i'm gonna find a lotta support for this article because instead of stepping on anyone's  toes or diminishing any illusions about those who serve or have served in the military, i'm gonna simply offer two rather simple arguments:  1. in general, experience trumps theory....2. there's a reason why people pay professionals to profess their professions. i couldn't have been more shocked by the revelation military service doesn't automatically transform ordinary human beings into sainte...

anything's possible.  while i'm not expecting the great american novel from our soon-to-be-hiatusized boy of letters, he may have the makings of a marketable story (and film) already in the hopper.  the public loves stuff like 'the great imposter', 'catch me if you can', 'walter mitty', etc. (hell, i can see johnny depp as the male lead).  how about an update of pinocchio? the problem is new york and hollywood can be so fickle.  which is why i'm once again su...

I was just reading an article in an old issue of Police Blotter in which I found a splendid article by Schmero T Ohmmeter who channels the wonderful old character actor, Charles Bickford.   Entitle "What's Wrong With Everything", it pointed out a hair-raising fact: More than 100,000 different types of plastic bags can now be found on Planet Earth."   What's so scary about that?  I thought you'd never ask. Look at this picture: As you can see, this p...

voles are little mouse-like rodents common to the wilds of north america unbeknownst to me (and possibly you or anyone else who hasnt been keeping up with cutting edge hormone research over the past 4 years), neurobiologists at emory university in atlanta have been trying to find out what makes prairie vole males such loyal mates while their close cousin male meadow voles are such...ummm....promiscous rats. according to a paper published in the current issue of nature ("Enhanced pa...

the discussion about bill cosby's speech at the naacp commemoration of the supreme courts ruling on brown vs board of education (those of you who havent continued to follow the thread may have missed a comment by 'bill cosby' ) has shaken loose a couple of memories that have not much to do with the topic but arent totally out of the park in that they relate to education in general and the way people are taught to learn. the first involves the young son of a friend who was supposed to be ...

the opinions of anyone with even the vaguest connection to 'american idol'' quilting shows on pbs bocce ball any thing sold by ll bean john milton's poetry foosball unitarians everything in avon catalogs world wrestling federation vs other wrestling organizations socks poptarts reba mcintire daytime drama awards green bean casseroles topped with french-fried onions fabio whether wilfred brimley checks his blood sugar and tests it often if all th...

this is an article i never imagined id find myself writing in 2004. during the nearly 2 months ive been here, ive seen a number of variations on the following theme: . 'conservatives are are more responsible, less vile, more pragmatic and realistic and willing to deal with the repercussions of their beliefs' . it could as easily been a liberal claim. thats not the issue over the past 2 days, ive seen several posts about namecalling in which admittedly offensive, hurtful insulting p...