Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

So when Pumpkin and Pecan received the Presidential pardon
They were pampered in first class, to Disneyland’s best garden
Send 'em to a sanctuary, wrote animal rights group PETA
While the Fed computed the cost, using tan, cosec and theta

There’s A Bug In The System

(Actually, There’s A System In The Bug)

An Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) teacher doesn't want any bugs squashed in her classroom, so she's appointed a student insect monitor to take wiggling, creepy critters outside. Melodie Conrad's be-kind-to-bugs effort is getting praise from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which is giving her its Compassionate Teacher Award. The Eagle Rock Elementary School & Magnet Center teacher says she is aiming to instill a sense of respect for life.

FOOTNOTE: Insect aside.