Murder by overexposure

Originally released for publication November 10, 2004
(c) 2004 by Steve Martaindale

Hopefully, by the time you read this, the 12 most important people in the United States will have come to a decision – whether Scott Peterson killed his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.

Did you just growl at me?

Originally released for publication August 22, 2001
(c) 2001 by Steve Martaindale
A neighbor couple both have children from previous marriages. His are grown and gone. She has a pre-teen son and a daughter just starting college, both of who usually live with their father but who spent the summer here with their mother.

Mom told me the other day the kids were leaving, the daughter to college and the son back to his dad for the start of school. “And I’m having a little trouble with it,” she said. “It’s been nice having him around.”

I can beat that

Originally released for publication July 25, 2001
(c) 2001 by Steve Martaindale
As the usual suspects drifted into our small Sunday school class, it became obvious several of us needed to unburden ourselves. We're not talking spiritual cleansing here, something more like Murphy's Law one-upmanship.