Worst Day Ever!

• Mayor Mark Mallory is extremely proud of the public employees he met during a recent taping of the CBS show Undercover Boss. City Council not included.—-

• A new mortgage proposal that would ask home buyers to put 30 percent down has upset bankers. Not because they won't be able to loan the more poor home buyers money, but because they wouldn't be allowed to freely trade their debts for Ken Griffey, Jr. rookie cards, which are a great value right now.

• Jean Schmidt has a conceal and carry permit. No word on whether or not she'll be packing heat at her new free Union Township office.

• John Kasich says automakers don't like the business climate in Ohio. He's going to change that by considering their suggestions and then doing whatever they say.

• The USDA is trying to ruin school lunches by limiting french fries and making kids eat more vegetables. What's next? No pizza or dodgeball?

• Five tips for keeping your dry hands from cracking and bleeding during the winter.

• Local companies are creating smart phone apps. Where my Greater's ice cream flavor chooser at?

• U.S. Retail sales are up for the sixth straight month, But guess who's profiting more than the Gap? JP Morgan up 47 percent.

• Reggie Jackson tells the New York Jets to stop talking mass shit and says they should probably spend their time preparing to do a better job than the last time they played the New England Patriots, when they lost 45-3.

• Are you one of the lotsa folks who have wondered what ever happened to the Dukes? SPOILER ALERT: They all left Hazzard County and are doing quite well.