And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Remember sitting at my grandpa’s knee, listening to him talk about the good old days, and change and new things, like the little grainy black & white television we were watching. We were sitting in 201 Foundry Street in Punxsutawney, so we must’ve been watching a Pittsburgh channel. He said, like a sixty-year-old coal miner born in the 19th century, ‘seems like this country is headed down the chute.’

Distinctly thinking as a little boy, smarter than I looked, ‘that’s just stupid, he’s just saying that cause he’s old. I’m not gonna be like that when I am old like him.”

I have been blessed but I’d be a hella lot younger to be as old Grandpa was. Sixty ain’t old.

And, forgive me Grandma, shit be speedin’ up like noir syfy.

You have no idea. Long hair and rock ‘n’ roll was not the worst of it.

Knock on wood if you’re with me!

What follows is a segment from the Lifestyle section of one of today’s major news outlets. Lifestyle.

Loud Sex, Mistaken For Fight, Ends With Gunshots And 2nd-Degree Attempted Murder Charge

By Hope Schreiber for Yahoo News.

On Monday, Baltimore County Police officers responded to a possible domestic disturbance at a Days Inn hotel. However, when they arrived, they were informed that what was occurring inside the hotel room was not a fight — it was two women having loud sex.

The romantic rendezvous ultimately ended with a security guard being shot at and a second-degree attempted murder charge for Allison Nicole Daughtrey, 34, according to charging documents obtained by WMAR.

Around 2 p.m., two clerks at the front desk of the Towson, Maryland, Days Inn received a phone call from one of the hotel’s rooms. During the call, the workers believe they heard two people fighting in the background, which prompted the on-duty security guard to phone the Baltimore County Police Department.

When police arrived, the two women, who had been in the room in question, informed police that they were not fighting — they were having sex. The security guard requested that police remove them, and the children who were with them in another room, from the hotel.

As Daughtrey’s girlfriend packed up their things, Daughtrey and the security guard began yelling at each other, the Baltimore Sun reports.

After the family was escorted to the parking lot, Daughtrey’s girlfriend informed the officers that she left her cell phone in the room, and she was escorted back into the hotel to retrieve it. When the officer and woman returned, Daughtrey was no longer by the vehicle.

Shortly after, the responding officer reported hearing a gunshot in the hotel lobby. An employee ran from the hotel and informed officers that the security guard was holding down the shooter.

Daughtrey was arrested at the scene and ultimately charged with attempted second-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment, destruction of property and gun charges.

After reviewing the hotel’s surveillance video, police learned Daughtrey re-entered the lobby and struggled with the security guard. Daughtrey allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the security guard’s head. The guard pushed the gun to the side and moved his head just as Daughtrey fired a round, which struck a metal frame nearby. The security guard held the weapon, causing it to jam and preventing Daughtrey from firing again, as she continued to squeeze the trigger and bit his right arm.

The guard was taken to MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital to treat his injured hand. A grandmother picked up the children.

According to Daughtrey, the firing of the gun was unintentional. She claims that the security guard struck her face and, in retaliation, she swung her bag at him when the gun fell out and discharged the single round.

“If I intended to ever use the gun, I would never have missed the target,” Daughtrey said in her defense to police at the Towson police precinct.

Daughtrey currently remains in custody at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Remember when they put the first traffic light in town, Carmel, New York, corner of Main and Fair Street. Town so small, we didn’t have a grocery.

Got to admit, loud sexy women shooting up the joint is more interesting.

Don’t know if Grandpa would agree.

AND NOW THIS FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTION.

46-Year-Old Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant

September 12, 2019

A 46-year-old woman gave birth just 24 hours after learning she was pregnant. Monica Thompson, from Las Vegas, got the surprise of her life when she learned she was more than seven months pregnant, especially because she had been trying to conceive, without success, for years.

“It’s just total shock,” she told Inside Edition.

Thompson had tried to conceive a child for 16 years with her husband, who died in 2016, before eventually giving up all hope.

Know what you’re thinking.

Grandpa would probably say something like, your husband being dead three years might be a good reason to think you’re not pregnant.

All you’d get from Grandma is a stinky look.