David Frownfelder: North, east Adrian needs supermarket - Adrian Daily Telegram

As we head into the really warm weather, at least according to the calendar, it is time for another edition of “I Was Just Cleaning My Mind and It Went Off.”

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Hey, grocery chains and the city of Adrian: Can we please have a grocery store on the north and east side of the city? It is a pain to have to go completely across town just to pick up a few things at the store. There is plenty of room on the northeast side for a full-service food store.

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It’s hard to take the Hutaree jokers seriously when the image that comes to mind is John Wayne and Hugh O’Brien from the movie “Hatari” in a jeep chasing wild animals in Africa and the accompanying soundtrack is “The Baby Elephant Walk.” The only thing sillier was the attempted federal prosecution. Talk about a waste of time and resources.

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That well-known bull goose loony Pat Robertson spends more time with his foot in his mouth than almost any other human being this side of Ted Nugent. Though he denies that was his intent, one of Robertson’s latest pontifications had him almost wishing an injury on Peyton Manning simply because the Denver Broncos signed a quarterback who is better than Tim Tebow. With a choice between a healthy Tebow and a Manning who is maybe 90 percent of his former self, Denver chose to take the better quarterback. Tebow is a superior athlete and leader, but a sub-par quarterback.

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Sad news about former Detroit Lions great Alex Karras and his battles with dementia, exacerbated by football-related concussions. The NFL and the NFL Players Association need to do a better job of taking care of its alumni who suffer from injuries incurred during their careers.

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I recently read with amusement about a study that advocates bringing your dog to work to relieve stress. If I brought Mocha in, I would spend more time chasing her down and shushing her than doing anything else. Plus, once she got comfortable, Mocha would stick her nose in everybody else’s business while looking for handouts.

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Now that the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking has passed, let’s turn our attention to the Lusitania. That ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 with the loss of 1,198 lives. I’ve often wondered why more attention isn’t paid to that crime. The Germans claimed the ship was carrying military cargo as well as passengers. Unfortunately, the allegations turned out to be true.

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Am I the only person in the semi-civilized world who couldn’t give a tiny rat’s patootie about “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games,” “The Walking Dead” or “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”? Movies and TV shows about vampires, mass murderers, post-apocalypse life and the so-called living dead don’t usually interest me. An addendum to this, though, I do look forward to seeing “The Raven.” I am a fan of Edgar Allen Poe and John Cusack, who stars as Poe in this movie, which is a fictional rendering of the last five days of the author-poet’s life.

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I understand Americans like to be comfortable, but wearing pajama pants in public isn’t relaxed, it’s lazy.

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One of the scariest phrases known today: The legislature is now in session.

David Frownfelder is a staff writer for The Daily Telegram. He can be contacted at 265-5111, ext. 258, or via email at frownfelder@lenconnect.com.