Worst Business Decision Ever
In Beaumont, Texas, Time Warner Cable has been experimenting with bandwidth caps on its high-speed internet service. They're trying a tiered pricing model where light users get 5 GB per month, and...
View ArticleEconomic Downturn
So, in the last twelve months, we've lost 15% of our net worth, due to the economic downturn. I'm not gonna say how many dollars that is, but let's just say, it's more than a fistful. This is the first...
View ArticleIn the News
Sometimes I feel guilty about not posting more often. It's not just that my blog is being neglected (and that recent entries are dominated by American Idol posts), but also that I often see interesting...
View ArticleToday's Headlines
Fox News commentator Sean Hannity said he'd volunteer to be waterboarded for charity. Now MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann haschallenged him to go through with it. My hunch says Hannity chickens...
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Some U.S. senators have suggested that Obama's pick to succeed David Souter on the Supreme Court should perhaps come from somewhere other than the federal appellate courts. Mr. Obama: I agree. Pick...
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Former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of his third wife. Wasn't he Sloan's dad in Ferris Bueller? Also: what's the deal with guys named...
View ArticleToday's Headlines
The new "Star Trek" movie grossed $76.5 million on its opening weekend, thanks to positive early reviews. I'll have my own review posted later today.That Georgia professor whom I thought was so smart?...
View ArticleThe Post in Which I Advocate Medieval Torture
Long time no blog, I know. And there's so much going on! I'll just cram a bunch of unrelated things into this one post. By the way, I remember the first time I heard my Dad say "Long time no see", when...
View ArticleThis Is Why Newspapers Fail
If you're a Michigan football fan at all, you're probably aware of the recent hoo-hah that some folks are calling "PracticeGate". Last Friday, The Detroit Free Press published a sensationalist article...
View ArticleToday's Episode of "The Biggest Douchebag"
In the red corner, we have Rush Limbaugh, who suggests that the White House might steal from any Red Cross donations you make via the whitehouse.gov link.In the redder corner, we have Pat Robertson,...
View ArticleFired For Facebooking
So, apparently getting fired for blogging about your job is sooo 2002. A Connecticut woman was recently fired for complaining about boss on her Facebook wall.The odd and/or annoying thing is that we're...
View ArticleInvasion of the Body Scanners
So have you experienced the body scanning machine at the airports yet? I've been through them a few times... and if you hadn't heard or read about these machines, you might find them to be pretty...
View ArticleToday's TSA Atrocity
So the latest bit of wonderful news from your local friendly TSA: they will now grope your screaming three-year-old toddler!Unfortunately for the TSA, this particular three-year-old was the daughter of...
View ArticleWell Hello Blog
What has it been, a month? Hmm, Kato No Blogging Month... Kanoblomo?So yeah, I've been slack. My normal sources of material are dry: college football season is over; I'm not watching American Idol this...
View ArticleOsama Bin Laden
It's been four days since the big news that a U.S. Navy Seal team had entered Pakistan and killed Osama Bin Laden, in the mansion in which he'd been hiding. Unless you've been living in a cave (ha!),...
View ArticleCurrent Events
Geez, I go away for a while, and all sorts of stuff happens. (I took my cousin Kaitlyn to audition for American Idol. More on that in a future post.)Amy Winehouse was found dead at the age of 27. She...
View ArticleThe End of the Space Shuttle Era
When I was 11 years old, I was utterly fascinated by everything to do with outer space. I'd grown up reading books about the Apollo moon missions, books about quasars, and anything else space-related I...
View ArticleSecurity
Amy's wallet was lost or stolen last week, when we were out at a douchey nightclub downtown (we didn't even want to be there, but got roped into it). In the wallet were a driver's license, a credit...
View ArticleShame
My favorite quote from "Broadcast News":Paul Moore: It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room.Jane Craig: No. It's awful.Last night I was...
View ArticleNewtown
It's been a month since the Newtown shooting and I've stayed quiet about the issue of gun control until now. But I think I need to say something.Being a civil libertarian, there's a part of me that...
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