The new method is called, "Just Say, uh Wow, Colors!" ... GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has declared the West Coast drought a punishment from God for those states' tendency to vote Democratic. In a revival of the TV show, Chips", officers Ponch and Jon grumble when they are sent on a patrol to spot illegal lawn watering. Ponch rants about his dream of hyping Florida real estate. ... Just had a visit from the health department, since our neighbor, who has called the town about a dead tree (very green and dropping beach nuts on his roof) over his house and about a cigarette butt he found on his front lawn (next to a sidewalk leading to an elementary school), and complained to me about my roses vines hanging over his yard, told them we had lots of dog doo-doo in the yard. I said once in a while when he goes out, we miss one, but it gets picked up. She was looking for something more egregious and her attitude was something like "Sh..it happens." (OK my words)