ERRATA

I made two omissions to my Great Western Road Trip post mortem, one grievous, one not so much. I neglected to mention the Mossy Cave Trail, which Lois & I hiked in Bryce Canyon NP. Although the cave turned out to be a grotto, it was mossy, & we concluded that it was worthwhile. The other omission was more grievous. I neglected to include Anita, Lois' baby sister, who lives in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. I sincerely regret this error, & I hope that she doesn't hold it against me. 

BAPTISM

"Church leadership board approves Baptism boosters." Babylon Bee

CRIMINAL MINDS

"Cops:  Woman struck victim in head with chicken inside Wal-mart." Drudge Report, 10/30

TRENDING

"With World Series in full swing, PETA asks baseball world to remove 'bullpen' from vocabulary." Fox News, 10/28. No, this is not fake news. They suggested that it be renamed "arm barn."

"Supply chain crisis solved as each migrant coming into country will be asked to help carry a shipping container." Babylon Bee

"Woman who's good at driving wondering if she might be transgender." Babylon Bee

REASONS PARENTS SHOULD HAVE NO SAY WHATSOEVER IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION *

* Courtesy The Babylon Bee

> Parents don't know anything about kids. It's true. Most of them don't have master's degrees in kid-raising or education. Sad!

> Most parents don't raise their kids to be unquestioning drones of the dystopian state. Very selfish of them.

> Uneducated parents might only know about two of the genders.

> Parents' judgment can't be trusted since they chose to have kids instead of getting an abortion.

> They might not want their 5-year-old to transition just yet.

COVID

"Tomorrow President Biden is giving a major speech on the next phase of his pandemic response. Americans said they can't wait to hear the speech, & then crowded into a bar for tomorrow's NFL kickoff." latelaughs, Norfolk Daily News 10/1, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

"How the mighty have fallen. According to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Thursday, a majority of registered voters, by 52 percent, believe that Dr. Anthony Fauci should resign, while 48 percent believe he should not. This latest poll saw an increase in overall voters, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who want the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to resign from when the question was asked in June. At that time, 42 percent answered Fauci should resign." Rebecca Downs, Townhall, 10/30

"Pfizer claims vaccine will reduce average daily child COVID deaths from almost zero to almost zero." Babylon Bee

CLIMATE CHANGE

"Starting tomorrow, on Halloween, government leaders from around the world will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, for the annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, which this year will feature some of its scariest stories yet. The only problem is that when you take the mask off the harrowing claims that climate change poses an imminent existential threat to humanity, they don’t hold up." Jakob Puckett, National Review Online, 10/30

"Sure, the representatives from the United Kingdom could go by car or train, and certain European representatives could take the train by going through the Chunnel. But the overwhelming number of government officials in attendance will fly to Scotland. Most of those flights will generate more carbon emissions for each passenger in one flight than the average American generates in two weeks: “Flying from London to New York and back generates about 986kg of CO2 per passenger. There are 56 countries where the average person emits less carbon dioxide in a whole year.” That’s roughly one ton per passenger; the average American generates 20 metric tons of carbon per year. And of course, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate change, John Kerry, travels by private jet. The average private jet emits as much carbon in one hour as the average American generates in six weeks." Jim Geraghty, NRO. This is in reference to the Global Climate Change Summit