Michael Myers is back

Not the star of Wayne's World, Austin Powers or the Love Guru. No, the Michael Myers that won't stay dead from the movie "Halloween". That guy. Here we are nearing the middle of November, and tropical storm Paloma formed in the last 24 hours off the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras. The storm currently packs sustained winds of 65mph, and is predicted to grow all the way into a category 2 hurricane by Friday afternoon. Paloma has her sights set on the center of Cuba late Sunday, moving into The Bahamas by late Monday. Because of her proximity to Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, she'll affect cruise passengers returning this weekend, and ones setting sail next week - including the Inaugural sailing of Ruby Princess. It's rare to see these storms in November and December, but it happens. Hopefully any landfall areas will be lightly populated, and people on ships will only get a thrill-ride.

And you thought duct tape was just for fixing pipes and such.....some flight attendants found a new use for the product yesterday: crowd control. Here's a link to the story:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-05-unruly-passenger_N.htm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police say a teenage boy had a closer shave than he bargained for, when attempting to run away from home. The 14-year-old had been attending a boot-camp-style school for troubled teens last Monday, when he figured he'd had enough and was going to run off to start a new life for himself. He had no money and no visible means of transportation, but he happened to see a Waste Management truck coming, and decided to hide in a recycling bin filled with cardboard. The bin was picked up by the truck, and dumped into the vehicle's rear trash compactor. Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Morgan says the truck continued on its collection route, not knowing the boy was attempting a getaway. On its scheduled course, the Waste Management truck compacted the cardboard several times. No one heard anything over the rumbling of the truck, and the boy wasn't discovered until the truck dumped its load at a recycling processing center. Even after numerous pressings, he was still semi-conscious, and was taken to a local hospital, where police say his injuries were not life-threatening.

Rumors that the boy is now 3'4" cannot be confirmed or denied. Do they not have trains with open boxcars in Milwaukee these days? Maybe his parents need to check him into stupid camp, instead of boot-camp...