Someone complained about all the bad news in the paper, and a colleague noted that today's front page actually had mostly good news with the one bad news story buried at bottom, a bit explaining felony murder statutes related to the Farmington Hills baseball bat homicides.

We had BaconFest coming to Royal Oak in June. We had record store day. And we had Pontiac selling its water system to county and possibly ending its current debt problem.

Of course, there are other ways of looking at the news.

BaconFest will kill you and other stories today are about the amount of antibiotics in meat, especially bacon. Record store day exists because record stores are doomed. And Pontiac selling its most valuable asset means it has one less valuable asset and debt that will continue to mount in coming years.