On October 28th of last year, for better or worse, my life was completely transformed. Due to a massive infection, my left foot and ankle were amputated. Things I had taken for granted my entire life, like getting up in the morning and walking to the bathroom, were now goals to be achieved after weeks [...]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
I have had a couple of months to sit back and take a long look at the world around me. I was mostly disappointed with what I saw, but there were exceptions. Daytime Television Is Worse Than You Think. Nothing has depressed me more than the fact that when I was bedridden, all the entertainment [...]
The magazine Advertising Age has finally figured something out and is urging their readers to take heed: Men are not Idiots! The way the advertising industry portrays men has drawn increasing scrutiny in both the trade press and the mainstream media. Defenders of the status quo — in which men are depicted as irresponsible fathers [...]
My wife Rene recently returned from a trip to eastern Oregon to visit her parents. She brought back some breath-taking pictures of the natural beauty of the area, and I thought that I’d share a few of her pictures. The above picture is of Anthony Lake, which is within the Blue Mountain Range. I don’t [...]
UPDATED AND CORRECTED 6/6/2006 (see below) This has got to be the worst example of the abdication of personal responsibility I’ve ever seen. The conservative politics of the Bush administration forced me to have an abortion I didn’t want. Well, not literally, but let me explain. I am a 42-year-old happily married mother of two [...]
3 teenagers who set fire to several Baptist Churches were arrested on Wednesday. Their explanation was that it was a “joke that got out of hand.” The arson attacks apparently began when the three got into Cloyd’s sport utility vehicle for a night of deer shooting in Bibb County on Feb. 2, according to Walker [...]
Today Rene and I celebrate our Ninth Wedding Anniversary. Looking back over the years, my decision to ask her to marry me still stands out as the smartest thing I’ve ever done. For nine years, Rene has put up with my sometimes sophomoric humor, my obsession with Rush, and my brother Marty. Then there’s that [...]
Islamofasicts and Cartoons: Looks like Muslims around the globe are upset over some depictions of Muhammad in cartoons published in a Danish newspaper. Now Denmark is subject to a Muslim boycott and Muslims around the world are threatening to kill, behead, or otherwise terminate Danish citizens where ever they may be. They’re doing this, by [...]
Who is weirder: the person who sold the kidney stone or the people who bought it? LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Going maybe where no other actor has gone before, “Star Trek” star William Shatner has sold a piece of his body for charity. Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship [...]
Ted Rall has an opinion piece up at Yahoo News. Basically, his point is that no one should be allowed to join the military until they are at least 30 years old, because before then they aren’t capable of making decisions about wars and combat. As I write this now, at 42, I’m a different [...]
My wife and I went out to the movies last weekend and saw King Kong. This is an excellent picture and we both enjoyed every second of it. However, our enjoyment was tempered by the fact that about a third of the audience was comprised of children who were only 6 or 7 years of [...]
