Originally published on Facebook 23-April-2018
The News You Need
23-Apr-2018
• The Duchess of Cambridge is in hospital in the early stages of labor with her 3rd child. Prince William is a proud papa-to-be again. You royals-watchers, there’s your fix.
• A naked man killed 4 at a Waffle House in Nashville. He was arrested at the White House last summer. If they had only executed him like Archie Bunker suggested … I would say that he is still at large but that wouldn’t be true.
• The Aggies had a great day Saturday, what with burying former First Lady Barbara Bush and holding Muster on the same day. Us Aggies, we eat that stuff up. If you’ve never attended Muster in College Station, well, there’s nothing like it that I know of.
• Over in Caldwell TX a house was destroyed in an explosion late Saturday night. Police think it might be gas-related. People around here roll their eyes when they hear that. “That’s no UFO, that’s swamp gas.” I’m smelling swamp gas right now.
• I can’t say how real it is, but it looks like there might be peace in the Korean Peninsula. There are summits, and the k-pop music has been “holstered” for the time being. Please, let me be in charge of US foreign relations with North Korea for a day. I’d let them foul their own nest as much as they like if they don’t bug anyone else. When that guy from Caldwell gets out of the hospital, I’d send him over as an adviser.
• Since our last visit, a SW Airlines plane had an engine explode. Debris broke a window and a passenger was almost pulled out the window by the air rushing out. Quick-acting passengers pulled the woman back in, though she did not live through the event. The pilot was one of the first female F-18 pilots in the Navy, and her calm professional approach was praised by all concerned.
• Remember the poop train? It’s been cleared, thankfully. In an unrelated note, the zoo in Detroil is offering free “Detroit Zoo Poo.” I think that second prize is extra poo, but I could be wrong.
• In Singapore, a university robot assembled an Ikea chair in about 20 minutes. Bob Ray, a neighbor I totally made up, says it cheated.
• With all the news about electric cars and solar power for the house, are we looking at a future where we actually change our impact on the environment? Nah, we’ll probably see peace in Korea first.
