Lately I’ve seen some pretty unusual news stories often delivered with complete seriousness by the media. They have little or no consequence on life as I know it other than being good head scratchers. So now I present them to you.

This past Tuesday was primary election day in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a closed primary state. Voters registered Democrats select who will be on the fall general election ballot from among Democrats on a Democrat ballot. Republicans do the same on a Republican ballot. Voters of both parties had some interesting choices presented to them. There is a law in Pennsylvania and most other states that prohibit convicted felons from holding public office. But there is no law prohibiting them from running for office. And in a dozen local elections across the state, felons were on the ballot. None won so the counties’ boards of election won’t have to go through the trouble of certifying the election and then petitioning a local judge to invalidate the results.

To continue in this vein, if someone wins an election who cannot serve, like a convicted felon or a fictitious character (haven’t you been tempted to vote for Mickey Mouse?) or a dead person, the person who came in second doesn’t get the nomination. That selection is made by the local party committee. Speaking of dead people, it was a candidate who passed away two weeks ago who won a county council nomination in Allegheny County, PA.

Moving farther south, in Georgia an out of work contractor was getting tired of not working so he drove his pick-up truck through his house. He’s been working on repairs for the past couple of weeks. He said the job doesn’t pay but at least he’s not bored.

Heading out west to Las Vegas, Romy and Rocky were married at the Little Church of the West. Did I mention that they are horses.

Staying in the animal world of politics, Giggles the Pig is a candidate for mayor of Flint. Michigan. Giggles owner (campaign manager?) announced the the pig will run at the city’s primary election in August. He claims Michigan state law does not prohibit a pig from running for mayor.

In Chicago a bank employee was fired for calling the company’s regular caterer, ordered a bunch of food, met the delivery person outside the building and had him put the food in her car which she then drove home for the party she was having. She had a hard time understanding why she ended up unemployed.

So there you are, a bunch of news that hopefully means nothing to you. If you happen to be an out of work contractor, a pig handler, a recently unemployed bank employee who just had a party, or a dead politician…um, sorry.

That’s what I think. How ’bout you?