A retirement community in California has taken to growing Marijuana for their own medical use. While there are plenty of Marijuana clinics in the state, there are none close to the retirement community. Plus, it is difficult for the residence to get around. So, growing their own seemed like the logical choice.

Besides getting relief from glaucoma and the nausea associated with various medications, it stimulates their appetites. A few puffs on a bong and the next thing you know you have a craving for cheese curls and Ho Hos.

Maybe it would help my relatives gain some weight.

A judge in India has granted a motorcycle license to a 3 year old boy. Of course, the boy has to ride a specially modified motor cycle since his legs aren’t long enough to reach the peddles.

And while he may be able to go through the motions of operating a motorcycle, I doubt that he is mature enough to make reactive decisions if needed. I am sure it will only be a matter of time before we hear about him loosing control and running into a crowd.

Besides, where does a 3 year old have to drive to, day care?

We recently attended the birthday party for one of Kathy’s aunts. What makes this a surprise is that we thought she died 20 years ago.

I guess you could say that we weren’t close.

The host of a TV crime show in Mexico is accused of murdering people just to up the rating of the show. The police got suspicious when they noticed that he arrived at the crime scenes moments after the they did.

I imagine that he had the whole story written before the crime even took place.

Les Paul has died at the age of 94.  For most people, Les Paul was just a name but for us musicians, Les Paul was a music legend.

As the inventor of the solid body electric guitar and multi-track recording, Les Paul could be called the father of rock and roll.  Even with out rock and roll, Les Paul advanced the music industry from the dark ages into the present.

As a musician, Les performed weekly until his recent hospitalization.  Though he never garnered the fame like John Lennon, he was, none the less, a music icon.

Les Paul, we will miss you!

A 60 year man was recently sentenced for groping Minnie Mouse at Disney World. I am sure that he thought it was funny at the time. But, Minnie was offended and the man was arrested.

Personally, I never thought of Minnie Mouse as a sex object.

The poor Congo university student. Living in a country where he never knows from one moment to the next if he will be caught in the cross fire of rival rebels or systematically hunted down for his tribal back ground. So, he probably thought that attending a speech by Hillary Clinton would be a safe place to be. But, he was wrong.

He asked Hillary about the presidents view of world finance. Unfortunately, the translator misspoke and asked what president Clinton though of world finance. Hillary immediately had a major melt down and announced to the world that she was the Secretary of State and not Bill.

The poor student didn’t understand why his question upset her. Finally, Hillary, the translator and the student came to an understanding of the problem and all was resolved. Well, not quite.

Hillary needs to understand that she represents the United States and not Hillary Clinton. Her actions were totally undiplomatic and certainly not befitting the Secretary of State of the United States. What’s more, she has announced to the world that she has a personal weakness, a fault that will not go unnoticed by enemies of the US.

Six months on the job and already she is creating international incidents. Maybe she should go back to being a Senator. After all, they don’t have to be diplomatic.

The State of Michigan is in the process of installing a new guard rail system on all of the Interstate roads. Unlike the old solid metal guard rails, the new system consists of three horizontal steel cables supported every few feet by a metal post.

The idea of the system is to keep vehicles from crossing over the median into on coming traffic. To accomplish this, the cable system runs continuously along the edge of the median. The only breaks in the cable system are for the occasional emergency turn arounds.

Of course, the new system also prevents law enforcement types from hiding in the median, waiting to entrap some unsuspecting motorist.

In one spot in particular, the police liked to hide in the median behind a bridge post. They have used that spot so many times that they have a dirt two track worn in the grass. Now, the new rail system goes across their little spot. Too bad.

While it will take a few years to complete this project, it will be very beneficial since most fatal accidents on the Interstate involve someone crossing over the median into on coming traffic.  And, over the years, I have seen my share of such accidents.

Early morning trips to Meijer’s (regional grocery chain) usually yield some interesting customers. Today was no exception.

As I was traveling down one of the isles, I noticed a woman squeezing the toilet paper. At first I thought that she was comparing brands but no, she was comparing rolls of the same brand.

She would take a package down from the shelf, give it a couple of squeezes, put it back and then take down another package. Finally, I guess that she found the perfect rolls and put them in her cart.

I bet she is a riot in the produce department.

I have been working from our dinning room table the past few days. This means that I have my laptop set up in the same spot where I would normally eat. So, when meal time occurs, I have to close my laptop and relocate it. Then, after I eat, I bring my laptop back to the table.

But, then I got to thinking that my laptop is not that thick so I could just close it up and set my plate on top of it. Kind of like a high tech place mat.

Well, needless to say, my wife did not approve of the idea. Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.