In Our World

Not so very long ago, we made the decision to enroll our kids in a private school. Though I've never particularly been against private schools, I haven't really been for them either. I always figure that they were a bit unnecessary. But we made the decision, and with…

Have you seen those commercials for the 30 day test drive? Chrysler is billing it as employee pricing plus – like you're getting employee pricing on the car plus one heck of a great deal. I submit that you may or may not be getting the employee price,…

Now that the furor (not the fuhrer, that's a different article) has died down, I figured it was time to get things stirred up again. What I'm talking about is, of course, whether or not Floyd Landis has been taking performance-enhancing drugs on his way to his dramatic…

When did people get so dependent that they actually expect to get pulled out of whatever mess that they've gotten themselves into? I realize that it makes me sound completely heartless, and perhaps I just am completely heartless, but come on. This family is in Lebanon and they're…

Last night, the Carolina Hurricanes whipped up on the Edmonton Oilers in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to bring North Carolina its first major league trophy of any kind. Of course, there are those who would argue that hockey isn't really a major league sport, and…

Of course the world is abuzz with the talk of the death of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. Once again, I'm puzzled. I find that happens a lot lately. The first thing I find odd is that apparently there was a camera that took a picture of his head (hey,…

Reading articles likes this one makes me glad that we live nowhere near the coast. One homeowner in Key West, Florida last year had a wind storm premium for her 1500 square foot home of $14,472. That is absolutely insane, but it's apparently not unusual….

With the release of the movie version of The Da Vinci Code today, a story has hit the wire where a spokesman for the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation complains about how many albino villains there are in movies, saying "The problem is there has been no…

I've watched a lot of Twilight Zone episodes (at least 98 have been documented at this writing, out of 156, I'm sure I've seen more). I'm starting to draw some conclusions. One of those is that the people who created Bewitched must have been fans of the show….

Wow. I haven't posted for a really long time. Sorry about that. Nothing intentional. I just forgot. And have been busy on other things. I'll try and do better. I promise. Anyway, I had to call Equifax the other day. It seems that two of my credit accounts…