Dear Governor: Recently, President Obama signed into law a $787 billion package that supporters claim will stimulate the economy. Unfortunately, the legislation is packed with wasteful spending, most of which will fail to reverse the downturn and will, instead plunge our country further into debt. O...

A new book on Jesus has recently published that sounds pretty interesting, its called, Seeking the Identity of Jesus. Here is the list of points the scholars in the book all came to agreement on over the course of three years working together on the project. 1. Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew. 2. The id...

Today I did one of those little Facebook things where you make a "note" - I don't often do those types of things on Facebook but I thought it would be fun for them. When asked what they are proud of me for, they both said (and, yes, they were asked separately without the oversight of the other) that...

The cynical folks at Despair.com bring you three new t-shirts based on the new game sweeping the nation -- Kleptocracy. In case the Community Cheat or Cheat cards in the pic above are too small to read at this resolution, here's what they say: Your 'investment' in Congress paid off. Get out of Jail,...

Hyades1 writes "Gizmodo reports that Verizon is sending out notification letters infested with virtually-indecipherable legalese. In their sneaky, underhanded way, they're informing you that you have 45 days to opt out of their plan to share your somatic roget's ii: the new thesaurusmain entry:intim...

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Yesterday I was feeling really stressed about the work I wasn’t getting done. This was in large part because L decided she wasn’t going to take her usual 1.5 hour nap. I use the time she naps to clear out my email, grade papers, or work on writing projects. While I was trying to get her ...

As a member of the Striding Man Society, I received this email: Dear Demian, As someone who enjoys great brands such as Smirnoff, Crown Royal, Captain Morgan, Johnnie Walker, Ketel One, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray, Guinness, Beaulieu Vineyard or Sterling Vineyards wines, you are a member of the Diageo fa...

It’s Davis Cup weekend, as you know, so I sat down this morning, put my head on my desk, and began to wrack my brain for just the right You Tube clip to assess. It didn’t take long. If you’ve been following the event over the last couple of decades, particularly the U.S. team, one weekend will...

[Between God and Self::] But it begins to smell like ragged farts after a while. Not sure why that happened, but I can guarantee that the tool itself was always kept clean....