BACK TO REALITY

Okay - I have emerged from "Harry Potter World" and back to reality. Damn.

Let's see...we are going to sell weapons to the Sunni's to fight the Shiites. That should go a long way to stop the uproar in the Middle East. Hmmmm....what idiot thought that was a good idea?! Oh, I know!

There is a new Al-Quaeda video telling us to watch for a big surprise - with digitally enhanced photos of the White House on fire. Okay - that's scary.

There is some crazy woman who has four dead premature babies on her property. O.J. Simpson has been in the news again- Lindsay Lohan got an "F" in rehab and Nicole Richie is going to jail.

And then, the bridge collapsed in Minnesota.

I have always been a little nervous when driving over a bridge - now I will probably be petrified! Especially after hearing that there are up to 70,000 bridges in the United States that have been found to have structural problems. Arrrgghh!

Hogwarts seems like a nicer place. Oh sure - there was Voldemorte and Death Eaters to contend with - but there were also magic wands! The real world is more difficult - and we don't have invisibility cloaks, or spells against the dark arts to protect us.

But - we do have the color-coded terror alert system.

Where is Dumbledore when you need him?