It has to be the best ever - because I say so. It appear that we are in the era of the say so and we might as well join in, when anyone can make anything up and call it science, patriotism, ethics or law and divide the nation with consequent calls to action. Now is the hour to join the fight to …

Mongery noting with Ian making three excellent  •  observations on the idiocy of certain pop culture referencing in our time of fear.*  •  “*Please review here for backstory on fear. Please also note continuing and keen lack of interest in issues relating to AttendsTM-based reality.”

In the second in a series of work related posts that is also at risk of devolving into images of BBQ sauce and the Flea in a speedo, I noticed this in the Globular the other day:  •  “Dr. Wolkoff added that more employers are taking work home with them, or living their lives on-call, because they …

I have finally found it. The key to internet-based financial freedom. Consider this:  •  “Feeling guilty about driving your SUV through the crowded streets of the city while a grey pall of smog sits on the horizon? Now you can assuage your guilt by doing what some of the biggest industrial …

When my pal Parizeau called Canada not a real country I had no sympathy...but he missed that one point on which we might have had shared ground - a lack of decent cheese rolling opportunities. The caption for the above from the BBC "In Pictures" site today was this:  •  “This competitor is one of …

Here is my half-baked unified theory essay based largely on idle car driving and long meeting daydreaming. Entire chunks could be rewritten and reversed, deleted even. I am too lazy to edit it any more and I am note convinced myself but, thought I, what the heck. I'm posting it for comment but …

Rob, who drew me into this gig of his as a volunteer, points out a very interesting phenomena: NPR is expanding:  •  “While many newsrooms are shedding reporters—from the New York Times to the Dallas Morning News—NPR is one of the few places an experienced journalist can hope to get a job.  •  "I …

I was that close....that close...to mortgaging my life for a Sony robotic dog. But now it is over. The dream is over as the BBC discusses:  •  “Sony's decision to ditch its Aibo robotic dog, along with its entire robot development team, is a reminder that we are still a long way from the age of …

Is this is where the rest of the world will be in five or ten years?  •  “A trilby-wearing great-grandfather was ordered to remove his hat when he tried to buy a drink in a city centre pub. Colin Osborne, 64, was told by staff at the Monument pub in Hereford he would have to take his hat off as it …