In Our World

Tonya Jameson of the Charlotte Observer recently penned an article with an interesting title: "Why Don't White People Mind Being Stereotyped?". I'm not quite sure how to react. There are all sorts of thoughts going through my head. For the record: I have no idea if the film…

I'll admit that I'm not an expert on language – even (or especially) English. I leave things dangling and jam sentences together and all sorts of things. But still, I can't help but notice when people who write for a living make mistakes. Shouldn't these people, who earn…

It looks like they'll let just about anyone write headlines for the paper, without apparent regard for how well they can assemble a sentence. For instance: "For 3rd year, Vatican had deficit in 2003". Would someone please tell me how in the world someone – anyone – can…

I briefly mentioned that my local paper stopped providing articles without requiring a registration. It's a free registration (at least at this point), but I find it annoying. For weeks, I made do without. Then I noticed after searching that an article listed as Charlotte was showing up…

The radioactive half-life of an element is a measurement that determines how long it takes for half of the atoms in that element to disintegrate. Some elements have a half-life measured in seconds, minutes or days. Others have a half-life measured in thousands or billions of years. How…

Most of us have credit cards. Anyone notice how more and more locations have signs indicating that you must hold out your card and show it (and ID) to the cashier? If so, have you noticed how rarely the cashier actually follows this procedure? A few years ago,…

The other day, my wife was talking to a neighbor. This neighbor barely answered the door, and when she did, it was only to say that she doesn't usually open the door out of fear for what might be lurking outside. You see, we don't live in the…

It seems that there is a new video making the news in the last week or so. Jenna Lewis of Survivor (Borneo and All Star) fame apparently filmed her wedding night with some model. While I, and many people, probably appreciate the fact that she wanted us to…

I have a problem with people who don't conduct themselves honestly. I just don't like them, because I don't know that I can trust them. I have an even larger problem with companies who seem to have the same problem. Last week, I complained about Six Apart and…

In case you ever wondered why certain sections of the world are so slow on the move to new technology, look no further. The Charlotte Mecklenburg tax department has shown me the light, and all my questions are answered….