• Berkeley County apparently spruced up their page. It’s much cleaner than the old one and easier to navigate. I wonder if they paid for it, or someone did it in house. If they paid someone else to do it, I’d like to see them keep that in their coffers so as not to raise taxes since they can’t manage their finances effectively.

• My only comment about this one is…how can it be an ‘in-flight collision with water?’ I’m just sayin’ – at the point you hit water, an actual body of water…I think you are no longer in flight. Maybe ‘controlled flight into water’ much like ‘controlled flight into terrain’ (CFIT) would be appropriate.

• And of course, the Sanford debacle. Honestly, I only skim some of the articles because I’m not terribly concerned about it. He was cheating on his wife while he ‘governed’ before, so what the hell does it matter that he’s a cheating, lying douchebag (speaking from experience, I know some that still function pretty well (at least to themselves) as lying, cheating douchebags)? It really shouldn’t change his ability or lack thereof, depending on your opinion, to run the state. I also did chuckle about how his religious beliefs have become some fodder for the whole thing. Seriously, regardless of what he believes in, he’s still human, and we all make mistakes. Sure, one would like to think someone who is religious or faithful may be a little more virtuous than the rest of us, but I think it’s absurd to think that it makes him any better than someone else who’d do the same.

Short work week for me. I look forward to sleeping in on Friday. The last few days and a large portion of last week have been a little hectic. Some days I hit the ground running and don’t park my ass at my desk for more than an hour or so a day, and that’s often around lunch time or 5 o’clock. It’s seriously been hampering my ability to goof off complete paperwork and other projects.

I’m excited for the weekend, I’m going to hit the beach on Saturday with Justin and Coleman, and I assume some other people there. Last beach excursion in April (Damn, it seems so far away, yet so vivid in memory) I got a spotted sunburn because someone was unfamiliar with such things as how to apply suntan lotion (the spray type). It promises to be fun!

…U.S. officials stressed that there was no need for panic, noting that flu outbreaks are common every year. The CDC estimates that about 36,000 people in the United States died of flu-related causes each year, on average, in the 1990s.

So quit freaking out already. The media is doing nothing but making people freak out! The custodian at work gave me a can of antiseptic spray for my office yesterday out of fear of this swine flu. I mean…for real? I can draw a line to the bird flu, and since 2003 only 257 people have died from it (Source: WHO). They freaked out about it several years ago and now we hear nothing.

Chill, people. Take ordinary flu precautions and stop working everyone else into a frenzy about something that stands a pretty good chance to be a passing episode.

The smoke did not become a full-fledged fire, but firefighters did about $500 in damage when they cut part of a deck and the wall to get at the smoldering area, Kolberg said.

No, dumbass, the fire did the damage.   The fire department put it out.   Should they have left the deck intact and waited until the house totally went up in flames?   It’s crap like that that annoys me…the negative spin.   A more acceptable wording would be:

“The smoke did not become a full-fledged fire, but firefighters did have to remove part of a deck and wall to ensure the fire was out.”

Look ma!   No negative connotations!