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Leaving well enough alone A Buford, Ga., mom and her toddler son were thrown off an airplane recently. I probably don't have to point out that the plane was still on the ground, but I will. Apparently, the little boy said "bye bye plane" once too often and a flight attendant just couldn't take it anymore. It was reported the flight attendant told the mother to shut the child up and even suggested giving him baby Benadryl. Before the incident was over, the plane had returned to the terminal and the mother and child were deplaned. I have a feeling the flight attendant might soon be saying "bye bye plane." New York City is spending a bucket of money touting the benefits of drinking tap water. Being anti-bottled water is the latest craze for convenient greenies. California started it and we should soon see all major cities jump on the no bottled water bandwagon. Like lemmings to the sea. U.S. companies who manufacture in China are learning the problems that can arise. Recent problems with tainted dog food and contaminated toothpaste have convinced one Republican that what this country needs is an import czar to ensure quality and safety in products from other countries. Yeah, that's what we need. Another figurehead to another worthless government department with a huge budget and miles of red tape that accomplishes nothing. We could just buy American, but I guess that's a little too simple. It doesn't require red tape or department heads or congressional appointments. A man in a small Pennsylvania town was gassing up his car this week when a snake crawled out of his engine. It was actually five feet of boa constrictor that came sliding out from under the vehicle. Needless to say, the snake caused quite a stir at the gas pumps. Authorities had problems nabbing the snake not because it was trying to escape, but because the crowd of onlookers kept growing. I'm guessing folks in Pennsylvania don't see a lot of boa constrictors and I want to commend them for not taking a hoe to the snake. Down here, that snake would be dead as a door nail and on public display until the smell got to be too much. Folks would stop by to see it and the story of the great snake would survive for generations to come. Big snakes just bring out the worst in most of us. Little ones, too. Merriam Webster dictionary released a list of new words slated to be in the next edition of their dictionary. Ginormous was at the top of the list. It means really, really big. Since seeing the word in the list, I discovered it in the novel I am reading. I thought gigantic or enormous were fine. We just can't leave well enough alone.
Change is good when it's quarters.
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