A Few Brief Thoughts

I'm still thinking about my next blog topic/rant. Here are responses to a couple of today's headlines:

Octogenarian Nabbed in Prostitution Ring - LINDENWOLD, N.J. - "Police made a surprising discovery when they busted the alleged madam of a prostitution ring called "August Playmates": The woman running the show was an 80-year-old grandmother."

I really do not know what to make of this. It's funny. Who would have suspected an eighty-year-old granny of pimping out prostitutes? At the same time it's unfortunate considering the woman ran this business to "subsidize her Social Security checks". Social Security isn't what it used to be. Senior citizens cannot live off it alone, which forces them to turn to other options to make ends meet. I can't even imagine what it will be like for me in fifty years when I retire. I might as well start saving now - as if I do not have enough things to save for.

Two Charged in Aruba Missing Teen Case - ORANJESTAD, Aruba - "Two men were charged Sunday in connection with the disappearance last week of an Alabama teenager who was visiting the island with classmates to celebrate their high school graduation, Aruba's attorney general said. Authorities on the Dutch Caribbean island also requested a special diving team from the FBI because of rough currents in some areas, said Attorney General Caren Janssen."

Apparently people last saw the girl leaving a bar with locals guys in the middle of the night. Do people not use common sense anymore? Going someplace in the dark with strangers is practically begging to be kidnapped, raped, killed, etc. I doubt this girl is still alive.

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Anyway, I stayed up until one or two o' clock in the morning today tapping away on my keyboard. I was actually coming up with some pretty good ideas - not for a story, but for a travelogue I want to start. I first considered becoming a travel writer back in 2003 on my first trip to Poland. As usual, I put off making an amateur effort until last night when I decided to type up some notes on places I visited. I honestly did not write enough in my journal these past two summers, which I regret because most of what I know is coming from memory. Too bad I can't go back to Europe until next summer. Bah!