This year we have swine flu to worry about.  This is, of course, on top of the “normal” flu that we have to worry about every fall.  Measles, mumps, and rubella, though not as prominent as they used to be, show up every so often and sweep through a as grade… Read full post »

If you read a text book on fascism or on Nazi-ism, you’ll realize how completely incorrect it is to associate Barack Obama with fascism, let alone Hitler. Here are some of the “arguments” I’ve heard people use and a bit of obvious rebuttal.

Obama’s plan is to insert go… Read full post »

Dear TreeHugger.com,

Being that you are all working hard on your cusade to keep the world fresh and new, I am guessing that you (collectively speaking) have much time to surf around the neet or watch YouTube. I do, and I stumbled across something totally disturbing that I… Read full post »

If you're like me, your email in-box gets flooded with messages about all manner of "interesting" topics. Chain e-mail, product offers, please to help the needy expatriated Countess of Ghana recover her billions of dollars in inheritance. For obvious reasons we ignore most of this nonsense as/…

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Even for someone like me who watches very little TV news, the story of Jaycee Dugard was impossible to miss. Jaycee was 11 years old in 1991 when she went missing. The search for Jaycee was long and thorough, but unsuccessful. Her parents, though always maintaining the hope… Read full post »

Someone I know recently mentioned their opinion that the negative and animalistic nature of man can be most easily exemplified by looking at politics.  I argued with their position.  The clearest view into the dark mind of human kind can be seen, I think, in the comment thread of most blogs… Read full post »

Can you think back to late 2001 and early 2002?  Do you remember how almost every celebrity of any sort was seen at one point or another with either the letters "NYPD" or "FDNY" on their person?  This was of course to show support for all the police and firemen who… Read full post »

Over the last 10 years or so, dark beers have become seriously more mainstream than they used to be.  Where the 70's and 80's had a lot of "Tastes Great, Less Filling" nonsense, the new millenium has brought us back from the light beer dungeons and into a place where darker… Read full post »

Ok.  So the Yankees are rolling like thunder.  They have taken 5 straight from Boston, including a 20-11 romp last night.  Theqy have a commanding lead in the AL East and are a shoe-in to make the post season.  I still don't get how anyone can root for them.

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Have you seen this video yet?  It features and Israeli man who is giving an interview about how much he like the socialized medical care in his home country.  He is not advocating nor condemning any American politician, political party, or even political position.  He is simply very bi… Read full post »

Like most others these days, I have my radar on, my eyes open, and my feelers extended in relation to employment opportunities.  Here's what I've stumbled across.

There is a job where I can suck at what I do and still get paid tons of money to do it. … Read full post »

Is anyone else tired of hearing about Michael Vick?  While I’m sure the answer to that question is affirmative, I bet not many people are fed up with the topic for the same reason I am.  I think he should be left alone and that all the hypocritical, misguided many should… Read full post »

Quick post.

First, for the sake of full disclosure, I'll point out for anyone who has not figured it out that I'm a huge Red Sox fan.  Please keep in mind that I'm really disgusted over the last four games and the total trouncing that the Yankees gave Boston.

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Yeah, that last post.  Manny is on my side.

 Not that I want Manny on my side much, but he got tossed in the 5th inning of the Dodgers game tonight when an obvious ball that would have walked him was mistakenly called a strike and he was called out.  He… Read full post »

So, I watched the Red Sox last night as they hosted the Oakland A's.  The A's sort of suck this year, so I justifiably thought it was going to be a win.  Well, it wasn't.  The A's plastered the Sox 6-0! 

The nicest thing about the game was that, as… Read full post »

When someone dies, you’re supposed to be sad.  It's something we're conditioned to from the loss of our first goldfish up through adolescence and into adulthood.  Those who believe in God will try to ease the pain by pointing out their beliefs in the afterlife and quote epithets like,… Read full post »

This past Friday, Jay Leno said goodbye to the Tonight Show after 17 years at its helm.  The second longest time hosting, surpassed by only Johnny Carson.  While Connan O'Brien can be expected to do as good a show at the new time slot as he did at 12:30am, with a… Read full post »

What I'd really like to get from this post is some suggestions of where to look for a common thread of good that runs through everyone. 

Any takers?

If I ask for  examples of good in people I'll get flooded* with comments about Mother Theresa types who live charitable lives… Read full post »

News has broken that the popular show "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" has been cancelled by Fox.   As the dissapointment set in for me, a faithful fan of the two-season-old sci-fi show, my mind inevitably went to the obvious question: What are they replacing it with?

Brothers

A ne… Read full post »

Since the news broke that Manny Ramirez had tested positive for some PED, I have been tuned into sports talk radio, watching ESPN and MLB Network, and reading what I could find.  One recurring thought pattern that I picked up on is that many pundits are wondering out loud if Red… Read full post »

I spend my days as an I.T. supervisor in an office with approximately 100 staff.  Aside from dealing with all areas of data coordination, my team also takes care of all network administration and tech support needs of the staff.

Our email is done with Outlook and the server is not in… Read full post »

I recently stumbled over a forum question on About.com.  The question was this:  Are Atheists rude?

 Here's what I commented...

I'm coaching tee-ball. 

I never thought that I'd be doing something like that.  My own personal athletic career consisted of one season of basketball around the sixth grade, one tryout for little league baseball that was utterly horrendous, and about four seasons of Pop Warner football that… Read full post »

Ahh!  The wonders of the modern age.  I changed my cable service to include the MLB Network yesterday.  I'll let you know what I think of it in days to come, but for now let me fill you in on the whereabouts  of Dr. Mike Marshall, expert kinesiologist and formet Cy… Read full post »