Over the years, I’ve covered crime scenes and political demonstrations and sports events, talked to guitar players and government officials and gadflies. But until this week I have never studied the situation as people got drunk.

Our kids life the high life; I mean, seriously. They have lux Britax car seats that any grown person would envy. Plush, padded seats, high backs for quick naps or just relaxing, adjustable seatbelts for comfort and padded arm rests and snacks on the side should they become peckish. I think all they need are magic fingers — the 21st century version that is, not the cheapy quarter-fed hotel cliché.

No one ever gets rich teaching. I doesn’t matter how good you are or where you work, the rewards of teaching are not financial. That said, I can’t complain that much about my salary. The party line is that teachers are poorly paid, but the truth is more nuanced. It all depends on your perspective.

Oct. 4 was the first anniversary of my daughter’s death. It has been a very difficult year for all of us.

We started with two, went down to one and now we are out of political bloggers at NapaValleyRegister.com. Are you going to be the next to join our highly-unpaid staff?

Ed Rogers, White House staffer to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush:

Dear editor, As our board of supervisors, city councils and planning commissions plan and review who will go under and what will get paved over this county, I have one topic to share and it is about children — children and their built environments.

Dear editor, I am happy to learn that the president of my country has won the Nobel Peace Prize. And I think he deserves it because he is doing a great job as leader of the U.S.A. in the executive branch of our government, executing all the laws made by our legislative branch of government and enforced by our judicial branch (of Supreme Court justices).

With my recent announcement that I am forming an exploratory committee to run for County Supervisor, my ability to write a blog column for NapaValleyRegister.com has come to an end.

What Halloween costume did you, or your child, pick out to wear this year?

What politically-themed issue makes you want to scream?

Fire out your thoughts here on your topic of the week that is not covered through a Register.com article or opinion item.

Seth Herbey takes us through the streets of Old Town Napa for this month's installment of NapaCam.