'Twas the first day of Christmas break,
And all through the land
Teachers needed not to wake
To grade or to plan.

And I in my boxers
And my spouse in her gown
Were snuggled up toasty
And still drowsing around.

A planned implosion of a Pasadena chemical plant prompted several reports of explosions early this morning.

The implosion of the Sunoco Inc. plant at 9802 Fairmont Parkway in Pasadena took place at 7:30 a.m. Officials say there is no threat to the public.

Sunuvabeyotch!

Whose bright idea was it to blow the thing up at 7:30 in the morning on the Saturday before Christmas?

Heck -- whose bright idea was it to blow it up at 7:30 in the morning any day of the week, but especially on the weekend?

As the crow flies, we are talking about a place that is probably less than 6 miles from our house. And given that there was an explosion and fire at a chemical plant merely 1 1/2 miles away less than two weeks ago, it was a particularly unpleasant way to start the day.