THE MEGA MILLIONS jackpot has everybody all fired up and dreaming of winning enough money to shower in for the rest of our lives. Click here for our story in today’s H-W.

Click here to see a list of odds for many different things. I’m not sure how they compiled it, perhaps with exhaustive research and using surveys, or maybe by using Google. Who knows.

Just so you know, you have a better chance of being injured by a lawnmower, drowning in a bathtub, being on a plane with a drunken pilot or dating a supermodel than of winning Mega Millions. And you have a way better chance of being hit by lightning.

Let us know if you win.

THE QUINCY FIRE Department is conducting drills this week, sending firefighters into the water filter plant on Front Street to fix a simulated chlorine gas leak.

On Wednesday night, the sight of firefighters Jerry Mast and Cory Goehl walking down Hampshire in the blue protective suits was interesting enough. It was especially funny to see the people gathered at Second and Hampshire gape as they walked by.

One rather unsteady gal who warned me “not to go by the river because it really stinks, but what do I know, I’m from Montana” was especially enthralled. The skateboarders thought it was “way cool.” Some of the people driving on Hampshire managed to not crash their vehicles when spotting the spacemen in their suits.

Click here for the story, and check out the video shot by H-W Photographer Michael Kipley of the training.

Just another Wednesday night, down by the river ….

Dr. Samuel Everett's stone before renovation by Perry Harrison of Harrison Monuments.

The refurbished stone and new memorial.

HERE ARE SOME before and after photos of the Dr. Samuel Everett memorial in Woodland Cemetery. The Tri-States Civil War Round Table is to be commended for fixing up the grave and honoring a true Quincy hero. Click here for my column about the Civil War doctor.

The refurbished memorial will be dedicated and Dr. Everett will be honored again on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at the historic cemetery in Quincy.

REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER Cups have as much chance of beating Snickers in the Kohl Cash & Carry March Muchness Tournament as an Ohio State football player has of actually going to class.

Thank you.

THE QUINCY FIRE Department is doing training tonight, Wednesday and Thursday at the water plant on Front Street, across from Backwaters and next to Clat Adams Park.

Firefighters will be responding to a simulated chlorine leak inside the plant. So if you see a bunch of guys running around in space suits on the river the next few nights, don’t panic.

It’s only a drill.

Listen to Rodney Hart every Tuesday morning at 7:50 on the WGEM NewsTalk Live 105.1 FM. Click here for this morning’s show.

HOW MUCH DOES it cost when you lose your cell phone?

The average American loses their phone at least once a year – adding up to a staggering $30 billion if they are not recovered, according to the research from Lookout Mobile Security.

Click here to find what city has the most lost cell phones, and where they tend to get lost the most.

Listen to Rodney Hart every Tuesday morning at 7:50 on the WGEM NewsTalk Live 105.1 FM.

A QUINCY FAMILY recently found a cat in a most unusual manner, and they are looking for her owners. You can read more in my Saturday Herald-Whig column on Page 2A.

If you recognize this good-looking feline and/or you are missing a grown female cat, contact me at 221-3370 or rhart@whig.com.

LAUGHTER IS LAUGHTER, no matter what language you speak. That’s the best part of the commentary for this video.

Did this guy play soccer?

SIXTY YEARS AGO Wednesday, the first rock and roll concert ever took place in Cleveland. Can you say Alan Freed and rioting? I knew you could.

Click here for the BBC’s awesome story and video about the event. As a music and history buff, I found it fascinating. Below is more video about Freed, a visionary in rock and roll.

WHO KNEW YOU needed scissors to vote in some Illinois counties Tuesday?

Click here for the story. YCMIU.