I watched a movie the other night titled “Happy Valley” It was a documentary about prescription drug abuse. The top state for prescription drug abuse is Utah. That’s right, Utah.

While those Mormons don’t drink or smoke, they do like their pills and other illegal drugs. They have even gone so far as to fake injuries so that they can get their prescription pain killers. Then, once they get the prescription, they up the quantity by adding a zero to the number. Then, they pop their way into ecstasy.

Some of these people have lost just about everything to prescription pain killers. And yet, the LDS refuse to admit that their members have a serious drug problem.

Sad.

An airport in Sweden was noticing that their internet was running slow. When they got to checking on it, they discovered that a large number of employees were watching porn. Several people got fired.

I guess Sweden is not as sexually liberated as we were led to believe.

Father Cutie has finally come out of the closet. He has admitted that he likes women.

It seems that the good Father was photographed caressing a young woman. When confronted about the event, he said he was still celibate. However, he has now admitted that he is going to leave the priesthood and marry the woman he was seen with.

Of course, Father Cutie could become an Episcopalian priest, marry the woman, and then transfer back into the Roman Catholic church as a married priest and that would be acceptable.

If they would let priests marry, then they might have fewer sex scandals and more priests. Maybe this new pope will see the light.

The Orioles are back. Actually, they have been back for a few weeks now but we haven’t been able get a picture of them.

They like to eat from our humming bird feeder which is right in front of our dinning room slider. But, because they are so very shy, they fly off whenever they see any movement in the house. Fortunately, this one perched closed enough to get photographed.

Early spring is the only time that we see them. Once the trees leaf out, they will be gone so we enjoy them while we can.

The new Camaro was unveiled the other night. It was a media event with live coverage on TV.

While they tried to hype the event, I looked at one days before sitting at the local dealship here in Lowell. Plus, I saw several of them on a car carrier on the way home from work the other night.

At a time when gas is expensive and the auto industry is hurting, I am amazed at the number of muscle cars that are being produced.

I had lunch in a Chinese restaurant the other day. They had a large aquarium there stocked with large fish. Whenever I see a large fish tank in a restaurant, I have to wonder if it is for show or on the menu.

When I was in Philadelphia a few years ago, there was a Chinese restaurant that had blowfish on the menu. And to advertise it, they had the fish tanks in the window.

I guess you could pick out the fish that you wanted, kind of like Red Lobster.

Father Cutie (his real name) has been relieved of all duties.  It seems that pictures have surfaced of the 30ish priest caressing a 30ish woman on a Miami beach.  Apparently the good Father is having second thoughts about the celibacy issue.

I am sure that this issues comes as a complete shock to the church which is used to dealing with priests and little boys.

As a part of an all expense paid trip to San Jose by a company based in that location, the six of us were taken out to dinner at a very expensive restaurant in Palo Alto. The pink stucco sided building had been an expensive residence at one time so it seemed only fitting that it became an expensive restaurant.

Since our vendor told us that money was no object, we started out the evening by drinking very expensive scotch. Then, we sat down to an assortment of appetizers, most of which were raw. This was followed by the main course. And along with the meal were many bottles of expensive wine. The whole event last about three hours and we all came away stuffed.

The bill for that meal was in the thousands, but the vendor didn’t flinch at the tab. But, then again, she picked out the place so she knew what she was in for.

Shortly after that, she left the company.

A few years ago, a technology company gave six of us an all expense paid trip to San Jose for a three day visit of their corporate headquarters. The company was big on internet products but had developed a telephone application for their equipment. And, of course, they wanted us to buy it.

Well, needless to say, we had three days of propaganda. We spoke with the VP of sales, the VP marketing, the VP of operations etc. and they all expounded on the glorious virtues of their product.

We, on the other hand were skeptical. While they were strong on the data side of their product, they were weak in understanding the expectations of the telephony industry as a whole.

Finally, on the last day of our visit, the director of telecommunications made a presentation. And, at the end of his presentation he said “it’s nice but it’s not ready for prime time”.

Being the skeptics that we were, that last remark sealed our decision. We, opted not to buy their product.

I am sure the man lost his job.

A few years ago, a young man from Africa took a romantic interest in my youngest daughter. He was a nice Christian man who was fluent in 4 languages. Unfortunately, English wasn’t one of them.

And, in keeping with the customs of his country, he offered me two pigs, four goats and six chickens for my daughters hand. My daughter was still in high school at the time and had no interest in the man so I didn’t respond to the offer. Plus, the fact that the man was in the country illegally led me to believe that he had other motives.

Besides, I lived in town. What was I going to do with all of that livestock?