Medical Marijuana

Let’s be clear right up front. I don’t smoke pot. I don’t eat it in brownies or bread, but personally have no particular feelings about it one way or the other. Without having any personal experience, I’m assuming it isn’t really much different from alcohol, a legal, but well-regulated substance that adults have no problem obtaining,… Continue reading Medical Marijuana

PotPourri

It’s probably no big secret to anyone that knows me that I would rather be completely uninformed rather than rely on Fox News as a “news” source. I put it in quotes, because rarely does Fox News, rather it be a local channel or the national network, merely relay the news. Gawker.com has a new columnist,… Continue reading PotPourri

Stupid Things that People Do

While slurping my first cup of coffee this morning, I happened across an article about the ice fishing tournament on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. Now personally, I think people who wander out on a frozen lake, drill a hole through said frozen lake, and then sit there for hours fishing in such conditions are probably as near… Continue reading Stupid Things that People Do

Republicrat

For as long as I’ve been alive, American politics has been overwhelmingly dominated by the Republican and the Democratic parties. There have been honorable mention entries onto the scene by lesser third parties, with the Green Party and the Libertarian party being the most well-known of the over 50 lesser political parties. The Republican party was… Continue reading Republicrat

I told you so!

Back in 2008, the Microsoft windows world was slammed with a computer worm that ended up being known around the world as CONFICKER. It used some flaws in the windows operating system, and exploited poorly constructed administrator passwords to takeover millions of computers. Many MAC users shrugged their shoulders and barely looked up, continuing to believe… Continue reading I told you so!

Gay and growing old

A recent news article on Queerty.com about the suicide of therapist Bob Bergeron just as his book The Right Side of Forty: The Complete Guide to Happiness for Gay Men at Midlife and Beyond was being published brought out over 100 comments on the article, many of them vicious, some of the thoughtful, a few… Continue reading Gay and growing old

Woe is Us! Part 2

On Monday, April 2nd, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in a 5-4 vote that allows people arrested for minor offenses to be strip-searched before being admitted to jail, even if officials have no other reason to suspect them of carrying contraband or weapons. I am almost positive that when the… Continue reading Woe is Us! Part 2

Early to rise….

For as long as I can remember, I’ve rarely slept through the night in one uninterrupted long period of happy snoozing. I’ve always awakened at least once, sometimes twice or more, often for an hour or more. When you have a regular job that requires you to report to work at a fixed time every… Continue reading Early to rise….

Woe is us!

I’ve posted on this before in a previous blog, but since that post went up in smoke when my previous service provider decided to change software without notifying me, I’ll have to write it again. I know our educational system is putting out a lot of students who can’t point to the states on either… Continue reading Woe is us!

Click!

There is an article in the New York Times today, that scares the holy beejezus out of me as much as anything else I’ve read about how some dang fool has discovered another way to make things “easy”. Apparently these remote clicker devices are now being introduced into our schools as a way for teachers… Continue reading Click!

Old News

One of my hobbies has been exploring the genealogy of my family. For nearly 30 years, I’ve read dusty records, examined old pictures, and unraveled a mystery or two. Since the advent of the internet, this has been made somewhat easier, but there are still lots of records that have not yet been digitized. One… Continue reading Old News