Have A Good Day

This morning I woke up in a what I would term a decent mood, considering my cat's infected paw that sent us rushing to the emergency vet clinic yesterday. The whole thing cost $662 for what was essentially the removal of a splinter, but besides that things seemed fine, at least before I actually got out of bed. Then I made the mistake of reading the news, both online and in the Wall Street Journal, and learned about the following:

According to the World Health Organization, America is the most dangerous of all high-income countries in which to give birth, with a growing number of new mothers exhibiting mental health disorders resulting in suicide, along with the highest death rate of new babies and mothers. 

A 29-year-old man in Costa Rica jumped into a river and was eaten by an crocodile, in front of many witnesses.

A father drowned after rescuing his three children from a river after they exhibited "distress." 

A 35-year-old woman who complained of feeling dehydrated died a few hours after drinking too much water in 20 minutes.

A house explosion in New Jersey killed two of the occupants and seriously injured four others who were inside.

Singer Celine Dion has been diagnosed with "stiff-person syndrome," for which there is no cure. (Who knew there was such a thing and just imagine what it does to you.)

In South Korea, a man rammed his car onto a sidewalk and then got out and started stabbing people at a shopping mall. It was the country's second mass stabbing in a month.

And much more like that. Anyway, have a good rest of your day.