Thoughts on a gloomy Monday afternoon

West Virginia has 55 counties. Ohio has 88. Both numbers can be divided by 11. And wouldn’t you know that 11 counties in Ohio have the same names as counties in West Virginia: Fayette, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Logan, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam, Wayne and Wood.

I can write the word “sugar” with either hand. Does that mean I’m ambidextrose?

Why do some people in Huntington pull the front half of their car out into the intersection before deciding if it's safe to cross the street or make a turn? Did you ever have to consider swerving into the other lane to keep from hitting these people?

Every dog has its day, but one with a broken tail has a weak end.

If kids go to school for 13 years, then why are grades 6 through 8 labeled as middle school when numerically the middle years are 5 through 7? We’re off by a year.

According to someone who actually figured this out, the 13th day of the month is more likely to fall on Friday than on any other day. It has to do with the way the calendar resets itself every 400 years, or something like that.

Please don't tell anyone this, but I watched an episode of "So You Think You Can Dance," or whatever it's called, last week and found it interesting. The best part was watching the choreography. I can dance about as well as I can sing, and you notice I don't do that for a living. This show was enough to make me stop searching my DirectTV channels for another "Law and Order" or "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" rerun. The only reason I watch "Criminal Intent" is for Vincent D'Onofrio, who did a great job in the first "Men in Black" movie. If I ever want to annoy my wife, I imitate his Edgar character from "MiB."