The ADG was full of good news this morning.

• The telephone industry continues to change. Pay phones are gone, it's been a long time since I've even seen one. More people are using cell phones AND dropping their landlines. No need for them, no need for the extra expense. That also means that phone books are shrinking. In fact, when I need a phone number I am more likely to search the internet for it, because that will give me a map as well. 
• Little Rock streets are full of potholes after our hard winter and record-setting 81.79 inches of rainfall last year. Some of the holes are as large as basketballs. Whole areas of the asphalt just disappear. 
• A study of Arkansas health shows wide variations across counties, and the way from Benton County, in NW Arkansas, which is ranked as most healthy, to Phillips County in the Delta, the least healthy. Well, we knew that. But the article contained other interesting comparisons. When I lived in rural Drew County, everyone -- you know, "everyone" -- said Little Rock doctors were better, you'd be better off living there. Drew is ranked 35th among Arkansas counties, about in the middle, but Pulaski County is ranked 31st. So Pulaski County is healthier than Drew, but not by much.  This study was done by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. See this USAToday article.