The Good: Sometimes things happen that make me wonder if there is really a higher power up there, or if some people are just lucky. John Slemp, a 52-year-old man from Oregon fell his way into the record books a week ago when he had a slight snafu. Slemp, his son, and a friend were riding snowmobiles near the crater of Mount Saint Helens a week after Slemp returned from Iraq when they stopped to take a few photos. Slemp and his son stepped onto a shelf of snow to look over the rim of the crater when the shelf collapsed. Slemp fell about 200 feet and landed on a snow bank unharmed. He then attempted to climb back up the crater when the bank collapsed and he fell another 1,500 feet. Alone, 1,700 feet in the crater of Mount St. Helens, Mr. Slemp set a record; he was the first person ever to fall into the crater. When Slemp was rescued, he had a few minor injuries, but was okay.

The Down Right Nasty: A few weeks ago we heard about the sexual misconduct in juvenile detention centers, and now it seems that no one who is imprisoned is safe. An Oklahoma sheriff was recently charged with multiple crimes against his former female charges. Sheriff Mike Burgess, who has ranked top officer in his county for the past 14 years, was accused of abusing his inmates by making them perform sex acts for his favoritism. Inmates had to perform in wet t-shirt contests and oral sex on the sheriff. In total, the sheriff will face 14 counts of second-degree rape, seven counts of forcible oral sodomy, five counts of bribery, two counts of sexual battery, two counts of rape by instrumentation, two counts of subornation of perjury, and one count each of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses, indecent exposure, and kidnapping. The Sherriff was released on $50,000 bond for his 35 total counts. If he is convicted on all counts (which I hope he is) he could be sentenced to 467 years in prison.