It wasn't so much about me as about the next guy who might get shot accidentally.

It's not just me; it happens all the time to all kinds of naturalists. Bird watchers, people who study the nighttime habits of arachnids, amphibious creatures and so on; it happens to a lot of us all the time.

I've read a lot of court cases and media accounts about how innocent people wind up getting shot by police officers, and you'll take my word for it that none of them had anything to do with beetle collectors. A lot of it has to do with misinformation from people who don't know what they're talking about, who tell police things, and then the police accept it and then view a situation through the eyes of a person who didn't know what they were talking about.

Cam Neely was the hockey player the other hockey players wanted to be. He was blessed with a rare blend of talent, strength and determination and inspired other players to play as he did - hard and unrelenting.

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

St. Bernard Parish is toast now. It's just been wiped out. If you're ever going to instigate something like this, now is the time to put those plans on the table and discuss the option.