My love of all that’s fit to print in regards to the news goes back to my elementary school days. Which is funny because, nowadays, so much of what’s considered news is, well ... so elementary in nature.

Justin Bieber’s a daddy? Nah, I’m not buying it (and his accuser is going to get sued big time, I’ll betcha). Mega-rich CEOs giving themselves big raises? Don’t make me laugh; that is so 2009. Lindsay Lohan to appear in Playboy? Well, I don’t subscribe to the popular men’s magazine (not even for the articles) and – let’s be honest – I could care less about Lohan (who’s got about as much talent as a busted chopstick).

Then there’s Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and all these accusations of sexual harassment? Say it isn’t so ... a politician actually behaving in such a manner. Geez, never heard that one before, have we?

No, in looking through the headlines topping the list of all that’s newsworthy this week only one in particular caught my eye: Asteroid the size of aircraft carrier to pass close to Earth.

Now that’s a headline. And trust me, it’s not just my love of all things science fiction that makes this my own, personal version of cool, but you must admit, it’s not every day an asteroid the width of four football fields passes this close. Then again, my overactive imagination does tend to get the best of me sometimes.