I recently had a birthday and received three cards, which was only two less than I got for Christmas. When I was about 20 I used to get around 20 cards each year and frankly, I'm glad people seem to be wising up to the pointlessness of store-bought greeting cards (or maybe people are still sending the cards, they've just stopped sending them to me). Hallmark's motto is "When you care enough to send the very best" but I think it should be "When you're too lazy or unoriginal to send a personal thought." I'll be honest and say that when the only addition to the card is a signature, the signature's the only thing I read before I toss ...

Here's a doozy to start off the new year: A man who has a history of smashing windows to indulge his fetish for female mannequins could draw a long prison term for his latest arrest. Ronald A. Dotson, 39, of Detroit faces up to life in prison if convicted of a charge of attempted breaking and entering at a cleaning-supply company in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale. (Full story) I don't know what's more disturbing: the fact that this guy has the hots for mannequins or the fact that his repeat offenses could land him in prison for life while guys who rape actual women and children only get a few ...