Morning News Hype
I spent a good portion of this morning in a waiting room, and as expected, during this time I had to endure an inordinate amount of morning news (our local FOX ...
Tag: rants
Dog Park Etiquette
Why do some dog owners have to be assholes?! Today we took Cleo down to a little dog park that we like near downtown Tampa. It’s actually a combination of a par...
How long should a car last?
I know I’ve ranted about auto repairs in the past, so just bear with me on this one… I just picked my car up from the shop about an hour ago –...
How can a lawsuit be OPT-OUT???
So I got this funny e-mail about a class-action lawsuit against Classmates.com today: Funny for a couple of reasons – first and foremost, I’m honest...
how dumb were people 20 years ago???
This whole thing about the tobacco companies being forced to use discouraging packaging on cigarettes kind of confuses me. Today I read an article where they’re...
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
I absolutely love this OpEd that Warren Buffett did for the New York Times about just how ridiculous it is that we don’t tax the super rich more than we do here...
punishment vs. rehabilitation
So I found this slideshow of a rather unusual prison over in Norway that seemed kind of interesting… http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/25/the_...
confused by the debt ceiling thingy
I’m going to come right out and just admit that I don’t really understand this whole “debt ceiling” thing. Maybe it’s that I don&#...
Don’t punish everyone for one person’s mistake.
(via Matt Mullenweg) I enjoyed this short message because I’m definitely among the people who tend to smirk when confronted with half a dozen signs tellin...
talk of sampling and even more about derivative works…
I came across this article about sampling over on BoingBoing the other day and I thought it was an interesting read because it kind of ties back into my rant fr...