I’ve been living in an unintentional news blackout thanks to no time and/or energy to watch TV. Add to that the fact that our paper-delivery-person (can we just say paperboy?) seems hellbent on the destruction of our paper most mornings. Thus, until minutes ago, I had missed out on, “Seattle man charged in bizarre duck case”

A [tag]Seattle[/tag] man has been charged with a slew of crimes that involved an alleged shoplifting, assaults and a pet [tag]duck[/tag] named [tag]Mr. Peepers[/tag].

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It’s not my fault the reporter made the whole thing sound hilarious. I think I’ll just stop reading the news now, while I’m ahead. I suspect that when I hit the world news it’s just going to go downhill and ruin my evening. Maybe ignorance really is bliss…