Today's best headline …

K-FED UP!

That's courtesy the folks at Eonline. Apparently Britney Spears and her staggeringly fertile husband just can't make a go of it.

Yes, I would say that was a "bad day"

At first the death of actress Adrienne Shelley was thought to be a suicide. But a construction worker has admitted killing her and then trying to make it appear as though she took her life.

Reports attribute the following quote to a 19 year old, illegal immigrant, "I was having a bad day. I didn't mean to kill her. But I did kill her."

According to a New York paper, Ms. Shelley complained to the construction worker about the noise he was making as he worked in the empty apartment below hers. He speaks no English, so their exchange was marked by confusion, frustration and escalating anger on both sides. He says she slapped his face, and so he punched hers, leaving her unconscious.

Believing she was dead, he dragged her upstairs and hung her from the shower rod in her bathroom. He assumed her death would be ruled a suicide and the police would not look for a murderer. Her body was found by her exhusband hours later.

Ms. Shelley was just 40 years old and the mother of a 3 year old girl.

This young man, an Ecuadoran immigrant in this country illegally, is looking at a charge of second degree murder. Even if he is found "not guilty," his life will never be the same.

What a tragic, ridiculous waste.

Another word on Adsense

This post is devoted to that little square in the upper right. The good people at Google claim that these ads are somehow tied to the content of my blog. This way, if you were interested in something I have written recently, you will naturally click on the ad. (And I, in turn, will make tons of money. Right now I believe my Adsense fortune hovers between $1 and $2.)

This seems like a mutually advantageous plan. I get a free counter and guaranteed revenue (I believe I will use my earnings in the laundry machines downstairs -- 75¢ per wash or dry).

But where the system falls apart for me is in the choice of ads. Last time I checked, my Adsense square was promoting pepper spray. I honestly cannot recall ever mentioning pepper spray or self defense in any way.