.. that people in Erie would actually be cursing the sunshine and praying for cooler temps and rain. Today, I actually had a conversation with my mother in which she said, "well, it was raining, but now it looks like the damn sun is trying to come out again." Never did I think I'd ever see the day we had too much sun in Erie.

... that our little corner of Northwestern PA would make national news THREE days in a row for bizarre news stories -- on Monday it was our lazy legislators shutting down our "crown jewel," yesterday it was the loose wrecking ball wreaking havoc in Meadville and today it's the federal government handing down indictments in the "pizza bomber case." Oy vey. How embarrassing all this is. I can almost hear the banjo music from Deliverance.

... that Nicole Richie could actually get pregnant? Don't most waifs lose the ability to ovulate when their body weight drops below 90 lbs.?

It's like "Wacky Wednesday" (one of my favorite childhood books) -- where everything is backwards and nothing is quite right.