In Our World

I've noticed lately that stop signs seem to be malfunctioning. Something in my brain tells me that they used to work much more efficiently. I know it was a long time ago, but didn't it used to be possible for more than one vehicle to enter the intersection…

An article in today's Observer (free registration may be required) talks about one solution to violations of a school dress code. The school provides an oversized shirt for the person to wear. This frees the parents from having to go get proper clothes, it puts the violator back…

While I haven't spent a ton of time in cities with subways or other public transportation – and the public transportation here in Charlotte is limited – it seems that the term express is typically used to indicate a route that doesn't stop as often. On the New…

Maybe the problem is the lack of pockets. Maybe the folks in the Seattle area don't have a local government as regulation-crazed as the one here in Charlotte. Or maybe they've finally served one too many lattes to people who come in out of the rain….

For those of you who don't like to hear me bash the government, listen up. Another monster is on the block today – the National Football League. For those of you who don't know, the Carolina Panthers are in the playoffs this year, and they have a game…

I'm thinking that life would be much more entertaining if we would leap months other than February during leap year. I mean why do we always pick on the little guy? To be fair, we could just start with January, the next month could go to February for…

Everyone knows that divorce is a common theme in our world these days. Witness of the phrase starter marriage that has worked its way into our vocabularies. What has got me puzzled lately is how all the details work out down the road. Life is confusing enough when…

"The officer could have taken down a tag number and stopped. You follow them, you don't push them to go faster. I think they were forced into a high-speed chase and they panicked." An interesting thought, to be sure. Does it merit further consideration? Perhaps knowing the context…

Okay, I admit that I've probably talked too much about weddings here for any normal straight guy. Sorry, but I've got one more observation to make, and I'll try and stay away for a while. As far as I can remember, the wedding party always faces the person…

The last week has been a bit hectic. Naturally, a lot of that is because of the time of year. Trying to get everything to come together with the house, and make sure plans are straightened out with the visiting relatives, and make some attempt at keeping everyone…