"A traveling group of construction workers from Pennsylvania." Just heard that on the news (Fox affiliate) in discussion of a couple of fires this morning in a nearby college town that I may or may not commute to. How does one go about joining a traveling group of construction workers? I lived in Pennsylvania for a year, and I can't recall ever seeing a traveling troupe of construction workers. Do they just stop in the middle of a town, put up a building, and then disappear, never to be seen or heard from again? I'm intrigued. Do they have matching uniforms? Are they like the X-Men with super-construction-worker powers? Do they sing?

In other news, a woman who was eight months pregnant was found dead in Fairfax on Thanksgiving. Gee whiz, seems like that's right up MSNBC's alley. Why isn't FAUX News all over this one? Where are the news conferences? Oh, wait, the dead woman is African American. Could that have anything to do with it? Hmm....

And I'm loathe to admit that I happen to watch "Trading Spouses" on Fox. You know--for the sociological content. But the editors for that show are good at what they do. One of the wives this week was a vegan from California. Lady was batshit crazy. And the family they sent her to were alligator farmers from Louisiana. Oh, the humanity! Anyway, at one point vegan woman is preaching the power of soy, explaining that veggie burgers fight cancer whereas beef patties cause cancer. Cut to vegan woman outside smoking a cigarette. Ha.