Stop That Or You’ll Go Blind!

I was being my usual hypochondriac self today, perusing the WebMD site for new information on my numerous symptoms, when I got caught up in a trail of articles on men‘s reproductive health.  That, in turn, led to an article that said there was a relationship between prostate cancer and masturbation!

Self DIS-service Checkout Kiosks

I just got back from a shopping trip to Wally-world, as my children call it, and one of the worst-ever check-out experiences that I've ever had.

Why I hate cable

For the eleventy-ninth time this week, I shut down my TV because I couldn't find anything on worth watching. Not unusual, I suppose, but it really irks me that I'm actually paying Comcast for the signal, and all I get on it is garbage!

A Voice In The Wilderness

I can identify with John the Baptist, especially when I (foolishly) talk politics with my extended family: I say what I want to say, they hear what they want to hear. Everybody gets their feelings hurt, or ulcers, or both.

Gasoline Prices

I just got back from filling my gas tank, and do you know, the price of gasoline is down by about a dollar from a week or two ago?

Requiem for Robin

Remember Robin Hood? The guy who lived in Sherwood Forest and made a career of defending the poor and hopeless against the rich and powerful? Yeah, he broke the law, but listen up dummies! Guess what? Your freaking country was founded by guys who broke the law! So don't give me any crap about the law being the be-all and end-all of civilization!

To every thing there is a season...

Not long ago, one of my favorite authors disappeared. I don't know why, but it seemed like he just dropped off the face of the earth.

He had a terrific imagination, inventing new worlds and social structures in a kind of Utopian frenzy. His stories always carried a thread of sadness, however.