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Man Executes Lawn Mower

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 11:41 A GMT-05

A couple of weeks ago, an intoxicated man in Milwaukee shot his lawn mower because it wouldn't start. A neighbor called the police and the man was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly cond

Category: Daily Life

100 Useless Facts About Me

Tuesday, 29 July 2008 7:57 P GMT-05

100 useless facts about me:1) Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?It varies2) Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?Yep3) Have you ever done it in a hotel room?Of course -- I've done it nearly everywhere.4) H

Category: Memes/Quizzes Daily Life Trivia/Lists

Voluntary Sterilization and Childless, Young Adults

Monday, 28 July 2008 7:34 P GMT-05

Recently, I was having a conversation at work about young, single guys in their 20s who get vasectomies because they don't ever want children and are terrified of being trapped into unwanted fatherhood by a woman who has an "accident on purp

Category: Libertine Culture/Social Commentary Daily Life

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Odds and Ends

Sunday, 27 July 2008 11:47 A GMT-05

It seems as if both radio and TV have come up with a new crop of obnoxious commercials for the summer season. Some of the latest offenders are:A series if Aflac commercials where the Aflac duck makes screechy "ack, ack, ack, ack" soun

Category: Rants Religion Culture/Social Commentary Daily Life Trivia/Lists

Firefox Woes

Saturday, 26 July 2008 1:58 P GMT-05

I've been a Firefox user for quite some time now, using it through several updated versions. Most people I know who use it rave about it, while simultaneously trashing Internet Explorer.At first, I agreed with such people, but I've been

Category: Rants Daily Life

Greener Than Thou

Thursday, 24 July 2008 2:07 P GMT-05

This morning I read an article on Alternet, by a man who gave up having a car: Living Without a Car: My New American Responsibility. It was a rather insulated look at living a carless lifestyle in a city with excellent public transportation tha

Category: Culture/Social Commentary Daily Life

One Car Families

Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:56 P GMT-05

When I was growing up, one didn't usually see as many cars per household as is common today. Many middle class families had just one car, even when another car could have been afforded.I'm not sure of why this was so, but I would imagin

Category: About Me/Memories Culture/Social Commentary

Everything Is In Working Order

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 7:23 P GMT-05

Today I went to the doctor to get a checkup. I hadn't been to the doc in eighteen months, so I figured I was overdue.Fortunately, I checked out just fine and I'm good to go for another year or ten thousand miles, whichever comes f

Category: Daily Life

Autism Controversy

Monday, 21 July 2008 11:59 P GMT-05

Far right radio talk show ost, Michael Savage, lived up to his pseudonym last Wednesday when he dismissed autism as a phony disease when he said, "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out..."Wh

Category: Rants Politics In the News Culture/Social Commentary

Not Everything Is Going Up

Sunday, 20 July 2008 11:56 A GMT-05

Gas prices are up, higher than they've ever been in my lifetime. When I first bought my car in 2003, it took five dollars to to go from three quarters of a tank to full. Now, it takes fifteen dollars.Food prices are likewi

I Hate the Olympics

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:21 A GMT-05

The Beijing Summer Olympics are nearly upon us, starting on 8-8-08. But I have absolutely no intention of watching any of the events.I have to admit that the Olympic Games bore me witless. I've never been all that much int

Category: Rants About Me/Memories Culture/Social Commentary Daily Life

Cartoon of the Day: Bush on Marriage

Friday, 18 July 2008 1:15 P GMT-05

Category: Politics Culture/Social Commentary

How to End a Drought

Thursday, 17 July 2008 2:08 P GMT-05

My area is in the throes of a long running drought. Local officials have encouraged people to stop watering their lawns and to sharply reduce how often they wash their cars. This isn't going to work, as we all know quite well tha

Deceptive Sales Tactics

Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:06 P GMT-05

While listening to the radio this evening, a commercial for a jewelry store came on. As I listened to the commercial and its hard-sell approach, I was reminded of something that happened several years ago.I was in a jewelry store, browsing arou

Stupid Crook News

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10:20 P GMT-05

One would think that one of the first rules for pulling off a successful crime would be, "Don't Shit in Your Own Backyard". In other words, don't commit a crime in places where people know you.In Denton, Texas, one marri

Category: In the News Daily Life

Thoughts About Public Schools

Monday, 14 July 2008 11:22 P GMT-05

As regular readers of my blog know, I frequently listen to the Neal Boortz radio show as a way to monitor what those on the Right are saying.Boortz often rants about public schools, which he always refers to as "government schools". &n

Contender for the Darwin Award

Sunday, 13 July 2008 11:07 A GMT-05

Category: Junk Drawer In the News Animals

Questioning Sacred Cows

Saturday, 12 July 2008 12:27 P GMT-05

On Alternet, in the article "Is Cheating Ever OK", the author addresses the question:If one partner refuses to have sex, does the other have the right to seek it elsewhere?My response to this article follows below:Perhaps the question shoul

Category: Culture/Social Commentary

Quotes and Comments

Friday, 11 July 2008 11:09 A GMT-05

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.--Ralph W. SockmanIt's all too easy to give up our convictions when we stand alone and it's all too easy to give in to our prejudic

Category: Culture/Social Commentary Trivia/Lists

Worked to Death

Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:09 A GMT-05

Those who have been reading my blogs for any length of time know that I take a "work to live, don't live to work" approach to life. Barring the minority of people who have creative, fulfilling jobs they'd do for free if they could a

Category: In the News Culture/Social Commentary Daily Life

Good News

Wednesday, 9 July 2008 8:52 A GMT-05

It seems as if what I've thought all along is apparently true:When it comes to sex, the watchword for men is "use it or lose it."In a study conducted among a thousand older Finnish men, those who had sex most often were at a lower risk

Category: In the News Culture/Social Commentary

The Road Trip of Your Life

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 8:46 A GMT-05

The Road Trip of Your Life You see romantic love as what's most important in life. A deep connection with someone else is the primary thing you crave. You live life at a fairly leisurely pace. You take time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life

Category: About Me/Memories Memes/Quizzes

Summer Doldrums

Monday, 7 July 2008 10:18 P GMT-05

Sorry I've been pretty much MIA around here lately. I'm having a bad case of the summer doldrums and my blogging get up and go, got up and went, as the old saying goes. I'm the opposite of a bear -- I have more energy in the w

Category: Rambling Daily Life

Five Things That Could Get You Fired

Sunday, 6 July 2008 6:56 P GMT-05

Unless you work in the public sector (government) or belong to a union, your employment is "at-will" in every state except for Montana or Arizona. "At-will" employment means an employee can be fired for good cause or no cau