Recently, a drunk driver hit an on coming car killing a husband, wife and two children.  The drunk driver sustained only minor injuries. The drunk driver was driving on a revoked license.

Unfortunately, this is all too familiar.  The drunk looses his/her drivers license, but drives any way.  Then, when they get in an accident, they serve 90 days in the county jail only to drive drunk again.

So, the question becomes how to protect the public from drunk drivers.  In this area, the judicial system is a total failure.

Of course, if the drunk happened to have some child pornography on his/her PC, he/she could get life.  But, if the drunk just runs over and kills three children on their way home from school, he/she might get only 2 years in prison.

Where is the justice!??  I don’t get it !!!!  Don’t get me started!

The other day, I had a craving for fish for lunch.  And since there was a Long John Silver just down the road, I thought that I would give it a try.

I ordered their White Fish fillets and got them to go.  When I got back to my office, I opened the box and took a bite.  What I tasted was salt followed by grease.  YUCK!!  The breading was as thick as the fish and they were both pretty tasteless.  Finally, I put some tartar sauce on the fish in an effort to hide the taste of salt and grease.

The fries were just as bad.  They were very soggy and tasteless.  Fortunately I had some ketchup to hide the grease.

I ended up throwing out most of the meal as it was truly uneatable.

I think I know why Yum wants to get rid of them.  It is too bad.  There could really be a market for fast food breaded fish.

The other night, when I got home, it looked like there was home made tapioca on the stove.  I started to stick my finger into it for a sample but changed my mind.  Later I found out that it was really paper machete paste.

I am glad that I waited.

A recent study noted that obese people often drink diet sodas.  Therefore, they think that there is a correlation between diet sodas and obesity.

Well, all of the obese women that I work with eat oatmeal every day for breakfast.  And these women and been eating oatmeal for breakfast for many years.  So, I think that there is also a correlation between oatmeal and obesity.

A Rhode Island judge has banned a 17 year old from driving for life.  The youth, who was driving on a suspended license, crashed his car injuring himself and his three passengers.

While I applaud the judge for being concerned about not having the youth on the road again, he has missed one critical factor, the license of the youth was already suspended.  Therefore, the youth should never have been on the road in the first place.   So, if a suspended license did not deter the youth from driving, I doubt that a life long driving suspension will have any appreciable effect.

Sorry your Honor, close but no cigar.

The other day at work, a co-worker came up to me and said “Please save me!”  She then handed me a half eaten bag of caramel corn and ran off.  Well OK.  I guess it was kind of like leaving a baby on a door step.

I suspect that she was afraid that she would eat the whole bag of caramel corn.  Lacking the will power to throw it away, she gave it to me.  I  guess she was afraid that if she threw it away herself, she would dig it out of the trash later.

Of course, if she got really desperate, she could always go to the concession stand and purchase another bag.

What ever!  Working for the state is never dull.

The other night, I was trying to figure out what to have for supper when the thought of tomato soup entered my mind.  Since I didn’t have any in the house, I headed for the store.

On the way to the store, I decided that tomato soup and a ham and Swiss on rye would really hit the spot.  Since I didn’t have any ham or Swiss or rye, I would also need to get those at the store.

But, on the way to the store, I saw the local Burger King and decided that a Whopper would hit the spot with less hassle.  So, I never made it to the store.

The Whopper was very tasty.

About 20 years ago, I was introduced to pine nuts as a garnish for a spinach salad.  I absolutely loved them.  But, they were expensive.

Recently, I was in Sam’s club and spotted a large bag of them for a very reasonable price.  So, I purchased them.

Now, today, I am reading that some pine nuts are poisonous and not fit for human consumption.

Traditionally, pine nuts come from Italy and are expensive.  But lately, cheap pine nuts are being imported from China.  It is the China imports that need to be checked.

The editable pine nuts are long in shape.  The poisonous pine nuts are not.

Eating the poisonous pine nuts will leave a metallic taste in your mouth which will last for several days.  While it is not fatal, it is also not desirable.

I need to check my bargain nuts as I have yet to use any.  May be they weren’t such a good deal.

In an effort to find a new source of orange juice for my breakfast at work, I started checking out other brands of individually packaged OJ.

The first one that caught my eye said “100 % Natural Juice.”  Well, that seemed to be what I was looking for so I decided to check it out.  The first ingredient was “water”.  OK?  The second ingredient was “high fructose corn syrup.”  Not OK!  So, it went right back on the shelf.

I guess the juice that was added to the water and high fructose corn syrup was 100% natural.

I like the prepackaged individual servings of Minute Maid Orange Juice.  I take them to work with me and drink them in the morning for breakfast.

But, when I went to Meijer (regional grocery chain) to buy more, they were out.  They had lots of Minute Maid juice boxes but no orange juice.  No problem, I will just go to another store and buy it.

Unfortunately, when I got to the other store, it was the same thing.  There were lots of Minute Maid juice boxes but no orange juice.

A quick check on the internet explained why.  Apparently Minute Maid had some concerns about traces of pesticides in the orange juice so they are investigating the issue.

Since it may be a while before the juice is back on the shelf, I will need to find another source for my morning orange juice.