[BigWaveBetty]

Was that the big apt. fire in California a few weeks ago? Do you think they (the powers that give us such things) will classify this as a smoking related death? Too bad albore doesn't smoke!

HLL, don't you have an interesting story to tell about the last couple of days? Hmmmmmmm?!

[lodwick]

Yet another genius:

JUST A FLESH WOUND: Corey O'Connor, 23, of Toledo, Ohio, was hospitalized
after an incident in a bar's parking lot. A witness said she was having
an argument with a man when O'Connor attempted to break it up. As
O'Connor tried to pull a gun out of his pocket, she says, it went off.
The bullet struck him in the leg -- after passing through his scrotum.
He was reported in serious condition. (Toledo Blade) ...Everyone agrees
it's "serious," yet most seem to laugh at the story.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Oh duh, I forgot to say why I have been gone for the past couple days. Aside from working my tushy off, I have been sailing with a new friend, having very nice dinners, and more sailing. We saw the Detroit-Windsor fireworks on the Detroit River. They are the biggest in North America, all from his cockpit. They were amazing.

Tonight we are going out on the boat to watch the fireworks of several cities around my lake. It's really fun to watch about 10 towns do all their fireworks from the middle of the lake.