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It's amazing how hungry a person gets when he has to fast in preparation for blood tests. I rarely go 8 hours without a meal, never mind 12 without anything. I'm an hour into this, but who's counting?

Sheriff Joe Arapaio, our local embarrassment, has asked Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal to turn in his badge. Seems the sheriff thinks Shaq's much-publicized rap about Kobe that's all over the internet contains language unbecoming an officer. And Sheriff Joe had recently not just made Shaq a deputy, but had promoted him to colonel.
Every once in awhile playing to the crowd comes back to bite you in the arse.

Is Amy Winehouse this generation's Janis Joplin?

A young man tried to commit suicide here today. His plan was to jump off a freeway overpass onto the I-10 downtown, but the police foiled his plan by getting two semi's to park underneath him and break his fall. Unfortunately a couple of the officers received minor injuries during the incident.
I know that suicide is, at a basic level, a very selfish act. It places one's own feelings above the feelings of everyone else and doesn't consider their grief and anguish. But how can you help but be touched by despair that deep? Suicide isn't painless for anyone; it is very sad.

So are the effects of depression and anxiety. Which is why I'm bothered by the press' announcement that Heather Locklear is being treated at a local clinic for those two afflictions. Seems to me like piling on.

Did you see the article on Dobson's criticism of Obama for the latter's comments on applying the Bible to life? One of the disappointments in that article is that Dobson never answered the issue Obama raised. So, what is the answer?
You're welcome at Pathway! As it turns out we've been working through that very issue over the last several weeks.

We're experiencing some trauma at our house. This morning the cable guy came out and switched us over to digital cable. We got a deal that actually reduces our monthly bill while upgrading our service. But digital cable means a new remote that works differently than the old one that came with our sound system. Worse, we still need the old one for certain functions on that sound system. I came home to find Pam watching the news and listening to rock and roll because she couldn't figure out how to work the two remotes and get the TV sound.
I'm going to type up a sheet of instructions...in large print.

Anybody got something to eat?