"Tra-la!  It's May!  The lusty month of May...That darling month where everyone throws self-control away..."  So sings Queen Guenevere in the Broadway classic, Camelot.

     But how is it that this lovely month with its "May Day" festivals became associated with a universal distress call?  (The answer is below.)  

     This month's e-dition features a few "distress calls" of my own -- once again offering some more information to urge a little more "self-control" (even in May) to curtail the deadly epidemic of texting while driving. 

     Since I have been writing on this subject, no less a celebrity than Oprah herself is now sounding her "Mayday!" calls as well to stop the deadly practice.  Even Allstate (an insurance company I usually find pretty disagreeable) can sometimes do a good thing, as it is in its "X the Text" Campaign.  Given the sad tragedies that continue to occur due to folks that think "it will never happen to me" (despite even more evidence to the dangers of distraction) the message just needs to be repeated until it sinks in. 

     Finally, just for fun, I comment on another warning signal -- this one from physicist Stephen Hawking and his recent cautionary comment about sending messages into deep space.

     As always, if you are feeling any "legal distress", I hope you won't wait for an alien attack before giving our office a call.  You can visit our website anytime, and even if I can't help you directly, I am always glad to point you in the right direction.