Disturbing Revelations

01 Aug 19
07:45 hrs

     Good Morning Dear Readers! Happy August. August is the eighth month in the Julian calendar and is named after Caesar Augustus and I have no clue as to what he did to deserve having an entire month named after him. Think about it. Hannukah is only eight days long, Easter has two days (Good Friday and Easter Sunday) and Christmas is just one day. So whatever he did it must have been big. The only thing that comes close is Ramadan which also a month.

     I am about to tell you something that has been bugging me of late. There will be those who may be upset with what I have to say but it can't be helped so here goes. In a discussion at the Wayward Inn I learned that a friend of the Onion cheated in college. That's right. She submitted work in her name that had been completed by another person. Not by another student but by a family member who is a professional in the subject matter. Can you believe this?

     I asked the Onion about it and she said :what's the big deal" and that "everyone does it back home." Well, Girly Girl - NOT IN THIS COUNTRY!!!

     It is totally unethical to cheat and plagiarism is the worst in academia. Imagine that you are in a hospital and the attending medical staff had plagiarized their work in school. Would you want this individual working on you knowing that he or she did not learn the knowledge needed to cure your ills? Or, how about the engineer who is now certifying a highway overpass and his only knowledge of structural loads comes from playing with Tinker Toys, Lego and Jenga. Pretty freaking scary. Unfortunately,  I have no direct evidence that can be taken to the college board. It can all be and would be denied by the parties involved. If I had such evidence you can bet your bottom that I would be beating down the doors to ferret out the cheats.

     Let's put it this way - my distaste for cheats ranks right up there with my hate for thieves. As the saying goes - Once a thief always a thief and it's the same for cheats. In their minuscule mental capacity they feel that they haven't harmed anyone. Well, maybe not when the crime was committed but eventually someone will be hurt.

14:00 hrs

     A couple of days ago an 89 year old man was sitting his car waiting for the newspapers to be delivered. Like a lot of seniors here in the Valley he earns extra monies by delivering the local cage liner. While he waited in his car a sketchy 20 something male asked him if he had a cigarette that he could spare. The old guy says he doesn't smoke so Sketchy attacks him with a machete. With lacerations to his face the old guy drives to the local Constabulary and files a report. The perp is still on the lam.

     Speaking about being on the lam...the search for two fugitives from Over the Hump has been scaled back until Better leads are developed. These two clowns are wanted as suspects in the murder of three individuals on the Northern Left Coast. The last known sighting was near the town of Gillam, MB. That's along way from home. A full blown Queen's Cowboy Posse complete with some military air support has been scouring the swampy bug infested northland for over a week with no results. The police may be scaling the search back but rest assured the police are just laying in wait for these two desperados to screw up and then they'll nab them.

19:15 hrs

     The new brew pub on the Wayward  Inn side of the estuary is soon to be opened. I haven't heard the exact date but the last time I drove by I was very impressed with the Left Coast design that has been incorporated. There is a bakery right next door and if the pub owners are smart they will source out all their bread requirements from their neighbours.

02 Aug 19
06:00 hrs

     Happy Friday!
     Only nine days until we see the Crash Test Dummies!