Since a good number of web hits I get is for my page on the Raleigh Municipal Airport, I thought I’d link to this story in Monday’s News and Observer about the woman who ministers to the homeless people living there.

Its strange that the day I went there to take pictures in March 2000, I didn’t see a soul. Then again, I chose not to venture into the deeper woods. I wonder if I happened to visit the old airport right after a police raid. Also interesting is the reason they prefer the woods: the fire hydrants left on the old site provide an easy source for drinking water.

I feel for those people who have to call the woods home. Plenty of them just need some addiction treatment and they could make lives for themselves. Then again, many may not want to give up their freedom, or to have responsibility. It’s sad how people can fall through the cracks, forgotten by society.

Here’s another brilliant idea from our guardians, the gummint. The Federal Trade Commission is requiring spammers to label their porn spam “sexually explicit.” There are so many things wrong with this that I don’t know where to begin.

Now, I hate spam like everyone else. I hate porn spam even more. But passing a law against it will not work. That’s because the Internet routes around stupid laws. I’m sure all those Chinese and Filipino entrepreneurs are quaking in their boots now that their spam is against U.S. law.

Why, oh, why do our fearless leaders think the U.S. owns the Internet, and that U.S. laws will somehow affect what’s available on it? Just like we all noticed a dramatic drop in spam once the CAN-SPAM law took effect, I’m sure these new FTC rules will spell the end of porn spam on the Internet.

Don’t forget! Tomorrow is National High Five Day. Give those around you a hearty high-five.