A Marylander would understand.

The day after his wife disappeared in a boating accident, an Ocean City man answered his door to find two grim-faced Maryland State Troopers. "We're sorry Mr. Rice, but we have some information about your wife," said one trooper.

"Tell me! Did you find her?" Rice shouted. The troopers looked at each other. One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Fearing the worst, an ashen Rice said, "Give me the bad news first."

The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife's body in the Assawoman Bay near the Rt. 50 Bridge."

"Oh my God!" exclaimed Rice. Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?"

The trooper continued, "When we pulled her up she had twelve jumbo blue crabs and six extra-large blue crabs on her."

Appalled, Mr. Rice demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great news?"

The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow."

That's what I call a rose-colored point of view.

And in the beginning, there was...?

It's a beautiful autumn day and all I can think about is... summer is dead. So much for rose-colored glasses...

269 (I think) days until Summer

In honor of my distinctly gray humor; my very favorite quotes about summer. I'm letting myself off the hook for today. Unless my mood improves.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

~Albert Camus

Always maintain a kind of summer even in the middle of winter.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon ... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

~Henry James