My earliest memories date back to sometime in the mid 1970s. No, I’m not pointing it out to taunt you, or complain my days of possibly being drafted by the Celtics are over. I assure you it’s just a little context, nothing more.
I was sitting in my dad’s old VW Bug. It was cold winter day in New England. We were at a gas station and my father was jotting some figures down in a…
… when it seemed like everything you said made people feel worse?
I work hard to make people feel better about their circumstances, and I think I do a pretty good job (based on the feedback I get). It’s the best part of my job. I never – ever – give people false comfort. That kind of reassurance is short lived and cruel. I’m a firm believer in being honest…
Michael Savage, a popular conservative radio talk show host, went off on kids and parents who claim (in his words) to suffer from autism and asthma last week. He referred to them as frauds, suggesting they were either just kids acting like “morons” who didn’t get enough tough love from their parents, or kids colluding with their parents to get more welfare from the…
Hello, can I speak to J… please?
“Excuse me?”
Hello, CAN I SPEAK TO JEFF PLEASE?
“I’m sorry, I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong number.”
Oh no, I’ve got the RIGHT number, I’ve just got the wrong name. Is this, um… John?
“I’m sorry, that’s my cue to hang up.”
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Boy, I hope that wasn’t someone trying…
Some polls indicate more americans favor lifting Federal restrictions on offshore oil drilling.* A site I visit frequently explains why you shouldn’t drink the Kool-aid: you’re being fed a load of crap.
Climate Progress:
The oil companies already have access to some 34 billion barrels of offshore oil they haven’t even developed yet, but ending the federal moratorium on offshore…
From Treehugger:
When Lighting Your Water on Fire Isn’t a Magic Trick
Jessica Ernst lives in the village of Rosebud, Alberta, East of Calgary. EnCana, a big oil & gas company, is operating close to her house. The photo above speaks for itself.
So the big question: is the water from her well just naturally flammable (I suspect it’s not), or has the process of drilling/extracting…
I was listening to NPR on the ride home, and I heard a story about bank failures, in light of the IndyMac collapse. I think it was someone from the FDIC being interviewed – but whoever it was, they pointed out the actual/projected bank failures of the current crisis weren’t on a track that would even approach the S&L crisis of the 1980s.
Two problems came to mind.
1. It seems…
It’s possible this entry is a little over the top. If it makes you feel any better, it’s a lot calmer than the first half dozen or so drafts.
This is too easy. It might have nothing to do with his qualifications to be President, or everything. Tell me dear reader: is it possible being a maverick in all things can be a liability?
“I don’t need a f—ing computer to tell…
I learned something interesting this weekend on our trip to Orlando. Even if you’re a surgeon, with thirteen years of medical training (give or take a year), some hospitals still insist you to take a CPR class as part of new-hire orientation.
I think they’re really on to something here. I wonder where our stress level would be if more of our employers required a class in reading…