Well, the woman whose dog was euthanized after he bit her face repeatedly trying to wake her from drug-induced unconsciousness has had a successful face transplant, and is excited to be able to smoke again.

What a friggin' waste of science.

Today, I saw a man driving his minivan on the wrong side of the road to pass a bus that he was supposed to be yielding to. He was speeding (at least 80 in a 50 zone), talking on the phone and had failed to clear the snow off his vehicle, instead peering through a clearing where some of the snow had blown away.

Based on this event, I'm suggesting a new driving game: Infraction Morons. Whoever finds the person committing the most simultaneous infractions wins.

Michael Crichton has received a 'journalism award' for his fiction work, State of Fear.