I think we live in an increasingly numbing world. When "Breaking News" becomes a story about dogs trapped on ice or about a government flunkie speaking at The Conference for General Pipe and Tube Fitters, we become numbed to the rest and in dire need of someone waking us out of our daily habits with fresh insight or of something giving us enjoyable diversions. Whatever it may be, we may tend to ignore it unless it comes blaring at us, screaming "Ohhhh, Great Balls of Fire!!!"