Odd or Interesting Things

Here is my latest thoughts on the passing scene:

• The Journal Inquirer, my local newspaper, has been taking out full page ads in every issue in an attempt to get people to guarantee that public notices continue to get published (and paid for) by local government.  From their ads, it would seem that Democracy itself hangs in the balance, when in fact all that is really hanging in the balance is a cash cow that is going to stop giving the JI it's daily milk delivery.
• Connecticut has a new gun law that has absolutely no hope of controlling crime, nor stopping the massacre in whose name it was passed.  And our Governor has lied obviously and publicly about that fact, to thunderous applause.  Is this how Democracy really dies?
• Baby chickens double in size every two days, and eat and poop their weight daily.
• It is best not to store your snowblower in a mice infested shed during the summer.  If you do, one or more of them will take up residence in the engine cowling, and then snack on your ignition wire.  This will cause great frustration in the following winter when your snowblower seems to randomly die after 30 inches of snow fall on your driveway.
• Shooting guns is fun!  However, 12 gauge shotguns can leave a bruise on your shoulder if you don't hold it right.  And a Colt .45 doesn't have nearly as much recoil as everyone seems to say it does.  On the other hand, Clint Eastwood was right when he said that a .44 Magnum would "blow your head clean off"
• To the folks who say we should not put armed guards in schools, should we then eliminate SRO (police officers) from schools?  Do they make high schools look like prisons?
• Our cars are ever more reliable, and complicated.  This is great when everything works right.  When it doesn't, boy is it hard to figure out what is wrong.
• Mad Men is a great show.  Even when it sucks, its good.