Possible Jackass Alert

So, my hunt for non-Trayvon news has come up with very little.  Apparently NBC edited the 911 call mistakenly, rather than deliberately dovetailing it with a supremely marketable narrative.  I'm waiting for the first media outlet to tie Tulsa into Trayvon, nothing so far... 5, 4, 3...  Nevermind, they beat me to it, here.  

So, after slogging through this drivel, I finally came upon something worthy of my time, on BBC News (US and Canada, baby!):  US man survives shooting four-inch nail into his heart.  This story caught my eye immediately, because it appeared vaguely reminiscent of a number of incidents involving my father, who, a few years ago, suffered a nasty circular saw injury in similar fashion.

I really, really wanted to make fun of Dennis Hennis (no joke, click the article link above!), the 52 year old self-employed contractor from New Jersey, who experienced a jam in his nailgun and attempted to clear it while the business end of the gun was pointed at his chest.  But, I think the guy has been through enough, what with the whole nail incident.  I will say, however, that a wise-ish cousin of mine once told me two of his cardinal rules:  1)  never trust a man in a latex suit; and, 2) never trust a man with two first names.  I would like to add the following:  3)  never trust a man with rhyming names with a nail gun.