Hi, all.  I’ve started a vacation of sorts.  Not sure how long it will last, but when I return, I’ll have revised posting schedule, probably once per week…more than likely, Wednesday. 

There are no problems, all is well, just taking a break.  (All Trout, beware. ) While I’m gone, I’d like for you all to play nicely and be safe. See you again soon.  Best, Galen.

I promised more nonsensical information…I’m a man of my word.  The guy in the picture is as dead as they get.

You can’t click to another site now, can you???? No, of course not.  This is an example of a “grab ‘em” opening. Yes, the writing connection is tenuous, but it’s there.  Besides, you know this blog is like one of those car accidents that you don’t want to look at, but when you get to the scene, you just can’t look away.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A funeral home in Puerto Rico that made international headlines two years ago is at it again.

Marin Funeral Home has embalmed the body of a young man and put the corpse atop a motorcycle in a hunched-over racing position. The body wears a black cap, black sunglasses and a long-sleeved black T-shirt.

Local television station WAPA says the unidentified 22-year-old shooting victim will be buried Wednesday.

Calls to the funeral home were not returned Tuesday.

Two years ago, the funeral home embalmed a 24-year-old man and kept the body standing upright for during the three-day wake

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For those of you who must have more, I bring you… Ta Da… the video.

All this raises the question, how would you liked to be posed once dead?  Hands on keyboard?  Reading a book? Selling books?

I’d like posed with my favorite fly rod during the middle of a great cast.  On the river is where I hope to be when I die, so, it should be easy for the funeral guys.  Yes, this is a new low—even for me.

 

This story was too good to pass up.  Yes, I have no life. I started to highlight in red the parts I found astounding, or hilarious, or both…but I darn near highlighted the whole article. (Credit, Komo News, Seattle.)

REXBURG, Idaho – A Rexburg woman says one of her cats recently attacked her and tried to kill her, sending her and her husband to the hospital.

The Ostermiller family says their cat was completely normal until three days after it gave birth to kittens. But it soon became defensive, and the family says it tried to kill them.

It began last week on Tuesday at about 5:30 a.m. The Ostermillers were sleeping when they heard a sound.

"All I heard was rrwwwrrrr hisss," Jackie Ostermiller said.

Jackie woke up and saw her cat, Renesmee, (named after the Twilight character) panicking. Jackie thinks a male cat had wandered by outside the home and Renesmee was protecting her kittens.

Jackie went to grab her cat to stop her from bolting out a hole in the screen door. That’s when the kitty made its move.

"I was being mauled literally for the kill. She had got a hold of my nose first, my face first, my arms – I was literally screaming," she said.

Jackie’s husband, Blaine, was able to pry the attacking feline off.

"I woke up hearing my wife scream, I didn’t know what was going on until I looked over there, until I looked over there seeing (the cat) viciously attacking her," Blaine said.

But the cat had already made its mark. Jackie was left with 35 bite marks and 15 bruises.

The cat wasn’t through. When Jackie was washing blood off her face, it came back and started attacking her leg a second time.

"She came at me with the deadliest eyes," Jackie said.

"I noticed she was looking at my wife with a weird look," Blaine said.

But even after this whole ordeal, the Ostermiller family hasn’t turned their back on cats. They even plan on getting a new kitten soon. But they do have a word of caution.

"I want people to know how dangerous cats can be, they can turn on you in a dime. Believe it or not – cats!" she said.

Jackie feels that none of this would have happened either, if they had just spayed their cat. The family ended up giving up Renesmee to the Rexburg shelter.

Those wacky Idahoans.

Okay, more can’t miss drama on Friday.  BTW, I spent some time on Tuesday visiting bookstores, trying to set up appearances, and have them carry my book.  Lots of interesting stories to tell–and maybe a few lessons learned I’ll share.

Hope to see you on Friday.  Thanks for stopping by, Galen.