Who supports the troops more?
Scott Adams author of my favorite comic strip character and author of Dilbert Blog has had two consecutive great posts. Actually he’s had numerous insightful posts, but the last two seem more timely than ever.
Baloney
Actually I’ve got a better word for it, but that is what comes to mind when I hear the main stream media justifying what we’re paying at the pump in the United States. In a segment on the one of…
Willoughby’s Coffee
This week through my affiliation with Ubuntu Linux I met a new business and I’m happy to recommend them to readers of this blog. I’ve added them to my links. I hope you give them the business. They are Fair…
E pluribus unum
Out of many one. This is one of the original mottoes of the United States of America. It doesn’t get much attention these days as politicians seek to divide us. It occurred to me that politics can be yet another…
Three book meme
Paula has tagged me for a three book meme. That’s easy and difficult at the same time because I easily have three favorite non-fiction books but should everybody read them. Well, here goes my presumption.
A breath of fresh air
The presidential candidate debates have been pretty dry with a few exceptions like Dennis Kucinich, Senator Gravel and Rep. Ron Paul. All three have been cast as outside the mainstream.
Soldiers
Today I picked up the wrong lunch on my way out the door. I was on the road for my day job and I picked up a brown sack with what I thought contained two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Remember when?
Whenever a civilization perishes, there is always one condition present. They forgot where they came from. –Carl Sandburg I read the this quote and I thought of it’s application to many areas of my life but also our lives as…
Open Office v. Microsoft Office
This week a fellow member of the faculty where I work suggested that our use of Open Office with students was actually prohibiting those students from getting employment when they left our school.
Accu-wrath
Bill Maher strikes the funny bone again with the Accu-Wrath weather forecast.