current events
Through the Looking Glass
Before heading out to work today, John turned on the TV to get a weather update. The news program he flipped to was talking about Britney Spears’ performance at the Video Music Awards. I had heard the speculation that she was drunk, and to be honest she kindof looked the part with her [...]
Foreclosure Madness — People Who Shouldn’t Own Houses Hardest Hit!
Every day I’m seeing more and more articles like this one.
“The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America said Countrywide (Charts, Fortune 500) was not doing enough to help people who took out subprime adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) over the past few years and now may lose their homes. Subprime loans are issued to borrowers with poor credit [...]
Tabloid TV
While I was in Orlando, I spent a lot of time in my hotel room. Don’t get me wrong — I wasn’t a complete troll; I did go out for meals with my co-workers. But the balance of my time was spent in my room working and watching the TV. The channel [...]
Do You Know What’s on Your Dinner Plate?
If you do, then you’re well ahead of me.
The “pet food scare” started with certain wet pet foods; foods that I happen to feed to my cats. By luck or divine intervention my cats didn’t get sick despite eating some of the recalled foods. When the culprit was named as contaminated wheat gluten, [...]
On the VT Tragedy…
There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said 10,000 times, but I do have a few comments.
The liberals among us have immediately seized on this opportunity to advance the gun control agenda. On January 31, 2006, the VT university spokesperson hailed the defeat of a bill that would allow legal CCW [...]
Britney Shaved Her Head?!
Ok… guess I’m the last person on the planet to hear about it.
