Yet Again.
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Evil Things


The headline says that a postal worker killed six people before committing suicide this morning in Goleta, California. You know, that old chestnut; it's even crept into colloquial American English: going postal. For me, it was made extra creepy by the fact that Kevin Simpson, my virtual son, lives in Goleta. Of course many people live in Goleta, and most of them aren't Kevin, so statistics were on the side of him being safe, but naturally that was the first thing I thought about.

Ha, Kevin. I'll bet at some point in your life some well-meaning adult told you "Why don't you try to get a Post Office job? Such great benefits." Uh, not so much beneficial. Not tonight. Aren't you glad you blew off that advice?