Elizabeth Edwards–Resilience or Revenge?

This is a difficult thing for me to say, but I am disappointed in Elizabeth Edwards.  Until this past week, I had admired her decision to allow her husband to face the consequences of his choices, for better or for worse (just like the marriage vows suggest).  Her previous choice to deal with the personal fallout [...]

Smoking and Drinking and …Easter

In the past year, our state passed a law restricting, mostly eliminating, locations where smokers can “light up.”  Some in more ways than others….  Restaurants in particular have special, quirky rules that are tied to the percentage of food versus alcohol sales.  Over or under a set food sales percentage determines whether or not smoking is permitted in each location.    
There has been quite a [...]

Short and Sweet

Sampling the written treats of other blogs has become an habitual (roll your eyes now) ritual.  Linking and skipping through the blogging universe, a reading pattern has evolved that speaks volumes about either my attention span or the quality of the material in the blog-o-sphere.  Perhaps it is the time clock ticking in my head that limits the energy that can be [...]

O-o-o-ps

John Edwards has done what many before him have done and what many after will continue to do.  Not unusual or uncommon, definitely embarassing, absolutely hurtful.  Too bad they all have to go through the public examination of their private lives, but he did do one thing better than others in his position.  He faced the music on [...]

E-mail Addresses

Recently, as part of my job, I have had the opportunity to meet the alter ego of many people who in another era might have been described as “mild-mannered reporters.”  Instead, I have come to know them as skaterdude, thespecialone, ironrose, lostson, inkedflesh, childwithaghost, and supageek to name a few.
Some are funny, others are charming.  There are ones that [...]

Bumper Stickers

Winning bumper sticker of the day today is:  “I fish and I vote.”  Seeing that on a well-used pick-up truck today made me start thinking of other possible combinations.  For example, a corollary would be “I hunt and I vote.”  Each implies that the voting choice would be directly related to how each candidate stood [...]

Daily Read

Reading the newspaper every day is one of my life-long habits.  Qwirky bits of information, jaw-dropping stories of man’s inhumanity to man, funny stupid criminal tricks and tidbits to use in conversation with all kinds of people populate the pages.  What is of particular of interest on any given day varies, but it is a daily ritual that helps [...]

Pop Psych 101

Saw a youngish man today, wearing a t-shirt with this written across the front:  “Genius by Birth.  Slacker by Choice.”  A quick once over of his appearance confirmed that whoever had given him the shirt knew him very, very well.  It was obvious that he thinks highly of himself and probably does consider himself a genius.  It was [...]