Newspapers say the darndest things

There was a large fire in the De Luz Canyon area few months ago. It destroyed some homes. The L.A. Times sent out a reporter to get a quote from the locals, and he met an old fellow who lost his house to the fire. The paper reported him saying this:

"First came the smoke and then the flames down the canyon that chased us out," said Gaynor Bean, 85, whose home was destroyed. "All I got out with was my wallet. Sometimes life isn't very good."

I think that should be one of the mantras of a good system of belief: "Sometimes life isn't very good." Period. He's 85, and he's got that figured out.

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There was a headline I read while in Calgary that said "Armed Forces Report a High Rate of Stress," about a study done that says that many people in the military have a higher amount of stress in their lives because of the constant moves, the demands of the job, and, oh, maybe the fact that THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO KILL YOU? I don't blame the people who did the study though -- it's the reporter who did such a bad job of explaining why the report was relevant and productive.

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I also include this brief snippet from Clint, the Canadian, about his trip back North on the Grayhound bus:

Hi, I just wanted you guys to know that I have arrived in Vancouver hale and hearty. The food you sent me off with was an absolute life saver!

I got to see the state capitol in Sacremento, and some of Portland. We had some stopover time. Portland was really nice.

My only complaint is that the bathrooms in the stations were unspeakably evil. And I dropped one of the pop cans on the bus and heard it roll up to the front; I was going to go retreive it but I heard it get picked up and immediately opened and consumed. It's jungle law in there...

Be Wickbag, Clint

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