WHAT'S IN THE NEWS AND OTHER STUFF

I'm sure you will be happy to learn that I'm not going to talk about last night's dream.  I'll just mention the characters and topics.

The Social Security headquarters cafeterias.

My late wife.

My Cousin Tom.

A shifty-eyed student.

A stolen diabetes testing kit.

A series of elevators.

A cryptic message.

Can you make up a story using those ingredients?

 

Weird Words

Starting today, I will try to include a new word in my writing - every day. You can avoid them because reading them is a facultative activity.

(A synonym for facultative = optional,)

(The following comments are my "take" on news items that I encountered this morning.)

Requiring a BIG Detention Center

Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona tweeted that one billion people were trying to enter the U.S. illegally in the past 6 months.

That would mean that 64 people per second were detained as they were climbing over fences or wading streams. 

Ms. Lesko has now removed her Tweet.

Human Batteries

Osaka, Japan researchers have developed a prototype wearable device that monitors blood pressure and pulse and also generates the power for the device from body movements.

Wow!  Just let your imagination soar and think about the applications that could utilize this function.

But, Senator ...You Said ... 

Senator Mike Lee of Utah has been caught in lies connected to our former president.

Wait! Wait!  Don't all U.S. Senators lie about something?  I thought it was a Congressional requirement.

Oh Good!

CNET.com reports that Rolls Royce is redesigning its hood ornament, "The Spirit of Ecstasy" to make it more aerodynamic.  Apparently they thought that the old version would lower the driving range for its electric models.

Better hurry to buy a Rolls with the old version, it may become a collector's item.

Doctor Acquitted

An Ohio Medical Doctor has been acquitted in a trial where prosecutors said that he had hastened the deaths of seriously ill patients by giving them massive doses of Fentanyl.  The doctor convinced the jury that he was only trying to ease the pain of dying patients.

When I had leg problems with 10-level pain, a famous Hopkins Dermatologist prescribed the application of fentanyl patches. Immediately my pain went away.  I wore the patches until my legs healed.  Afterwards I had to be weaned off the drug like an addict, but I don't know what I would have done without Fentanyl.

A Hardened Criminal?

An 8-year-old boy was pulled off his bicycle by Syracuse, New York policemen who arrested him.  He was charged with stealing a bag of Doritos. 

A bag of Doritos costs $3 at Walmart.

He was released in the custody of his father, who plans to sue. 

 

Confession

When I was 8-years-old my Uncle Jimmie gave me a hunting jacket.  It was a mile too big, but I loved it because its giant pockets were big enough to hold the packages of fig newtons that I snitched from the local A and P.

Luckily, I was never caught, but I did develop a lot of cavities.  I stopped my evil ways when relatives sent me to Sunday School. 

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