Total Confusion  The one consistent thing in my life lately is confusion; it’s good to be able to rely on something, right?  I find myself walking around with this expression of pure bewilderment on my face; kind of similar to something you’d see on the face of your local village idiot (A position which I am currently running for… so don’t forget to...

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap March, 2002   No.. that is not the chirping of little birds.. that is the sound my checkbook makes when I open it. Strangely enough I have reverse cheapness.  I have no problem spending my money on other people, but I’ll be damned if I am going to waste it on myself.  This was very apparent last night as I went to Wal-Mart with a...

Link’s on the line… August 2005 What invention has done more to destroy your quality of life than any other?   Obviously, there are several candidates including the automobile, television, radio, the telephone, the SUV, and the internet, but all of those, with the possible exception of reality TV and televangelists, have some socially redeeming...

The Cable Guy October 2001 We had our cable upgraded this month.  How’s that for exciting?  That wasn’t the fun part though.  The fun part was that the cable man did the downstairs living room first & he, apparently not being one for silence, ignored the fact that I had a book in my face, & proceeded to ask million questions about me.  I felt...