This should come as a real shock (please note the sarcasm! ;-). When you take away the oversight built into our government’s spying/wiretapping programs to expedite the ‘war on terror’, no one will abuse the system, right? No, never!
FBI Tried to Cover Patriot Act Abuses With Flawed, Retroactive Subpoenas, Audit Finds 
This is exactly why the […]

Dana at Apophenia summarizes best why I’m not a huge fan of Wal-mart. While they do try to do things for the community and have become more eco-friendly, they still benefit from outsourcing production to overseas in sometimes questionable work environments, and they destroy local businesses when they move in. Plus, you can drive around […]

Anyone who considers waterboarding to not be torture should be waterboarded. Let’s see if it changes their minds then. I’ll be glad to be the one to hold ol’ Bushie down during the procedure.
The ethics of torture to me, are much like conflict of interest. If you think there might be a conflict […]

Well, we’ve reached a significant milestone in the adoption process. After months of paperwork and expenses, we are approved by the agency. They have copies of our birthmother letter to send out, and our site is linked from their website. Now comes the waiting game! It could be tomorrow, it could be a year from […]

Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, the seminal tabletop roleplaying game passed away today at 69. I didn’t play D&D but for a few years in middle school (and loved it!), but it lead soon to GURPS, another roleplaying system. No matter what the system, Mr. Gygax created an entire genre of entertainment. One […]

I’ve always enjoyed Irish/Celtic music anywhere from traditional Celtic style ballads to Irish drinking songs & jigs.  While I do like a lot of the genre, there’s a number of artists and songs that I don’t care for either. I particularly have to hunt to find an artist or band who I like most of […]