Frag'n Friday

It's been eons or so since I did a Fragmented Friday, but I thought, "Hey, what's holding you back?", so here you go......



*There is a man in China who should have his right to bear children revoked. He had a baby with his wife and then divorced her because their baby was so ugly. He even did a paternity test because he accused her of cheating. The baby was found to be his. He divorced her anyway because he could not stand the site of the baby. He found out that she had had $100,000 worth of plastic surgery before they had met.  He sued her on grounds of duping him because he had not known about the plastic surgery. And, the kicker, HE WON AND WAS GRANTED 120,000 DOLLARS. I hope he has to pay it back to her in alimony.

*A shout out to my friend Liz and her family who are smack dab in the middle of hurricane Sandy hell. They live in New Jersey and have not had power or school all week.

*I thought trick or treating was for smaller children, but guess who still went trick or treating on Wednesday night? Yes, my two. I thought maybe they would want to spray some shaving cream, wrap some one's house in tp or something sort of malicious (short of scaring the wits out of some little kids), but no. Fine with me because they brought home lots and lots of candy.

K was a black cat and B was a giraffe...

B did K's hair to look like ears! One of her friends tried to pull off her "ears" because he had no idea they were actually attached to her!

B's friend went as a cow. They bought these costumes off some sketchy website, but they were so cute!

*I am doing NaBloPoMo which somehow translates into blog every day in November. I am pretty sure this will make my Uncle giddy and perhaps myself insane. We'll see how it goes.....

*Have a great weekend! Looks like we may have another storm next week. OY!!

The 6:30 AM News

I watched the news this morning for 1/2 hour. Mostly to see if the rain was going to go away and bring Mr. Sun out, but I caught some of the actual news.

First off, there is a traffic jam in China that started on August 14th. It is now 60 miles long. I have never been to China before, so I don't know, but wouldn't you think they would have exit ramps? The people living near the highway are selling noodles and water to the people stuck in the traffic. I am pretty sure I would have abandoned my car after a few days.

Secondly, some miners in Chile have been found alive after an explosion. There are 33 miners in a space that is about 550 square feet. They have already been under ground for 2 weeks or so and the news is saying that they will not be rescued until Christmas. I am claustrophobic just thinking about this.

And lastly, I am thinking of moving to LA.

AP photo

Los Angeles is putting the finishing touches on a 578 million dollar public school. What do you think the finishing touches are? Gold trim? Damask table clothes? Diamond encrusted walkways? Evidently it is being built on the old Coconut Grove and the hotel where RFK was shot and killed. The auditorium is the Coconut Grove and the room where RFK was shot is now the library. The teachers' room is the hotel bar. (I am not sure if it is serving shots or not, but it has stools belied up to the bar.) Isn't California in the worst debt of it's existence? They started building this school in 2006 when things were "economically sound". California has 3 of the most expensive schools in the country. This new one, one that cost 377 million and one that cost 232 million. The problem in that state is that they have been reducing teachers and supplies by half. What good is this beautiful new school campus if it cannot afford enough teachers to staff it?

I have decided that I can only handle watching the news once a week. Or maybe I will just stick to People Magazine.