The Week In Review:
Government shutdown ends, and within minutes the
National debt clock, which had been mysteriously stuck on $16,800,000,000,000
for months, suddenly bolted upward by $328,000,000,000. We continue to be
assured by all the smartest people that this is, in fact, a good thing, or at
least, not a bad thing. Would the last person leaving the Republican Party
please remember to turn out the lights?
Major League baseball seems to already have found a
successor to Mariana Rivera, in the long-faced Japanese closer for the Boston
Red Sox, Koji Uehara. Like Rivera before him, Uehara struggled early in his
career until miraculously becoming unhittable around 3 months ago. His five out
save in game five of the ALCS was as overpowering as any I’ve seen in my 45
years of watching baseball in the post season, prompting me to declare on
Facebook that Uehara=Sayonara. The fact that my son didn’t chastise me for
latent racism for the remark must mean that I am growing as a person.
A 17 year old girl caught shoplifting in a New York
City Victoria’s Secret, was found to be carrying a dead baby in her shopping
bag. Her story initially was that she had experienced a miscarriage earlier in
the week, but upon further investigation, it was discovered that the child was
born fully formed and viable at 8 and a half pounds. The 17 year old mother of
a two year old boy could be charged with murder in addition to shoplifting sexy
lingerie and makeup, officials say. A spokesperson from Planned Parenthood
pointed out that this whole disturbing incident could have been avoided by a
safe and legal abortion. A spokesperson from Health and Human Services pointed
out that the shoplifting charge could also have been avoided if only lingerie were
on the approved essential purchases list for the Food Stamp program.
My week dramatically improved this morning when Pam
made apple pancakes with apple syrup along with thick pepper encrusted bacon. A
spokesperson from Michelle Obama’s Fitness and Nutrition task force pointed out
that by consuming such a breakfast, I have most likely taken 22 hours off my
expected life span. My reply to this news is that if I have to read very many
more stories about 17 year olds carrying around dead babies at Victoria’s
Secret, my demise couldn’t come soon enough!
