Weird Laws on Public Nudity in Vermont, Brain Surgeons in Pennsylvania, & Massage Therapists in Lindstrom, Minnesota

I always write my column on Weird Laws the week before it is due.  I generally find this keeps me thinking about all that qualifies as weird and gives me time to think.  As usual, this week is no different as there are always plenty of weird laws to go around. However, as I was editing today with the television going in the background, though I knew it and had been thinking about this date for weeks, the reality sat in that it had been 5 years since a handful of misguided fanatics hijacked a few airplanes and in a cowardly terrorist act killed thousands and forever changed our American way of life.  People will question, people will criticize, people will complain, but all that goes on in, the good and the bad (even the weird laws that bring us this column!) is possible because we live in the greatest country in the world.   Yes, sometimes the weird laws give us some problem, but as you read this, take a moment and remember those that died five years ago, their families, the brave soldiers who have given their lives in the War on Terror, the soldiers on the front line, their families and all of those whose lives were forever changed on that September morning.

Now, for an update from the world of weird laws.