What Holds the Universe Together?
Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
Read moreMonth: September 2004
My Small Part To Help U.S. Jobs
I’ve decided to decline any of the “special offers” I receive from credit card companies and others when the call does not originate in the U.S. Take to asking the person that calls if the the call originates in the U.S. If it doesn’t, politely explain that you only consider such offers when the offer originates in the U.S. Ask customer service people to transfer your call to a U.S.-based call center. It might help save a job or two.
Read moreExpensive Boob Job
It appears the FCC has fined CBS $550,000 for the shot of Janet Jackson’s boob during the Super Bowl. That’s an awfully expensive boob job.
Read moreBush's Grip On Iraqi Reality Continues to Slip
To hear President Bush tell it, Iraq is a bed of roses: “Our strategy is succeeding,” he said last week. Yesterday at the U.N., he said Iraq is “on the path to democracy and freedom.” Yet the CIA told Bush recently that the scenarios we’re really facing there range from a quagmire to a bloodbath.
Read moreThe Storm That Keeps On Giving
After having slammed into the coast of Alabama and the Florida pan handle, Ivan meandered up through the eastern states
Read moreTranshumanism
I read an interesting commentary/Op.ed. piece in Sunday’s St. Petersburg Times. It was written by Francis Fukuyama, a professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and is entitled “Latest threat on horizon: transhumans.”
Read moreMy Spiderman Adventure
I had an interesting beginning to the week. Apparently I was the victim of a spider bite Sunday. I had gathered up a load of laundry to put in the washing machine. I felt a prickly sensation like one gets when messing around with fiberglass.
Read moreIn Fairness to Hamilton, NJ
I sent the members of the Hamilton, NJ Town Council a link to my recent post concerning the arrest of a protester at a Republican event there. Councilman Dan Benson was kind enough to respond to that article.
Read moreBush Quelling Protests Again
During a speech in Hamilton, NJ, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was handcuffed, lead away and charged with trespassing after she began shouting questions to First Lady Laura Bush.
Read moreTwo Hurricanes=Two Deductibles
Well, in most insurance policies, mine included, you pay your deductible for each occurance of a hurricane. My deductible, like most deductibles in FL is quite high when it comes to “Hurricane related wind damage.” And if you got hit by both hurricanes, you’ll be expected to pay two deductibles.
Read moreHow Drunk Do You Have to Be?
Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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