While writers of murder mysteries may create some great stories, they don’t always get their facts straight.  For example, the other day I was listening to a book which listed the murder weapon as a Remington .45 ACP.

Now, I happen to own a Remington .45 but it is not an ACP.  ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol.  At the time that I purchased the Remington .45, I looked at the Colt .45 ACP.  But, since the Colt .45 ACP was more expensive than the identical Remington .45, I purchased the Remington .45 instead.

I guess I am too caught up in the details.  But, there is a $300 price difference between to two.

I read a lot of mystery novels.  And, in every mystery novel, there is at least one hand gun if not more.  But, the authors don’t always get their facts straight.  For example, one author report the sound of a .22 pistol as “deafening”.  No, the sound of a .44 magnum is “deafening”.  The sound of a .22 is a loud “pop” and nothing more.

I have to wonder if the author has ever fired a .22 pistol.

When I worked at Calvin College, parking was a chronic problem.  Or more to the point, illegal parking was a chronic problem.

The worst area for violations was not the library but the field house.   And, it wasn’t from people running in to buy tickets for sports events, it was from people who were there to exercise.

I guess these people did not consider that the walk from the parking lot to the building is also a form of exercise.  Or, maybe they were going to exercise so hard that they would not be able to walk back to their car.

Maybe the field house people should provide valet service for their clients.  It would solve the parking problems and provide some additional revenue.

It is hard to find single women in West Michigan who are Christians.  Part of the problem is the fact that they are Christians.

Most Christian women have Christian husbands.  And because they are Christian, they both are committed to making their marriage work.

But, not every relationship works and divorce does happen.  But, for these Christian women, divorce is a stigma that they can’t over come.  So, having failed in their first marriage, they refuse to try again.  After all, they have brought shame on their family and themselves by failing in their first marriage.  So, to remarry only adds insult to injury.  Therefore, these women just resign themselves to being single.

So, the upshot of all of this is that there are very few West Michigan Christian women on the dating sites.

The other day, I was invited to participate on a conference call.  And, due to the nature of my job, this is a fairly common event.

But, when I called into the conference bridge and announced myself, the host said “Who?”  Thinking that he had not heard me clearly, I repeated my name.  This was followed by “Who are you?”  So, I told him who I was.  Silence followed.  Then he said, “Are you sure you are on the right call?”   I read off the email invitation that I had received from him and he said “OK, I guess I must have invited y0u.”

I dropped off the call shortly there after.

The residents of a small lake north of Lowell have complained about the number of Mute Swans that have taken over their lake.

Mute Swans are an invasive species, and are quite aggressive to everyone and anything in their area.  So, the residents of the lake signed a partition asking the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to do something about the swan population on their lake.

However, the residents were quite horrified when the DNR showed up one morning with “goose guns” and proceed to shoot about 70 of the birds.  I guess the residents expected the DNR to capture and relocate the birds.

Well, at least the DNR picked up the dead birds and disposed of them.  I understand that swan is a delicacy in England.

The Feds have released a recommendation banning the use of cell phones while driving.  I concur with their recommendation.  Having used a cell phone while driving, I can testify that it is definitely a distraction.  Plus, I have witnessed countless drivers on cell phones who are totally oblivious to their surroundings.

While, this would be a difficult law to enforce, it can be done none the less.  After all, the police have sting operations for those not wearing seat belts, the same could be done for cell phone users.

Over the years I have come to know several single women.  And, because I was married when we first met, they were considered friends and nothing more.

But, now that I am single, I thought that it was time to upgrade some of these relationships.  Unfortunately, everyone of them said that they could never think of me as more than a friend.

Now, this surprised me.  After all, we really hit it off as friends so it just seemed to be a natural move to become more involved.  But, women don’t think that way.

I guess it is “once a friend, always a friend.”  So, don’t waste your time trying to date a friend because it won’t happen.

For years and years, we have been buying  Hudsonville  Peppermint Stick ice cream.  And, for years and years, this ice cream had kept the women folk in my house hold happy.  So, when it came back into season recently,  I bought a gallon.

Now, initially, the women folk were happy that I had purchased the  ice cream.  But, after having tasted it, they declared that the pepper mint sticks were “off”.  It just didn’t have the flavor of years past.

So, not wishing to get involved in this debate, I told them women folk to enail their complaints directly to Hudsonville Ice Cream.

Yes!!

It appears that President Obama has adopted a new slogan for his reelection campaign. It is “Winning the Future”.

Of course, “Winning the Future” is referred to as WTF, a comment that some of us have had about the Obama administration for a very long time.