Wednesdays Digressions

• If I was in charge of America address The World I would make an announcement something like this regarding the Somali pirate being held on US soil after his conviction (also, the associated sentence of which would be very reasonable)- say 3-5 years. While the US retains the right to defend her ships with deadly force and prosecute future cases to the fullest extent of the law due to the low rank of this pirate, young age, lack of death and serious wounds the crew of MAERSK Alabama he will be held in a federal facility and if he avails himself of educational opportunities, shows remorse and a willingness to become a productive member of society while serving his sentence following completion he will be allowed to stay in the US- if he so desires...






• No, I know a politician wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole but, if you knew something of how the minds of people beside the redneck sitting next to you (specifically a Somali whom I will assure you is also a Muslim) you'd know it's hard to buy the kind of goodwill that gesture would purchase- cheaply.






• It would practically guarantee better treatment and release of future hostages and disarm the pirates and other US haters propagandistic use of the guy, whether he rotted in a US prison or was freed to his home country after prison.





• Almost any cover of an old song these days is easily as good and usually better than the original.





• Missed a call from my office to care for an infant hospice patient- may have sang a different tune after taking it but, I'm very sorry I missed it.





• So far youngest patient is 42 oldest 100.





• Was surprised recently while talking to an official who is strongly pro death penalty to find he didn't know the answer to a simple question about how it was carried out. In fact I knew more about it the entire procedure than he did.





• Bad toupees freak me out a little. Mostly because there are such good quality ones available and shaved heads are so accepted and look good as long the guy has a well shaped head. I had a friend once that it was a year before I knew he wore a hairpiece. We were working out with big weights and since he didn't have me spot him, when he got in trouble he had to let a barbell go behind the spots the weights sit on the bench and fall to the floor. The barbell rubbed his hairpiece off revealing a big open area- he looked like he had been scalped. He had been shot in the head a few years before.





• I know a lot of people who've been shot.




• Have rediscovered the show Brisco County Jr. starring Bruce Campbell. The episode I watched was very good however as I recall that show jumped the shark very quickly over some kind of quest for a "mysterious orb" which totally ruined an otherwise good show. If you want to check it look it up on joost.com