I am so tired if hearing people complain about weather. What kind of lives do you live that you have to constantly complain to other people about weather?
I see this happening in two areas. First, friends and acquaintances are always complaining. And second, even TV and radio personalities have decided that snow is a bad [...]

Alright, I can’t claim authorship of that title. I stole it from Joel Stein’s article “And the Winner is…” in the Dec 22 issue of Time. And I’ll also admit that I pulled it out of context. But I do believe it.
In the article, Stein discusses the senate vote recount happening in Minnesota. But I’m [...]

Twice this week now, I come downstairs to my office before going to work, and find that my computer rebooted overnight. So I just went into the Automatic Update settings in the control panel, and found that something changed my settings to “Bend Over.” Yeah yeah, Microsoft calls it “Automatic”, but the better name for [...]

At some point recently, I allowed a Windows update that upgraded my Internet Explorer to version 7. This version sucks worse than any other version. I usually don’t care because I’ve been a Firefox user for years. But my bank’s online tools have a glitch, and they will only work in IE. So I have [...]

If you’re like me, you receive several e-mails every week from some friend or relative plugging some cause and including a call to action like, “make your voice heard, forward this e-mail to everyone you know”.
Most such messages I receive are about U.S. immigration policies. But I also receive messages like, “put Christ back in [...]

Sometimes I can’t believe my ears. Instead of going into a rant on this one, let me give you some quotes from a couple of recent Barack Obama speeches:
Sat 29-Mar-2008, town hall meeting, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
“When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education [...]

Last year, Governor Jim Doyle (D - Wisconsin) launched a statewide anti-smoking initiative. It’s in the news this week because a state Assembly committee voted Tuesday 6-3 to send a proposed statewide smoking ban to the full Assembly. Groups like the Tavern League of Wisconsin are against the ban. And there are of course groups [...]

The big news around these parts today is that Brett Favre announced his retirement from the Green Bay Packers. The story broke on the internet at 8:30am, with further stories and confirmations throughout the day. By noon, it was old news, and the only new stuff appearing on the internet were stories from various sportscasters’ [...]

According to the National Women’s History Project, March is National Womens History Month. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History claims responsibility for originating Black History Month, celebrated in the United States each February.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We Americans don’t get it. Let’s go back a few years. [...]

Jordin Sparks sang the Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLII yesterday. Unlike most of the comments I’ve heard, I just didn’t like it.
Over the years, tens of thousands of great songs have been written and arranged and re-arranged and covered by artists from all styles and backgrounds. Many songs sound great with new arrangements. [...]

Just read an article on the front page of today’s Green Bay Press-Gazette about 20 fugitives that were arrested in northeast Wisconsin by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department. All 20 had previously gone before an immigration judge and were ordered to leave the country; but they’re still here.
The article, written by Tony [...]

Alright, now I’ve heard it all. I’m watching the Democratic presidential debate, broadcast on CNN from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. This is a great debate, because the Democratic field has been narrowed down to Senator Barak Obama (IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (NY). So you really get a chance to know what these candidates [...]