We've been kicking around vacation ideas for 2013. I have a budget, a few destinations in mind, music cities, and the idea we should include an event. I checked the websites of all my favorite musicians to see if they're touring, looked at theater schedules in music cities and researched the local comedy scene. After weeks of doing this I'm no ( Read more... )

Have you hugged your child gun today?

The last 24 hours have been maddening for me and it will only get worse in the days to come. First came the unspeakable horror of the slaughter of children. Before we knew the scope of the massacre I read a man quoting Thomas Jefferson on Facebook on the need for a well armed citizenry to defend against the ( Read more... )

They say humans are getting dumber, all this technology is actually reducing the amount of brain power we use. There is less critical thinking in daily life. By they, I mean behavioral scientists in a dull depressing office somewhere on a university. There are just as many others who claim we're only scratching the surface of our brain and the best ( Read more... )

We're lied to from the beginning. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are innocent enough, but they set the stage for systemic lies later in life. We come to accept the untruth for what it is. Standards are lowered and we get exactly what we expect. Government, big business and the church lie to us, anyone with an agenda is willing to ( Read more... )

I tried to post on LJ during my Friday lunch break but the commies runniung this circus would not allow it. When I did access my blog it would not post my entire piece. I cut, pasted, recut, repasted, deleted, started new, finally said "Fuck this" and went back to work.

The Oxford Center for Animal Ethics, Penn State and the university of Illinois ( Read more... )

There are moments you realize a person's argument is retarded, based in illogic, and you want to scream. Any person bitching the Obama administration is anti-business, bad for the markets ... and in the same conversation whines about the 700 billion dollar bailout as government waste ... they should be immediately placed in a straightjacket. He was ( Read more... )

Today was one of those days, from the start to a merciful 12th hour ending. I felt whipped when I left Monkeytech this evening.

I'm due for one of those posts when you get halfway through and realize you don't have time to read this shit. I'm warning you. Just. Stop. Now.

First thing today Cheryl learned a dear old friend had committed suicide on ( Read more... )

Many years ago in the midst of a round at the Meadowbrook Golf Course in Richmond, Rhode Island, my buddies and I witnessed a horrible golfer hacking his way through several holes of golf. I was so glad to not be playing with the young man. He sucked terribly but it was not his lack of skill that turned me off. I was once the worst golfer I knew, ( Read more... )

Our governor may as well put that slogan on all ..... "Entering Arizona, The Grand Canyon State" ..... signs on our borders with other states, especially our southern border with Mexico. Jan Brewer just passed into law the strictest anti immigration legislation in the country. Believe me, I'm no bleeding heart liberal when it comes to illegal ( Read more... )

The holiday season is officially over. Alarm clocks are set for the working hour. We get paid by those who learn from our mistakes. After suffering a few morning commutes 2010 reminded me of something. 2009. it's exactly the same as the last work week, and the month before, and one year ago. New year my ass.

And what's all this end-of-decade ( Read more... )