The saddest legacy of the Bush Administration’s six-year trail of cronyism and corruption is that it contributes to the public’s already cynical view of government. This makes it even more difficult for those of us who believe that the purpose of government is to secure a better future for our country and all of its people. Repairing this sorry legacy is the first challenge our next President…
I was sitting by the tube, watching David’s rematch with Goliath, when I saw a commercial. I know… it’s shocking – there’s more. A middle-aged jogging/running enthusiast was explaining his pain, and how he treated it with Aleve. Apparently, after about the fifth mile his knees start to hurt.
After engaging my brain for about two seconds, I came up with a little thing…
You are the New York Yankees. You are playing the Rays and you’re up by one in the seventh inning with runners in scoring position (2nd and 3rd). You’re pitching to Roco Baldelli (a right handed hitter), currently hitting .263 (.456 with men in scoring position) – and you intentionally walk him to load the bases – so you can pitch to Brendan Harris (another right handed…
The beginning of the end of my uncertainty is slated for May 4th. That’s my first appointment with the Hematologist/Oncologist – and it’s when I begin the process of verifying the Leukemia diagnosis. I’ve been told I should expect a bone marrow biopsy. That’s where they take a long, thick, hollow needle and drive it into your pelvis – to extract some of the…
I’ve just now discovered a reason why I should not let my children play in my bedroom; although I must admit I share some of the blame.
It has to do with the way I lay my head to sleep… usually in an unsubtle manner. Imagine plopping your head down, expecting a soft pillow… only to find that some enterprising toddler has apparently found a new sibling-proof hiding spot for his…
I don’t even remember where I heard about it, but I’ve recently become addicted to a new web browser: Flock.
It integrates several web services I use: namely WordPress (my blog host), and Flickr. It’s based on the open source code from Mozilla and Firefox… and it works just as well. Plus, it’s got a groovy news aggregator (for RSS feeds).
It may be that I’m just…
There’s a bit of a controversy going on in Baghdad concerning the building of a wall. The walls are going up between the Iraqi capital’s neighborhoods – what some journalists have apparently come to call “blast walls.”
Answering criticism that the wall is a “sectarian or racist wall,” the Iraqi prime minister was apparently quoted as saying:
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