Being eight months pregnant really can make a woman more...oh what's the word....ah yes, sensitive. But that's not sensitive in a good, calm, understanding, empathetic way. No, that's sensitive as in I want to rip people's heads' off most of the time. I have less than zero (yes, I know I'm married to a mathematician and no, I don't know whether that's even a valid number) tolerance for people's garbage and their soapbox drivel. For the most part, everything seems to rile me up. For example, when our downstairs yenta, busy-body of a neighbor decided to take offense to my incessant vacuuming and had the nerve to email me to limit such activities between certain hours, I responded with an unequivocal "bite me." Coincidentally, she still hasn't responded to me. And, to compound matters, I've now taken to engaging in such loud cleaning activities well outside her proscribed "holy" hours, just to prove my point. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, didn't you know? 

This heightened state of sensitivity has gotten me absolutely apoplectic over many things including the recent Penn State scandal. Jerry Sandusky, a.k.a. child molester, ought to be flogged in the main campus hall and then permanently institutionalized far away from even the slightest warmth from the light of day. How the university could permit such acts to be taking place for such a long period of time, with notice and knowledge of the possibility of such acts, is beyond comprehension. To say that a huge civil lawsuit is forthcoming against the university and its agents is an understatement. I sure hope they have good insurance policies in place that cover both litigation and judgment/settlement costs with umbrella coverage for willful and wanton conduct. Joe Paterno's probably squirming in his sweatpants just thinking about his liability. Maybe that's why the once-famed coach transferred full ownership of his home to his wife just this past July. Guilt conscience much? Clearly, isolating and insulating assets. Poor guy doesn't know that such transfers can ultimately be probed for fraud. Paterno knew what was going on. He heard about it directly from eye witness accounts. Perhaps he even may have had personal suspicions that he ought to have investigated. If someone came to me and told me that they witnessed a specific act of abuse on a child by someone under my direction, I would immediately investigate the matter and err on the side of caution. There hasn't even been a single mention of any affirmative exculpatory acts taken by the coach. If you ask me, he was wise to lawyer up so quickly.

As to lawyers, Sandusky's own lawyer ought to be disbarred. Unless he's setting up for an appeal for his client post conviction on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel, Joe Amendola, has some explaining to do as to why he ever thought it was a good idea to unleash his client, all on his own, to the media. The one interview that I heard made me absolutely nauseous. Instead of offering a resolute denial of any of the charges and allegations, maniacal Sandusky thought it best to try to explain the circumstances of the situation, including some laughable defense of "horsing around" in the shower and the like. There's no explanation in the world that would justify his actions. There's been far too many separate and distinct allegations that all bear the same modus operandi to suggest that what's been charged did indeed happen. Amendola should have told Sandusky to go lock himself in his basement and never come out unless there's a court date. He should have absolutely no contact with the media or anyone else for that matter. What is this clown of a lawyer thinking? But then again, Amendola himself is not beyond reproach. In fact, he violated all sorts of juicy and non-negotiable code of ethics when he got one of his 16-year-old clients pregnant. Although he later went on to marry her, such an act doesn't eliminate the harm and wrong he caused. Maybe that's the glue between these two of society's bottom feeders. 

I've never actually said this before but in Sandusky's case it seems fitting: lock him up and throw away the key.