09.18.09 Friday "Doughnuts are not fuel."

Took Tessie in for her regular check up. Our family physician, Dr. West, told us a story about the other day when he was at the hospital and got stuck in an elevator. He was stuck between floors for over an hour! I asked him why he didn’t go all “Die Hard” on the situation and crawl through the ceiling and up the elevator shaft. He said he wanted to but the firefighters who came on the scene wouldn’t let him saying it was too dangerous. Though I’m not claustrophobic, I would hate being stuck in an elevator that long. I know without a doubt that within the first minute of being stuck I would need to pee. And the situation would just get worse from there…

Okay, no more doughnuts. Seriously. I felt all day yesterday like a car that somebody put sugar in the tank of. Food is fuel! Doughnuts are not fuel. Delicious, yes. Fuel, no.

Big news from the Middle East. Progress is being made! Egypt’s top Islamic authority, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said this week that is okay for women to wear trousers in public and don’t need to be flogged when they do. He did add that the trousers in question should be “loose and not see through.” He stressed that “stretch pants were in particular, unacceptable. Granted, this shows that they have come far… but still have a long way to go. I mean, keep in mind here in the US we’re struggling with if women serving hot copy in bikinis is acceptable or not.

Federal officials are warning business owners that they should be prepared to operate their businesses with fewer people in the very near future. Not because of layoff and unemployment fears, but because of the swine flu. Especially hard hit by people calling in sick could be small businesses that employ about half of the workers in the US! And if an outbreak hits at the same time as March Madness, can you imagine the hit productivity will take in this country?! We may grind to a complete halt!

In a new poll Americans voted Paul McCartney their favorite Beatle. Wouldn’t you know it, Kanye said it should have been Beyonce.

Cops in Fresno, California arrested a man they said tried to trade his father's car for $50 worth of crack cocaine. Who knew there was a Crack For Clunkers program, too?

According to a new government study, more than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year. Are there really that many WSU Cougar fans?