SOMETIMES IT'S BEST JUST TO LAUGH

    In yesterday's post, we mused that Western Culture may have hit its nadir. No sooner had that article gone up than someone sent a link illustrating that, yes, it's possible to sink even lower. 

   No: we're not talking about the Democratic Party Debates, although that was pretty bad too. It seems that on a live British TV show this morning, a woman named Elizabeth Hoad married a dog; a Golden Retriever named Humphrey. 

  Sitting here in Trump Country on a hot day, quietly sitting in front of the computer and drinking iced tea---I wondered: what could anyone say about this story seriously? One of the biggest challenges a blogger faces sometimes is trying to say something substantive about events that are really too absurd for commentary. 

  When reading through the comments after the story, however, I found both the answer and some hope. The comments prove that not everybody is insane because they still have a sense of humor. And that sometimes one just has to laugh at this stuff. So, for our readers benefit, enjoy what some real people had to say:

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