Treasury department, probably out of reaction to the recent mortgage crisis, is now proposing big changes to the Federal Reserve. They want to give the Fed power to “force American businesses to clean up their acts“. As in give them the authority and means to require mortgage lenders, banks and securities firms to [...]

That’s right. He’s back again. The man who’s famous for having spoken some brain fart about having invented the Internet is once again allowing his mouth to flap away. In the last year or two he’s been increasingly vocal about the so-called “global warming” issue. This was reasonably ok because even [...]

If you’re sitting there working on this great idea for a web page that you want to build, take my advice and DON’T put video and / or audio embeds on the page that autostart. That’s been one of my biggest Internet Peeves since back in my 300bps dialup days. I mean, I [...]

Is it just me or is this whole “superdelegate” nonsense totally screwed up? I just saw a CBS News piece about Howard Dean saying that the superdelegates need to get their choices made by July 1st
My problem comes in the definition of what the “superdelegates” are:
Superdelegates are the nearly 800 party and elected officials [...]

Like many people these days, I’m all too familiar with the fact that there’s a LOT more stress involved in day to day life. So much so that people have been turning to some increasingly creative and often odd ways of dealing with it. Everything from taking a couple weeks worth of vacation [...]

Look at how they pay you. If they pay on time, with normal cash, checks or credit/debit cards then you’re probably ok for the most part. However, when they decide to write out a check on two ply toilet paper… I am not a hamster, You know in one word what they think [...]

With the continuing rise in the cost of insurance and medical care, it’s no surprise to see more sites that specialize in providing solutions for needs such as medicare part d coverage, so-called “medigap” policies that are intended to cover things that medicare won’t, and so on.
This one does a good job of answering questions [...]

It’s ridiculous enough that the US Military managed to screw up and send a shipment of nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan but now China seems to think they’ve got some kind of right to start demanding things from the US over the matter.
I am not a hamster, I’m more than willing to grant that it’s [...]

The weather is warming up in this backwoods part of the country. It’s a welcome change after the freezing temps, the tornado, the torrential rains and the flooding that’s followed. It’s also just about time (as in it should be any day now) for the first sighting of a pet peeve of mine [...]

Did you hear about the Maryland woman that was greeted by a three foot python that crawled out from behind the media stand (why can’t they just call it what it is, A TV Stand?) while she was watching.
I am not a hamster, that looks like a sure sign it’s time to turn the tv [...]