I’ve got a new policy in my personal life: Don’t debate issues with someone who doesn’t at least in part agree with the same fundamentals as I do. This isn’t me running away from a challenge or only wanting to associate with people who think the same way I do. It’s a way to save [...]

I’m a “How Do You Like It?” kind of guy. If you do something that bothers me, I’ll not ask you to stop, I’ll do it right back to you until you get the hint. I don’t know where I picked that up, but it’s my way of dealing with irritation. That’s why I find [...]

On a whim, I decided to check the results and scores in bowling for the 2008 Special Olympics, and wouldn’t you know it, all of the Google results so far have been about President Obama’s appearance on Leno last night. He made a joke about his bad bowling ability saying “It was like the Special [...]

Maybe it’s my first real step into old man territory, but the internet is starting to scare me. I keep hearing about new things like Google’s Latitude which uses your friends cellphones to tell you where they are at that moment. It starts off with, sounding interesting, but quickly turns to, disturbing.   “Well, you [...]

I don’t like the presidential candidates. I hate stories like “Pregnant man gives birth”. I can’t stand touchy feely stories about people who got into their own messes and complain enough to get legislation passed in their favor.   I think I would be much happier if I didn’t pay attention to the news. Scratch [...]

Listen to enough talk radio and you’ll eventually hear someone talk about how the founding fathers never intended for these career politicians that we have now. They’ll say how our leaders are supposed to rise out of obscurity, lead, then go back to obscurity. Oddly enough, these are the very same people who will say [...]

Now that the Iowa caucuses are over we’re one step closer to getting away from the constant political campaign coverage that we’ve been getting. It doesn’t look like my guy is going to win. Of course, my guy never had a chance. You have to exist first.   I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for [...]