Fateful Decision

Progress is inevitable. We must all live in the present or perish.
That’s why, after several months of absolute agony, I’ve decided…dare I say it…to setup a Facebook page. This is hypocritical on my part because I’ve ridiculed some Facebook’ers as vacuous pinheads. But now, just as Mitt Romney said forcefully in the Republican presidential debate [...]

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Municipal ID Cards and such

Keep this thought in mind for a minute:
Rationality is merely a word we use to hide our gut feelings.
Last evening, a buddy called and as usual we talked idly for a few minutes and then the subject turned to politics. But before I launch into my personal opinion on municipal identification cards and/or driver’s licenses [...]

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Did you hear…?

…there was a Republican (?)debate(?) yesterday and I fell asleep…almost. Here’s what I recall between naps…

The Republican contenders for the Office of President were, if anything, predictable. Shifty as all get out when asked almost anything. I’d be willing to wager if any one of these guys had been asked their full name, the answer [...]

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Benefit Magazine and other minor matters

Benefit Magazine’s on-line version is up and running.
If you remember, Benefit was widely regarded as Gavin Newsom stash spot for ex-paramours. However, a search of the mag’s contents turned up no hits for Newsom, Tim Gaskin, or the other names we know so well.
The magazine has been off-line for several months, beginning a couple of [...]

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All the news no one gives a crap about

…’cept me ’cause it’s so funny…
Has justice been served, or what?
Mark Everson, Red Cross president, was recently forced out of his lucrative position for having a “personal relationship” with an unidentified female subordinate of the Red Cross.
Mark, an appointee of President Bush, was the former commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service who took over [...]

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October Road

For some reason that has nothing to do with rationality, I’ve become fascinated with an ABC Monday night television show called October Road.
I watched its 2006-season offerings and thought it had been cancelled, but then it popped up on Soapnet, the soap opera rerun channel, a couple of days ago with an announcement that [...]

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Project Censored

Project Censored “is a media research group out of Sonoma State University’s Sociology Department. The group compiles an annual list of “25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country’s major national news media.”
Here are nine of my favorites from the group’s latest annual publication Censored 2008.

#1 [...]

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