He took a hike, all right. All the way to South America.

You know it is a slow news day when the AP assigns reporters to call up every governor in America to ask "what are you doing?"

Maybe we should put them all on Twitter. Would have loved the see the post from Gov. Sandford last week. "Having empanadas and a nice red wine after spending the day schtupping my mistress! Shhh...don't tell the wife!"

Whoops, that was more than 140, wasn't it? Still, beats the heck out of this long winded confession. And a heck of a lot more honest.

"What are you in for, kid?" "Creativity."

I am always willing to give an artist a pass when the art is clever, cool and thought-provoking. Like this traffic barrel sculpture by Joseph Carnevale.

Too bad the cops in Raleigh didn't have much of a sense of humor. You know, if even the company that owns the materials doesn't want to press charges, then why make a case out of it? Laugh into your coffee cups and let him go.