Mr. Sullivan’s hand-carved rooster
Jan 30, 2008
Cheria and I have a good friend who loves to whittle, carve, and create all types of wooden crafts, including decorative roosters like the friendly fellow pictured above. We had the opportunity to take my 80 year old mom to visit them a few days ago, and before we left Mr. Sullivan presented this fine [...]
The 2008 presidential race gets a little less crowded
Jan 30, 2008
The field of candidates in this year’s Presidential race has gotten a little thinner after yesterday’s Florida primaries. John Edwards has already announced that he is ending his futile bid to be the Democratic party’s nominee, and Republican Rudolph Giuliani is expected to follow suit later today.
Of the two, Edwards had perhaps the best chance [...]
Flat panel televisions are taking over the market
Jan 30, 2008
If you haven’t paid a visit to your favorite home electronics retailer lately, you just might be surprised what you’ll find over in the television section. Over the course of the last year or so the once ubiquitous “Tube TV” has been more or less replaced by flat panel models. In fact, that’s all you’ll [...]
Wireless memory cards
Jan 30, 2008
A few months ago a company by the name of Eye-Fi released an SD memory card that can transfer the image files it contains directly to a PC attached to a wireless network without removing the card from the camera. In fact, it can even transfer those files over the Internet to over a dozen [...]
Yet another unconscionable lawsuit
Jan 29, 2008
Here’s the scenario: In 2004 a man was driving his Audi A8 through the La Rioja region of Spain at over 100 miles per hour (the speed limit was 55) when he struck and killed another man who was riding a bicycle. The ensuing investigation revealed that the cyclist was partially at fault for the accident [...]
“Seat belts”
Jan 28, 2008
I absolutely refused to wear “safety belts” when I first started driving. After all, they were completely optional then, and as a strapping 16 year old I was invincible, completely immune to even the possibility of becoming involved in an auto accident.
Then one by one I started hearing about people my age and younger who had lost [...]
Why “Talk Radio” is a bastion of conservatism
Jan 23, 2008
Like it or not, it’s a proven fact that with the exception of the Fox News Channel and a relative handful of fair-minded newspapers and magazines, the majority of America’s print and broadcast news outlets report the news with a strong liberal bias, but talk radio is by and large a bastion of conservatism. Have you ever wondered [...]
Diane Keaton’s cursing on live TV
Jan 22, 2008
By now you have probably heard about actress Diane Keaton’s use of a variation of the “F” word on ABC’s “Good Morning America”. Keaton’s so-called slip-of-the-tongue is just the latest in a series of foul-mouthed appearances on live TV, and thanks to a June 2007 ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals it appears [...]
