In Our World

Really. Anna Nicole Smith is taking her inheritance case to the supreme court (and they are going to hear it). Wow. Now I'm not against Anna Nicole getting her props and all, and I don't really know a thing about the whole spat other than the few details…

I had a drama teacher who initiated me to the concept of common courtesy. Mostly because she had this habit of saying "Common courtesy dictates…", which we, a bunch of high-schoolers, picked up on readily, saying it here and there and everywhere. I'm not actually sure we learned…

In 1961 (I hear), President John F. Kennedy said he wanted to put men on the moon. Something around 8 years later, in July of 1969, men landed on the moon for the first time. Now, President George W. Bush has said he wants men on the moon….

After hearing about Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney splitting up after just four months of being married, it's refreshing to see just the opposite – a celebrity couple who is actually working to stay together. The really interesting thing is that it's a couple that involves Charlie Sheen…

No, not busy with solving crimes or anything useful like that. But in their credit-card processing department. You see, we went to Aruba in June of 2004. For those keeping track, that is roughly 15 months ago. One of the last stops on the trip was at Iguana…

In the course of about four hours yesterday, I passed not one, but two stations twice (that is to say, I passed them in one direction, and later in another) and by the return trip, prices had dipped by $0.05 per gallon for regular. That means we're seeing…

Yesterday Los Angeles lost power either because someone connected a cable incorrectly or cut the wrong cable (I've seen both reported). Now I understand there was some suburban white guy on TV the day before saying that Los Angeles was the target of a terrorist attack, but really…

Nearly a week ago, I made some comments about the levee system in (around) New Orleans. Today, I read this piece that talks about the same issue, but takes it one step further. Notably, they wonder if New Orleans should be rebuilt at all. I don't pretend to…

I've longed believed that the "same as cash" finance deals that are so prevalent are really just mecahnisms for the stores to get people sitting so long on their new sofa that they forget they haven't paid for it, then get socked with massive interest payments/penalty fees since…

Apparently a convoy of rescue vehicles finally arrived in New Orleans yesterday. Some cheered. Some talked about how the relief effort wasn't much more than being treated suspiciously and tossed a 20-ounce bottle of water. Still others regale us with their wisdom by proudly declaring "We've been sleeping…