How convenient

Man fatally shot outside Camden funeral home

Headline of the day

Earnhardt Jr. says donating brain to science a 'no-brainer'

Semi-random thoughts

• I saw the headline "Panthers' Newton practices 8 days after crash" and my first thought was it was about the Black Panthers and Huey Newton, not the Carolina Panthers and Cam Newton. I'm showing my age.
• I do not want ads appearing in my newsfeed on Facebook. In the past, I marked every single one I saw as spam, and for a while I wasn't seeing any. Then something changed and recently I've been getting them again--more than ever. Again I've been marking them as spam. Three times now Facebook has reported to me they have removed ads I've marked, because they failed to adhere to Facebook ad guidelines. Strangely, only one of the three was really objectionable--I think it was for some bogus weight loss product. There have been a number of similar ads, but Facebook seems to have done nothing about them. The other two were for Whole Foods and a political campaign that I actually supported. I wonder why they were removed. 

Headline of the day

Volunteer Fire Department Loses Van, Equipment In Fire

Semi-random thoughts

• I rarely read any article that has "shocking" in the headline.
• If I were a conspiracy theorist I'd say the Big Ten knew that the only way they'd get a team in the national college football playoff was if Ohio State won big in the Big Ten championship game, so Wisconsin was forced to throw it.  Since I'm not a conspiracy theorist I have to admit Wisconsin got demolished.

Yawn headline of the day

Kim Kardashian visits Jersey shore

Headline of the day

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches With Parachutes Soon To Fall From NYC Skies

Headline of the day

Naked Cowboy To Help Launch New Fruit Of The Loom Underwear Line

Kinky headlines of the day

Surgeon accused of slapping sedated patients’ behinds

Man who loves feet is creeping out dozens of Arizona real estate agents

Kinky headline of the day:

Man arrested after asking bank teller to spank him

Runner-up: NC police seek man who sucked toes at Wal-Mart

Headline of the day

Knife-Wielding Thief Steals $56 of Toilet Paper from Fairway Market: Cops

Wouldn't it have been easier just to steal some Kaopectate?

Headline of the day

Sinkhole swallows swimming pool

In other words, a hole in the ground fell into a hole in the ground.

Headline of the week

Fire Department Rescues Cop Who Was Trying To Rescue Cat From Tree

The NYPD had no comment.

Yawn headline of the day

Boston bombing suspects did not have valid handgun licenses

Will the next article about them be "Boston bombing suspects jaywalked to set bombs?"

Bad headline of the day

Police discover hidden underground tunnels used by the homeless

Underground tunnels? Aren't all tunnels underground by definition?

Headline of the day

Yahoo keeps changing the headline of this article. When I first saw it, it was:

Congress more popular than Ebola and the Kardashians

(Ebola and the Kardashians sounds like it should be the name of a rock group.)

Headline of the month

I'm going to go with this one, because I doubt there will be any better.

Professional Complainer Says Ex Kicked Him Out of Pad for Ruining Feng Shui

Semi-random thoughts

• I was very happy to see the Yankees swept out of the playoffs. I'm an Indians fan. I hate the Yankees.
• At first I thought the Wisconsin Badgers football team was just going to have a "rebuilding year," but it looks like it might only have been the beginning of the season. They've won their last three games, and are looking better and better each week.
• I generally don't read any news article with a question mark in the headline. Usually it's about something that isn't true, or at least is totally unsubstantiated.

Headline of the day

People with purple beds have the most sex, according to study

Remember, correlation does not imply causation.

Polite euphemism headline of the day

Ryan takes factual shortcuts in speech

What that really means, is, "Ryan lied."

It's what Republicans have been doing a long time: If the facts don't support your beliefs and positions, just make something up that sounds like it could be true. For example, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.