I'm with Stupid.

The year is winding down with significant news developments all over. Health care reform is going to the wire over the next two weeks. Our state is nearly bankrupt and the pain is going to be felt locally no matter how they solve that problem. Major decisions loom in economic and climate arenas.  Oh, and if you need distraction from all of that, there's all kinds of entertainment, plus there are only 8 shopping days until Christmas.

So what, do you suppose, is the number one most-viewed story in the Buffalo News in the past 24 hours?

Swordsman Pleads Guilty to Cutting Off Man's Nose

And, by acclamation, the number one comment on that story?

Where was this guy when you needed him at a Streisand concert?

Sweet relief

I just got out of a Friday morning court appearance, close to three hours from here in good weather, that would have eaten tomorrow night alive and kept me away from hearth and home all day Friday, when Eleanor has her next followup appointment. That afternoon will still be a wipeout for me, but it'll only take me as far as Rochester, and not until after she's done with the docs.

Incidentally, we've both noticed that, when we describe last Friday night's accident to people, many are overcome with what can only be described as a ::koff:: burning desire to tell us, in similar detail, That Same Thing Wot Happened To Them. Based on these stories, I have resolved never ever to touch the following items again:

* a stove, particularly a glass-topped one;
* a tea kettle;
* a Pop Tart (not much of a problem with that;)
* [insert your skin-crawling story here]

Also, if the burned body part begins with a "t," I don't want to hear ANYTHING about it. No, it was not a story about a tibia.