I was certainly glad that C.G. Skilling(“Don’t feed the ducks,” March 11) enlightened me to the fact that I was engaging in illegal and destructive behavior. I have a pair of mallard ducks that arrive at my basement door at 9:00 A.M. promptly every morning for a piece of whole grain bread and later show up on my bulkhead at 12:45 P.M. for their lunchtime grain. I probably have committed another crime by naming the female “Sarah” for Sarah Palin and the male “Mark” for the conservative talk show host Mark Levin. Oops, that must make me a conservative Republican, probably a federal offense. To make matters worse, I even talk to Sarah and Mark. Maybe the death penalty is in order here. I guess that I need to get my affairs in order and see if one of the CEOs who is responsible for bankrupting 401K plans needs a cellmate. Oh, wait a minute, they just got their bonuses cut, not jail time.

Laurel D. Lupton, Kirkland