NO NEWS, IS VERY GOOD NEWS

Man Bites Dog    The aphorism that is generally true for newspapers is apparently also true for a blog.  "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news."  (John B. Bogart, New York Sun Times Editor (1848-1921) ).

Mr. FOG, wanting to cover all the bases, supposes that if a dog bites another dog this likely, is also not newsworthy; unless it is a football superstar’s dog and the dog is involved in illegal dog fighting. Similarly, a man biting another man is likely not news, unless it is a former champion biting the ear of another boxer. So apparently there are exceptions to the axiom. 

 With everything normal or near normal , there is not really much for the Blog to report.   Regardless of how Mr. FOG tried to work the facts, a normal life for the Laird, means we have no real news, only a society page of sorts, a garden section, and a travel page still to come.  All considered this is not bad.  No news is actually very good news.

FOG was able to find a “man bites dog” story. He felt sorry for the dog.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377773/Man-bites-dog-Burglar-bit-police-dog-arrest-suing-TWO-Arizona-cities-breach-civil-rights.html

BLOG Society Page  Sherry Lane, reporting  from Vinings Mountain Castle, says that all is well.  She and the Laird had a nice St. Patty’s Day weekend with friends and family at the Buckhead Saloon. On the green carpet we saw the latest St. Patty's clothing.  Some  St. Patrick merry makers did not seem to be wearing green (or blue) and may have gotten pinched.

On Sunday, Mario played golf with buddies and Nurse and Laird had a nice dinner together when he got home.  Mario has been working at the office all week full time 9am-5pm. He has been eating and feeling well and his energy level is pretty much back to normal. A longer break from chemo, has given him that "normal life" feeling again.  Suffice to say that the Laird and Nurse Sherry are back to their normal lives, at least for a couple of weeks, before the cancer war resumes.

Maid of the Mist and Tom the Often Wise arrive soon to Vinings Mountain Castle.  Mario plans to join Often Wise, his college buddies, and Tom the Younger at a basketball game at Phillips Arena.  Maid of the Mist and Nurse Sherry I will have a girls’ night out dinner.  The girls’ night out dinner could be news worthy for the Blog's next social page.  . 

Garden and Home Section  With things “normal”, Mr. FOG is also enjoying ten wonderful days back home in Asheville.  The cat with many names is doing well.  She lost a little weight over the winter, but not too much.  With the early season warmer weather, the heater in her porch box was no longer needed.  Now she prefers to sleep on a chair on the back porch, since she still has her winter coat.  Mr. FOG has tried letting her sleep inside the house, but she awakens in the early morning hours, also awakening Mr. FOG.   As Fred Flintstone always did, Mr. FOG puts her out at night.  She has been especially affectionate, during the day, wanting to be near FOG.

  Asheville as much of the nation is having an early spring.  The daffodils and hyacinths are in full bloom in the yard.  One of Mr. FOG’s friends gave him a blue glass ball, reminiscent of the gazing balls of yesteryear.  The ball did not go well with the friend’s new house, but seems at home in the yard of a house built circa 1928.  The grass-like leaves seen are Star of Bethlehem bulbs that cover most of the yard.  They will bloom soon along with the tulips.

Butler duties in Atlanta, will limit FOG’s work on his garden this year.  He decided to just plant sunflowers and visit Vanderbilt’s’ gardens instead.   

For the gardeners, following is a link showing what is in bloom now at the Biltmore House.  The tulips still have a couple of more weeks before they are in full bloom. 
http://www.biltmore.com/visit/house_gardens/gardens/bloomreport.asp

Animal House Frat Men

Travel and Leisure Section    Next week, the blog will likely again not have any cancer news, but it is road trip time.  Lord and Butler are headed to New Orleans for the Final Four.  Mr. FOG hopes to be able to share with the blog’s readers interesting perspectives and images from the Big Easy.  While hopefully the Laird and Butler's road trip will not be not have any incidents similar to those  from Animal House, we can only hope.  Mr. FOG hopes to capture some provocative images of New Orleans and its party goers.  On previous trips to New Orleans Mr. FOG has seen much.  (The actual Animal House road trip was in one of pledge's borrowed car and not the Corvette.)