Our newspaper , to my knowledge, has never won a Pulitzer for news reporting and I fear that each day it gets further away from that prize.  The highlight of each week is its Wednesday food report.  They normally include something on the order of ” 12 ways to incorporate the rutabaga into Tex-Mex cooking”.  Despite this vast wasteland of news reporting I continue to read from cover to cover hoping to glean some tidbit that tickles my fancy.  Today the handed me that tidbit.

It has been reported, by someone else, that the little twerp who runs Korea just had 5 high level leaders killed for “enraging” him.  Enraging?  Whoa there Joe Bob.  I need some clarification.  What are the levels of enragement and what punishments do each carry? Mildly pissed=10 years at hard labor.  Miffed= your family joins you at the labor camp? mad as hell=two of your children are confiscated by the state? Enraged=killed.  Just a couple of weeks ago his half-brother was killed in Australia, by being poisoned at the airport.  What got my attention in this situation was his method of execution.  He killed them with anti-aircraft guns.  Anti-aircraft guns are used to shoot down bombers that fly over the city in an air raid.  They go to a certain altitude and starburst in hopes of striking a flying plane.  I would not think that it would be a precisely aimed instrument.  It boggles my mind that someone would think of executing an enemy by shooting them with such a weapon.  This is “pull the wings off a butterfly” type stuff.  His penchant for such stuff should have cropped up at an early age and should have been dealt with by that older half-brother that just got killed.

I know that killing someone is one of the “shalt nots” but hopefully the good Lord will ring up Donald and give him the okay to send that boy forward.  He is just not worth keeping around.  He is waiting on an opportunity to do something flashy and I really fear that our country is at the head of the list of places he wants to inconvenience.

GC

I am really quite fortunate in that I have few really severe health problems.  I have diabetes, which is the most serious ailment, and then some aches and pains type problems.  For a person who has been overweight for many years I consider myself very lucky not to have already departed to a better place,  but no, I am still running around.  I rarely think of my age because I feel many years younger than my age.  I remain inquisitive, and I am as active as I can be.  I think the lord on a regular basis for my good fortune.

My first notice on Facebook this morning was a notice concerning the death of our fellow classmate, Bill Wigley.  Although he did not live in Pecos for long, he was one who I considered a friend.  Bill was very intelligent and finished very high in the class rankings at graduation.  After leaving for college it is my information that he attained a master’s degree and spent much of his professional life in China, the far East and south America. I wish I had reconnected with him sooner and knew more about his life.

It bums me out when I find that one of us has succumbed.  It makes me realize that life is fragile and we should all be living life to its fullest everyday.  I think about mortality.  I wish I didn’t do that.

Gary