Daily Tragedy Round-Up

I was reading the headlines this morning, and (as usual) felt like ending it all in a bucket of Edy's Thin Mint Ice Cream. A couple of highlights of the nastiness:

A couple in India is killed because they fell in love with each other, and happened to be from the same village. Call me culturally insensitive, but that's total bullshit. Oh, and the best part? The dad confessed, and everyone in town rejoiced.

Someone hand me a bottle of wine.

My personal choice for Parent of the Year, Lori Drew, is charged in the suicide death of a 16 year old girl. Lori's daughter didn't get along with Megan Meier, so Lori made a MySpace page pretending to be a young man who was interested Megan. She hooked her, then starting flaming her on MySpace, finally telling her that "the world would be a better place without her". At least she's getting charged for Megan's subsequent death by hanging, but seriously... I love it that older people are internet savvy enough to act like vindictive, emotionally impulsive teenagers. The internet is truly a voice for everyone... isn't it great?

I'm going to need a glass over here, and how about a corkscrew?

And finally, I love the news that KK, the infamous Mayor of Detroit, has now decided that all text messaging on city-owned pagers is totally private business. Could it be a coincidence that he is about to get busted for perjury and misuse of public funds, because of the totally idiotic texting he did with his chief of staff (and undercover lovah)? Isn't it amazing that, for millenia, men in power have been changing rules and laws to allow them their own indiscretions?

Man, I am cranky. I'm so glad that I have this wonderful bottle of Mondavi Cabernet! Wait, what's what you say? Robert Mondavi died today?

Now, THAT is a true tragedy. And I'm back to the Edy's.

RIP, Robert Mondavi. You're going to make heaven a much happier and tipsier place.