This year, I've been forced to give a hard rethink to my former quasi-enjoyment of winter ( Read more... )

If I have to listen to one more co-worker bloviate about how Hurricane Sandy -- IT'S THE FRANKENSTORM, CHARLIE BROWN! -- is proof positive of GOD'S WRATH against ALL US SINNERS and a sure sign of an imminent DOOMSDAY, I might just plump for a new Richard Dawkins book just so's he'll get a further pittance in royalties, even though he's publicly ( Read more... )

Spring has sprung, we've long since taken the Great Leap Forward for Daylight Savings Time, Easter is next Sunday, income taxes are due the following Wednesday -- and the northern metro Detroit suburbs are under a winter storm watch until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night (Monday, 6 April), in which we could see up to ten inches of snow between tomorrow ( Read more... )