1. More than 500 students are left without completed driver’s education after four schools suddenly closed. I don’t see what the big deal is. The kids could merely learn to drive like I did: in a tractor attached to a grain cart.
2. I’ve been noticing the different burial grounds around town during this, the month of Halloween. I’ve even thought about taking a tour of some of these grounds. All that is to say that this article about people being taken after prepaying for their funeral arrangements caught my attention. Even though it’s a serious subject, I just couldn’t help but chuckle at this quote.
“I liken a prepaid funeral contract to a bear trap,” said Ed McHam, who teaches a Richland Community College course on funeral planning. “You want to ask a lot of questions before stepping into it. If you’re not careful, it can hurt you.”
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure I don’t ever want to step into a bear trap. Even after I ask a lot of questions.
3. Talk about being haunted, the fire investigator yesterday accused Rick Perry of “unethical” behavior in the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. Perry called Willingham “a monster.” I’m not sure which one scares me most: uneducated drivers, touring cemeteries, or trying to justify this execution.
