She's 68.

On this date, February 20,back in 1962, John Glenn became the first man to orbit the Earth. I hate to admit it, but I remember that. I was in first grade and they made all of us watch it on TV in the auditorium. Five hundred kids watching something we didn't understand on a black & white TV that was about the size of a wristwatch. By the way, John Glenn orbited the earth again in 1998 at the age of 77.................only that time, he had his left turn signal blinking the whole time.

There's never a shortage of dumb criminal stories and this one's my favorite of the week. Thanks to Shelia Quinn for pointing it out to us. In Pensacola, Florida, deputies responded to an alarm at a convenience store at 4 in the morning. They got there just in enough time to see a 37 year-old man exiting through a smashed-out front door carrying several packs of cigarette (all this for cigarettes). The man tried to run from the police, but his handfuls of cigarettes prevented him from holding up his droopy pants, which fell down and caused him to trip before he could even make it out of the parking lot. He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief, burglary, theft and possession of drug paraphernalia (Gee, there's a surprise.) My guess here is that his pants kept falling down because he lost a lot of weight, thanks to his chain smoking. He probably wouldn't have made it out of the parking lot anyway. He probably gets winded after running only 30 feet or so. On the plus side for this guy.....he has a lot of cigarettes and his pants fall off easily. HE'S GOING TO BE A POPULAR GUY IN JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll see you at the Not-So-Newlywed game this Sunday at the Spotsylvania Towne Center.

posted by Denny  # 5:28 PM