An online travel article I read a while back offered some suggestions to help make summer air travel easier. The list included some painfully obvious suggestions, even to the casual flyer, such as not making hijacking or terrorism jokes, or keeping your obnoxious child quiet and strapped into a seat while in the air. I [...]
Can someone please do me a favor? I’m not a celebrity, so I don’t really know anyone famous that I could call. But, if you are famous and you happen to be acquainted with one Ms. Sheryl Crow, could you print out this entry and pass it to her. Hey, Sheryl: I heard about your [...]
God almighty! When is the horror going to end? First, it was offering employees bonuses… …and now this. What’s next? Retirement plans for part-timers? Call your congressman/woman and ask them to do something about this NOW!
A story making the rounds of the news sites reveals that the “Dr.” Al Gore compound in Tennessee is using electrical energy at a pretty exhorbitant clip. According to an allegedly conservative watchdog group in the Volunteer State, Dr. Gore’s mansion is using the same electricty in a month that the average American home uses [...]
If you’re tired of hearing about what a violent nation the United States is compared to the rest of the “civilized” world, have a gander at this sordid tale of murder and mayhem. If I ever get stupid enough to have an affair with a Belgian woman, remind me never to piss her off. Especially [...]
In the wake of the foiled terror plot in the UK, I can already predict one of the theories you’ll be reading on the lefty conspiracy blogs. Just wait a few hours…you’ll see this, if it isn’t there already… The real “shadow” force behind this plot isn’t al-Qaeda or Hezzbollah (or however you spell it). [...]
I was driving around in my truck the other day, listening to the new CD player I just installed in the dash. And I suddenly had an idea that’s gonna make me rich… The CD player in the dash is a really big thing for me. The truck is a 2003 Ford that I purchased [...]
I know the price of fuel has been a major news story in recent weeks. The lack of economic knowledge by the majority of Americans causes the blame to be squarely placed at the doorstep of “Big Oil.” I won’t go into trying to correct the common misconceptions as to why gas costs so much, [...]
We brag about Jacksonville a lot around here. Here’s more proof that our great town just has such a…how do I put this?…such a special glow about it. Seriously, thought, it’s a good thing Superman wasn’t in the area. I would have hated for him to swoop in to help, only to get knocked backwards [...]
A new brouhaha is erupting over American Idol, surprisingly early in the new season. No, Paula isn’t boinking the male contestants (it’s far too early in the contest for that). No, this time the sexual imbroglio relates to comments made by the two male judges, Simon Whatshisface and Randy Whatever. A gay rights group, the [...]
A woman who worked with BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, now serving about a thousand years in the can. is pissed off and suing Rader for $75,000 for “gender discrimination”. She also said he damaged her career with an unfairly bad job evaluation report, the Wichita Eagle said. Gee, I wonder how she would have [...]
Speaking of ironic, I think it’s…interesting…that the same night that Hollywood got it’s annual pat on the back from the rabble via the People’s Choice Awards, a couple of hundred miles away in Vegas, America’s “adult film” stars were doling out their annual kudos. (Please note that I’m not referring to the latter as p*rn [...]
I have a million-dollar idea. I thought of this one while pulling into the parking lot at work this morning. You know how the auto makers introduced “talking” cars a some years ago? A voice would warn you of certain conditions. For example, if you left your headlights on, the voice would warn you if [...]
A New York man was arrested yesterday for fatally injuring an small amphibian: A 19-year-old man was behind bars Tuesday after allegedly biting the head off a gecko as part of a bet. Derrick Ford was being held in the Orange County Jail after being charged with felony animal cruelty, police said. Ford was at [...]
You know what I hate? All this crappy news about this stinking economy. I blame Bush.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the decision to remove the boreal toad from a list of potential endangered species. This action comes in spite of the fact that the amphibian subspecies is in danger of extinction from an invasive fungus of foreign origin, something that’s apparently affecting amphibians around the globe. The [...]
Okay, let’s get something straight right now… No matter how many times you watch the show, no matter how wonderful you think she is, or how great she would be if she really had job, no matter what the ratings say… …Geena Davis is not the President of the United States. You know, just like [...]
This week’s Onion offers some survival tips for natural disasters, provided by FEMA. Allegedly. Money quote: In a time of crisis brought on by a natural disaster, remember to focus on the task at hand—survival—and don’t waste mental energy thinking about who did or didn’t cut this or that funding for levee repairs. These are [...]
I wrote an entry here last week in which I chided the press for continuing to refer to Mother Cindy Sheehan as a “grieving mother.” I was challenged by another blogger for criticizing how she chose to grieve for her son, a deceased war hero, and I believe he might be correct. I really need [...]
I see a story about rapper Beanie Sigel’s continuing legal troubles has popped up in the news. I always enjoy reading about Beanie because his name reminds me of something that eventually led to a very popular entry on this site. In spite of the similarity between the rapper’s name and the names of our [...]