe to take otc medicine; think again, it could come back and put you in jail. A former judge in California found himself in jail after a urine test showed traces of alcohol. Judge William Danser had been under house arrest for fixing traffic tickets for friends and acquaintances and was ordered to spend 90 days with an electronic monitoring device (like Martha Stewart). One of the requirements is that he had to stay away from alcohol. Well wouldn't you know it, Danser got sick and as luck (or lack of luck) would have it got an unexpected visit from his probation officer. In bed, as a result of his bad cough, Danser had to take a urine test and that's when the alcohol was found. The culprit: the NyQuil he had taken for his cough. He was only 7 days from the end of his sentence but he still had to spend a week in the clinker. Next time he might want to try an herbal remedy.

That's all for now. Wherever you are today I hope you are smiling.

paul