May 17, 2013

Last week, I posted news about a river guide who was swallowed then regurgitated alive by a hippopotamus. I did not know at the time that the attack occurred 17 years ago, but made news last week because the victim was finally sharing his story with the press. I apologize for being unclear last week, and no, this does not count as one of this week's thoughts:


A clear sign that you need time away from the people around you: eyes strained from rolling.

Do you think a lot of the current issues plaguing the world would be solved if they'd just consult the guys at the barber shop?

One reason to start journalling: to identify what events led to the moment you snapped.


Kanye West lost his temper with a paparazzi photog after he (Kanye) walked into a street sign while walking with girlfriend Kim Kardashian. Kanye says he collided with the sign (which read "Wrong Way"; how's that for irony?) because he was keeping his head down to avoid another photog. Nice job, guy.

From the "Now I've Heard Everything" desk: There is a movement to have 19-year-old Boston marathon bombing suspect  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev released from federal custody. A significant number of Twitter followers of the #freejihar movement have posted tweets indicating that Tsarnaev is "too beautiful" to be a terrorist.

I'm very impressed with Angelina Jolie, who revealed this week that she had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer after a test revealed she had a genetic probability of 87% for the disease. What a powerful way to take control of her medical future. And, as a testament to modern advances in medicine, while dealing with this these past several months, she continued to make public appearances, and no one culd tell.

The New York Post is reporting on a new trend among wealthy Manhattan attendees at amusement parks: hiring wheelchair-bound patrons to pose as family members to help them get moved to the head of long waiting lines. These "black market guides" can earn more than $130 per hour for this service. According to one commentator, this is an ingenious way to give employment to the disabled.

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to NewYork made an emergency stop in Kansas City to take a passenger into custody because she would not stop singing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. I haven't decided if this is just a very bizarre story, or a big posthumous diss to the late diva. One thing that's clear: they will not always love her.

A Jupiter, Florida man accidentally shot himself in the leg at a bowling alley when he swung his bowling ball, and bumped the revolver in his pocket, once again proving that exercise can be dangerous.




Some of us really work hard to make it all about ourselves. Are you really affected if your brother's girlfriend's uncle's plumber's neighbor won the lottery?

Agape' -- P