In Our World

It seems more and more to me that people are apt to get excited about any old thing, thinking that it has to do with terrorism and how they are more and more likely to die because of it. Yet it also seems to me that it would…

School is almost out in these parts, so I figured I would throw together another entry about the inanity present in our school's scheduling system. Our oldest passed his 3rd grade end-of-grade tests a couple of weeks ago. I don't know that he's done anything since. Our youngest…

A recent article mentioned that Tamyra Gray, fourth-place finisher in the inaugural American Idol season, thinks that you have to be really careful what you say and do (on TV, presumably). Here's what I don't get. Ms. Gray mentions that when talking about La Toya London, who said…

I admit it. Advertising rarely works on me. I'm much more likely to get excited about seeing a 160GB hard drive for $100, listed in plain text in some obscure computer catalog, than I am to be impressed by the fact that some athelete gets paid to say…

First, some disclaimers: While forensic is probably accurate in at least one sense, I'm not an examiner of any sort or by any means. All observations are simply casual observations, nothing more. My deepest sympathy goes out to the family of this – and any other – person…

I don't particularly have anything against the army. I don't particularly have anything for the army either. And while I don't have anything against the idea of heroes in general, I can't seem to comprehend the hoops that people will jump through to create the heroes. Take Pat…

The latest school tactic to fight gangs is to outlaw solid-colored shirts. So you can't wear shirts with logos. You can't wear shirts imprinted with much of anything – fashion names, sports teams or even cities. Now you can't wear solid-colored shirts. We can only hope the next…

Just a few minutes ago, I was intrigued by a headline that said that last year's star wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, Steve Smith, had given up a $100,000 bonus to participate in an offseason workout program. Uh-oh. Smith's up to his antics again. Maybe a five-year…

Wal-Mart has about everything. They need mail. At least a mailbox. I needed to mail a letter the other day and the nearest mailbox was 5 minutes away from Wal-Mart. Okay, 5 minutes isn't going to kill me, but it was in the wrong direction. And it's not…