Jupiter, Hilary, Statistics

So much news and I am having trouble processing it. Jupiter loses a stripe is most disconcerting because my planet replicas now are complete junk. I didn't read the article and I don't know any of the facts but thanks a lot, Jupiter.

Hilary says North Korea must face consequences. I say "Then do it already!" This country reminds me of a child that keeps drawing on the wall and its parents just keep painting over it after rationalizing the artistic instinct of the child. Beat the kid and hide the paints.

Anneli Rufus blogged 15 ways to predict divorce based on obscure and ridiculous stats and now I find myself thinking I should move, smoke, not have daughters, improve my IQ and never live in Wayne County, IN. That one really hit close to home. I saw a nice condo there once but thankfully another teen-aged couple snatched it up. Suckers.

Jesse James puts his LA home up for sale. Don't care.

Last but certainly not least, BP Oil spill could be stopped by next week. Or not. But there are second and third options in place should it be needed. And I'm guessing fourth and fifth. But, hey, it could happen.

More Terrorist Finding Advice

I previously had the idea that we all should have to fly naked. That would be a good first step in thwarting any explosives or weapons being carried onto flights. I mean it would have to be a really dedicated terrorist, and I'm not saying they aren't out there, that would stow explosives in his or her bodily orifices. Box cutters would be even more treacherous a feat for them.

I have another addition to my less than comprehensive prevention plan. Don't accept cash for airline tickets. No way, no how. No cash. This could present a problem for a business like, say, McDonald's or maybe even Lowe's but for an airline with so many more vested interests and so much more to lose if one terrorist gets through I think it would be well worth inconveniencing the rare set that would pay cash for an airline ticket. The only "groups" who would pay cash for that type of thing that I can come up with are either: 1. Someone who doesn't want anyone to know they boarded the plane (RED FLAG) or 2. Senior citizens who probably shouldn't still keep cash in their mattress, sock drawer or coffee cans and pay for stuff with cash anyway or 3. People from various countries that claim they change their money and pay cash because they don't have a credit card and/or their govts suspect fraudulent cards.

So simple. So brilliant. And to add to the brilliance -- anyone who complains "I ONLY HAVE CASH! THIS IS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CASH ONLY PEOPLE!!" then the airports install a counter manned my humans that will do a background check with two forms of id and then issue cashier's checks free of charge. The background check could be quick but the process should include photos, lots of flash photos from all facial angles. Let's test these terrorists' resolve. I would give my tax dollars for that way before I would give them to, say, save whales...Not that there's anything wrong with whales I just have an irrational urge to kill them ever since I've seen Paul Watson on TV. But I digress. So I've heard it's not unusual to pay cash for tickets across the globe for many, many reasons. But here's the solution.

If this measure is not adopted and someone both pays cash and has no return ticket or luggage I think someone should be charged with aiding and abetting. Someone please pass this on to the head of homeland security.

I think the BMV should weigh people

When I turned 16 I got my driver's license as soon as I could. I wanted that freedom. I wanted to drive. The one detail I missed until it was too late was that girls generally lie about their weight on the official records. This seems odd in hindsight that I did not lie about my own weight as an overweight high school student. I guess I just didn't really think about it. The people behind the counter were in charge of my fate and my driving. If I lied maybe I wouldn't get that awful laminated piece of identification that allowed me to navigate the family bus. It only occurred to me when I showed it to my good friend, Mark, who looked at it and laughed, "They must've got your weight wrong. hahaha." When he realized I looked confused rather than amused a very awkward silence followed.

Since those days I have continued to update my weight to the BMV to reflect the scale as truly as my scale can handle. This is easier for me than some perhaps since my weight has gone down rather than up since my painful teens. At any rate, I believe the BMV would do us all a service to install a scale along the counter of their offices along with a visual height chart (maybe even a computerized eye color reader, GTC?). The reason I say this? I will tell you.

I just read a story about a missing person. They described her by weight and height but also provided a photo. Now maybe it's just men who pretend not to notice or really don't know but that woman was at least 30 pounds heavier in that photo than what was reported. So I'm assuming they got that detail from -- her driver's license. And now people are looking for a 130 pound female. Only they may never find her even if they see her. "The paper said she weighs 130. It kinda looks like her but no, no that's not her..." So for everyone's safety I think we should be weighed.

In addition, it might even stop the female obsession with weight. Ok, maybe not.