An empty house...

"It is offensive to me," said Brent Rocha, the missing woman's brother. "Basically (her husband, Scott,) is saying he doesn't care about the life he had with Laci. It seems like he just abandoned that life so easily. It definitely doesn't make sense." [ModBee] 

Don't call me, I won't call you...

Californians swamp anti-telemarketer site. Web surfers are flocking to a new site that lets residents in the state add their names and numbers to a national "do not call" list being compiled by the FTC. [CNET News.com]

This would be because on average we get between 5 and 10 calls per day(!!!) from telemarketers. This weekend I received a call from a Sears telemarketer selling a credit notification service. After politely saying "no thank you" I hung up the phone to promptly pick it up with another person selling the same thing. At that point I became mad and someone got an ass chewing.

This law is great but not nearly stringent enough. If you've shown an interest in a product or a like product, or have purchased from a company, then the company has "implied consent" to call you.

Here's a clue....don't call me, I won't call you.

 

"He gave his life for you, for all of us,"...

Marine Dies Before Becoming U.S. Citizen.
Francisco Martinez Flores was to become a U.S. citizen in two weeks. But the 21-year-old Marine, who had moved to California from Mexico at age 3, was killed before he could take an oath of allegiance to the country he died fighting for.

Martinez was killed in Iraq on March 25 when the tank he was in traveled over a collapsing bridge and tumbled into the Euphrates River.
[NBC San Diego]

 

Budget woes threaten California schools...

Mass Layoffs Threatened for Teachers in California. With the state's budget problems, many districts fear they cannot afford to pay those already in the classroom. By Dean E. Murphy. [New York Times: Education]

Somebody tell me again why I live in California. Must be the cheese.