Came across this hilarious (and pithy) graphic at the GraphJam site today: It pretty neatly sums up how Jacko could go in one day from being the object of ridicule and scorn, if not outright disgust, into a shining saint…
Okay, so let’s see if I’ve got this straight. South Carolina governor Mark Sanford just flat-out disappears for five days, leaving no one in charge. His staff, when pressed, “reveals” he’s gone off on a solo hike of the Appalachian…
Well, the voters have spoken and “Hope” trumps a resumé. What the heck, though, maybe it’ll work out. Sometimes the most effective tool a president has is his ability to inspire, or at least reassure. Aside from prodding the Soviet…
There was a great article recently in the Wall Street Journal about the hypocrisy of avowed atheists painting Christians as superstitious ninnies. Titled “Look Who’s Irrational Now,” the article points out that statistically, atheists are far more likely to believe…
I’m going through my usual routine with the Olympics this year, which is to promise myself I’m going to watch tons of events, then end up watching very few of them. Besides just being busy — and impatient with commercials!…
The Dark Lord of the Sith on crutches, with a garbage bag for a cape. A “church” of Star Wars movie worshippers. A two and a half gallon box of wine. Put them all together and what could possibly go…
These aren’t great days for NASA. Having made the headlines a few months ago with a love triangle turned attempted murder, now comes the revelation that one NASA worker deliberately sabotaged a computer scheduled for use in space while an…
Cool story of a dog who played hero today. When a rattlesnake tried to put the bite on a one-year-old kid, Grandma’s Chihuahua “Zoey” pulled the old Secret Service manuever, jumping into the snake’s path and taking the bites herself…
Another typical day in New York, as a man attacks a peacock in a Burger King parking lot in the belief it is actually a vampire. Hey, makes perfect sense to me.
Yesterday a gunman took 32 lives at Virginia Tech in what they’re calling the worst such shooting spree in history. For now, anyway. Every day I work on a university campus with a lot of young people very much like…
