Things that make you go, "Hhhmmm."

After two hours on the road Friday morning, we made a quick pit stop near my childhood home. The place doesn't look anything like the town I grew up in, but I had noticed in the past that they'd finally joined the 21st century when Starbucks went in right near the freeway.

We pulled in to grab a coffee and hit the restroom. While I waited for my wife, I perused my once-local newspaper and saw an interesting headline or two:

A man who showed up unannounced Thursday at a Navy base gate sporting a serious rash and skin lesions sparked a long quarantine and fears of smallpox before health authorities determined it was only chickenpox, officials said.