In Our World

Obviously, there is a segment of our world that is offended right now, in particular by the words of Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. This isn't an unusual happening – nearly four years ago (wow, that was a long time ago!), I wrote about Rush Limbaugh, and while he…

Every few minutes, I receive an email telling me how I'm about to miss out on the latest stock market darling if I don't act fast enough. I think that many of us do. But I also get something really similar in the mail every couple of weeks….

First off, don't answer that. I know what it is. It's a bunch of morons who have suddenly decided that they can't drive because of something that is happening on the road. That's isn't what I'm after here. What I really want to know is why can't they…

I have recently decided that I won't be shopping at CompUSA any more. I may return to view some items prior to purchasing elsewhere, but it's just too much hassle for me to actually give them any of my money and there are so many other places that…

A 175 ton sculpture in Atlanta (that cost a million dollars, no less), built to remind future generations of just how fragile the Earth is, has done just that. Well, except for the fact that it lasted about three months from the time it was originally unveiled, so…

After last week's debacle in the nation's capitol, where the Carolina Panthers were supposed to whip up on a Washington Redskins team that frankly hasn't done that well, and came out with their collective tail between their legs, everyone was calling for the head of quarterback Jake Delhomme….

Not terribly long ago, we (that is, my family and I), decided that it was time for a new television set. Thinking that we're ready to make the leap to a larger screen format, we scoured the "leaked" Black Friday ads and settled on a nice looking model…

I'm sure most of us have shared the all-too-common experience of being nearly accosted as we leave a Wal-Mart (or other similar place of business), only to be asked for our receipt as we leave, as if we are in the process of stealing whatever we may have…

Towards the end of August, I wrote about our experience with Blockbuster Rewards. I'm sad to say that this has not improved much. But I do have some interesting news to report. I can't yet say if I've cracked the code, but during the month of September, I…