One of the more memorable I Love Lucy episodes had Lucy doing a TV commercial to try a sell a product named Vitameatagegamin. An opinion piece in the New York Times made me think of that old episode, although I’m not quite sure why. The article, entitled The Myth of Sustainable Meat by James E.… Continue reading Vitameatavegamin
Vociferous Rhapsody
When good laws go bad
Last week a story in the Denver Post reported that a police officer in the Denver suburb of Westminster was fired after being involved in an investigation about high school students passing around a naughty video of a couple of their classmates. The article said that restrictions surrounding personnel matters prohibit the Police Department from… Continue reading When good laws go bad
Medical Marijuana
Let’s be clear right up front. I don’t smoke pot. I don’t eat it in brownies or bread, but personally have no particular feelings about it one way or the other. Without having any personal experience, I’m assuming it isn’t really much different from alcohol, a legal, but well-regulated substance that adults have no problem obtaining,… Continue reading Medical Marijuana
PotPourri
It’s probably no big secret to anyone that knows me that I would rather be completely uninformed rather than rely on Fox News as a “news” source. I put it in quotes, because rarely does Fox News, rather it be a local channel or the national network, merely relay the news. Gawker.com has a new columnist,… Continue reading PotPourri
Stupid Things that People Do
While slurping my first cup of coffee this morning, I happened across an article about the ice fishing tournament on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. Now personally, I think people who wander out on a frozen lake, drill a hole through said frozen lake, and then sit there for hours fishing in such conditions are probably as near… Continue reading Stupid Things that People Do
Republicrat
For as long as I’ve been alive, American politics has been overwhelmingly dominated by the Republican and the Democratic parties. There have been honorable mention entries onto the scene by lesser third parties, with the Green Party and the Libertarian party being the most well-known of the over 50 lesser political parties. The Republican party was… Continue reading Republicrat
I told you so!
Back in 2008, the Microsoft windows world was slammed with a computer worm that ended up being known around the world as CONFICKER. It used some flaws in the windows operating system, and exploited poorly constructed administrator passwords to takeover millions of computers. Many MAC users shrugged their shoulders and barely looked up, continuing to believe… Continue reading I told you so!
Gay and growing old
A recent news article on Queerty.com about the suicide of therapist Bob Bergeron just as his book The Right Side of Forty: The Complete Guide to Happiness for Gay Men at Midlife and Beyond was being published brought out over 100 comments on the article, many of them vicious, some of the thoughtful, a few… Continue reading Gay and growing old
Nosey Do-Gooders and the damage they cause
On my way back and forth to work, even though I have satellite radio and lots of options, I usually have the radio set to the local public radio station so that I can catch the news from National Public Radio. The other day, I heard a disturbing story, where the State of New Hampshire… Continue reading Nosey Do-Gooders and the damage they cause
Woe is Us! Part 2
On Monday, April 2nd, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in a 5-4 vote that allows people arrested for minor offenses to be strip-searched before being admitted to jail, even if officials have no other reason to suspect them of carrying contraband or weapons. I am almost positive that when the… Continue reading Woe is Us! Part 2
Early to rise….
For as long as I can remember, I’ve rarely slept through the night in one uninterrupted long period of happy snoozing. I’ve always awakened at least once, sometimes twice or more, often for an hour or more. When you have a regular job that requires you to report to work at a fixed time every… Continue reading Early to rise….
Woe is us!
I’ve posted on this before in a previous blog, but since that post went up in smoke when my previous service provider decided to change software without notifying me, I’ll have to write it again. I know our educational system is putting out a lot of students who can’t point to the states on either… Continue reading Woe is us!