Motorist pulled over and quizzed… for LAUGHING at the wheel When Gary Sanders was pulled over by police he was sure he had done nothing wrong. The company director was obeying the speed limit and not driving dangerously. But to his astonishment he was told he had been stopped for excessive lau...

In a career of many many good moments of political commentary, surely one of the highlights of Jon Stewart’s career was the Wednesday March 4 episode of The Daily Show, which was almost entirely Jon Stewart doing commentary & interview about the financial situation. I particularly loved h...

Driving down I-95 Sunday, my old lady and I spotted this billboard: I originally didn't like this ad because it was so hard to read that I nearly slammed into the jersey wall. After my wife and I took turns trying to pronounce "Hungergency", like a poor reenactment of the nitrous oxide scene in Blac...

I can't help myself. Sharing this story is a sure sign that I've lost all remaining shreds of decency.But let's just stop pretending shall we? California Unified Nether Temple Society The BOS was extolling the virtues of the California Womens Health program, how great the doctors she saw were, blahb...

Hah, I’m so damned proud of myself. I’m plugging away on a tight deadline at work tonight when the phone rings and, guess who? It’s that pesky warranty call again. There’s no Caller ID at work, so I don’t know what the number was. But this time I thought, “Deadlin...

Govt moves to aid AIG yet again; when will it end? WASHINGTON – A new definition of desperate times: Even as the government threw a stunning new $30 billion lifeline to American International Group on Monday, the beleaguered insurance giant confirmed it had lost more than twice that much, $62 bill...

I’m now up to 32 friends on Facebook, and growing by the day - but it’s not like I’m addicted or anything. I only log in about 10 to 15 times a day. Sometimes though it’s a compulsion. Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook BRADENTON, Fla. – Sheriff’s offic...

I have been noticing something.  I am noticing that my hair is beginning to break, right above my forehead, just as it did in the months following Jack's birth.  That's no fun.  Except, the last time my hair broke I was postpartum and twenty-seven.&#...

Mondays are always slow news days - especially when they’re a holiday - so we’ll do the best we can today with what we have. Before we get into the news though, I want to wish a hearty welcome to two old friends from my Bravenet blogging days long ago - Rainbow and Angel. It seems like i...

Well, it's a sad thing for me to announce, but this recession depression had gotten then best of us, and we have to move back to Grammie's farm. It's sad, because we can't fit too much in the truck, and we'll have to get rid of most of our belongings. We did buy a lot of crap absolutely necessary in...