I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it, just the thousands out there marked "occupant."

You're flying along at 35,000' and look out the window at the jet engine. Are you supposed to see the insides? If not, are you about to die? And if you are, do you stop to take a picture with your cell phone's camera?

We use the word hero too easily. Someone is not a hero because they died. Those killed on Sept. 11 were victims, not heroes, despite what the talking heads said. A hero is someone who knowingly goes into a situation that might result in their death or serious injury in order to save someone else from harm. So the Phoenix cop who went into a neighborhood looking for a convicted felon who had fled from police at a traffic stop was a legitimate hero. Officer Travis Murphy, 29 years old, leaves behind a wife and two children, the youngest just two weeks old.

It's getting warm here. I waited until after lunch to go for my bike ride which may have been too late; it was in the lower 90's by then. However, in a month or two that will be the overnight low, so rides like this will prepare my body for what lies ahead.

Most adjectives come in three forms, the base, the comparative and the superlative.
Big, bigger, biggest.
Name an adjective that has no comparative or superlative form.
(If you can't think of one you could come Sunday, 'cause we're going to talk about one that's very important.)

One of the tasks on my list for today was a haircut. I take off my glasses for that, which means I couldn't see the man who took the chair next to me. He was there to have his gray hair colored. He said he wanted it to look "like that man's." Took me awhile to figure out he was talking about me!
Huh??
I can't figure out why women have their hair colored, but it's just plain WRONG for men. And why in the world would some guy choose my hair as his goal?

According to an NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo poll released today, 61% of Americans favor Arizona's new law on illegal immigrants - 70% of Whites but only 31% of Hispanics.
Phoenix has lost another convention because of the law. This latest one would have brought 7,000 people to the city. That is balanced, at least in part, by the thousands who either have come or plan to come here to protest the law.

Here's a gadget that might come in handy at your job:
Office Clock

Important round of golf a week from today. And it's going to be played on the Gold Course at The Wigwam. Pressure!

The reunion of Daniel Webster Elementary School's 6th grade class that was held two weekends ago was such a success that the hostess, one of our classmates, has decided to have another one in 2012 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our graduation and promotion to Jr. High. That gives me two years to decide if I want to attend. At this point I'd pass.
Would you go to yours?