Headline could be misinterpreted by the grammatically challenged!

Wow! This headline takes on a whole new meaning when you remove the hyphen!

"Scott Kalitta Killed in Funny-Car Crash"

I had to do a double-take.

In other news, James E. Hansen (of NASA fame), warned the House of Representatives:
"Practically, I don't see how we can stop putting the oil in the atmosphere, because that's owned by Russia and Saudi Arabia,"

Wait, Russia and Saudi Arabia own the atmosphere now? Where have I been?

Energy Drink Ban

So, this might be old news to some (read: most), but several states in the U.S. are trying to stop minors from purchasing energy drinks; begging the question: are energy drinks for adults? I was under the impression they were created specifically for teenagers. When I was in high school, we had to take it upon ourselves to mix Mountain Dew with Jolt, and pour a bunch of Kool-Aid and sugar into a big thermos so we could survive the six hour school day.

An article in the Niagara Falls Review is trying to raise further concern by saying: "...students who drink alcohol mixed with energy drinks are at a higher risk for injury and other alcohol-related consequences, compared to students who drink alcohol alone..."

Dr. Mary "Iron-Fist" Claire O'Brien then hammers the point home with this terrifying twosome of redundancy: "They can drink longer without feeling drunk and drink more without feeling drunk." So the article is basically saying: "Look, we all know that students drink alcohol. There's no stopping that. However, some of them are mixing their booze with energy drinks like Monster, or Cocaine thus allowing them to drink more in a shorter period of time, achieving a level of super drunkenness that had previously not been seen outside of the rodeo. And that's not good for anyone. Except liquor stores and 7/11."

So, the new plan, instead of enforcing laws on something they've already put an age restriction on, is to find something that people use in conjunction with said item, and ban it too, in hope that everything will just work itself out. What's next on the chopping block? Cigarettes? Oh wait!

Are you kidding me!?

IT IS JUNE 10TH AND IT'S SNOWING! It's June 10th, and I'll be wearing my WINTER COAT today! It's JUNE 10TH and I've just gone crazy. I'd take a picture, but I'm too busy crying ... and blogging about it apparently.

The writing process

So I've got this book I'm working on, and each night I grab the laptop with every intention of getting a solid couple pages in before bed; well, in bed rather. Before sleep. Anyway. I've started to notice that my writing process starts with a good hour of doing absolutely nothing. Which ... fine. Whatever. But unfortunately, that hour is just about long enough for me to get nice and comfortable and well ... tired. I sit here, in bed, with the laptop's ventilation system firmly clogged by a mass of covers, which causes is to get mighty warm. Then the age old formula comes into play: Warmth + Lack of Mental Activity * n = Sleep.

I'm trying this thing where I don't revise my writing. I just write and write and write. I used to go back and re-write my first chapter several times, and never actually make any progress; but I'll have you know that first chapter always had the savage-good. I think that was my old writing process: revise and re-write for hours until I lost interest in writing anything new. Someday, perhaps I'll find a balance of revisions and staring blankly at a word document. That can't be very good for my eyes in the dark anyway.

Well, now that I've revised this blog about five times, it's time to pass out. Good night, internet.

Summer, Winter ... Repeat

Do I just have glorified childhood memories, or did there used to be these seasons called "Spring" and "Fall"? It seems for the last several years it's been snowing one day and in the 70's the next. Now don't get me wrong, I much prefer the latter, but a little adjustment period would be nice. I'm sweating like a (insert offensive metaphor here) on Thanksgiving. If you can think of something good to fill in the blank let me know, and I'll come up with a prize for you.