This morning, I had one of the strangest dreams…

It was like the bastard child of The Fugitive and Smokey and the Bandit. There was no ‘One-armed Man’ in it, though… and no Jackie Gleason, either. I don’t know/remember what it was that I had allegedly done, but I had to make it cross-country in a couple of days with almost no money available to me. Hitchhiking. Hopping trains. Climbing on building ledges. And it wasn’t interrupted, so to speak, when I would wake up. I’d turn over and fall asleep again… and find myself back in the midst of the madness. In the words of Dr. Rosenblatt: “It’s so bizarre…!”

And in other news…
posted a comment in about the nutjob in DC who is going around shooting people with a blowdart gun. Given the media’s propensity to sensationalize items (and the resurgence of comic book movies), I’m surprised that he hasn’t been given a supervillain’s sobriquet.

“Holy pain in the neck, Batman! The Dart has struck again!”
…or…
“In a daring midday attack, the Blowgun Bandit has struck again!”

So far, he has attacked twenty people. There is a $3000 reward for information that leads to his capture. You can read more about it here.

Something else that I neglected to mention yesterday:

Serial Killing Doctor – A doctor in England may be the worst serial killer in that country’s history, according to an official inquiry. Harold Shipman had already been convicted for the killings of 15 people. He has now been identified as the killer of at least 215 people over a 23-year period. Robert Siegel talks with David Ward, staff reporter for The Guardian in Manchester, England. (4:45)

A doctor. Amazing.

Peace.