China and the human organ trade

It’s difficult knowing what to think and/or believe in the Age of Bullshit. For the most part, I don’t believe anything I don’t see for myself. My standard reply when ask what I think about almost any sort of bullshit is “I don’t know. I wasn’t there”.
Unfortunately there’s the “where there’s smoke there’s fire” rule. [...]

Rebuilding New Orleans?

New Orleans has big problems. If you keep up with the news, you’re doubtlessly aware of their moronic-racist mayor, their rampant criminals, and their monumental struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina. What hasn’t been in the news since the storm, however, is what I find interesting.
Before Katrina, New Orleans was on borrowed time. The wetlands [...]

Global warming, radical climate change, and mass hysteria

Climate change, radical or otherwise, is one of the many areas outside my area of expertise. Maybe I’ve read 100 articles on the subject, usually under the guise of global warming, in the last 17 years of so, but only a couple of them were in Nature or Scientific American. Is it getting warmer? You [...]

Democrats as tough guys?

Yesterday evening I screwed up and sat down with my remote out of arm’s reach. As a result, I wound up watching the CBS Evening News. From the commercials I learned a lot about the drugs I’ll be taking, if I live much longer, and somehow find fools to pay for them. And I realized [...]

Medicare cheating granny?

My grandmother is 91 years old. Like a lot of 91 year olds, and I realize there aren’t a lot them, she’s more prone to physical affliction than most sub-91 years olds. She has good days and bad days. Her good days aren’t as good and her bad days are worse than those of the [...]

My big baby

My best friend is an eight year old basset hound. In a little while, we’ll be visiting her dermatologist because of her ongoing skin problems. The tab will run from somewhere between $75 and $750 dollars, depending on what he has to do, and whether I get any prescribed meds from him, or from some [...]

ESPN

There are a lot of good things about living in the Age of B. S., and the hype surrounding college football is one of the best. College football has always been one of my favorite things. It’s also one of the few that made the transition with me from my phase of persistent inebriation, to [...]

Working for a living

I’ve spent much of the last decade under to unemployed. My excuses have run the gamut, but the truth, ugly though it is, is that it’s never made any sense to me to work any harder than I had to to survive. Sure, when I was younger I’d get an occasional wild-hair and set about [...]

News

Despite my best efforts to avoid it, and much like the proverbial dog returning to its vomit, I can’t seem to help but keep up with the news. I firmly believe that the news is biased, untrustworthy, and largely irrelevant-at least in my own little world. Still, it’s often more entertaining than the crapola that [...]

Death Merchants

Direct TV’s most basic package is a cornerstone in my daily battle with ennui. One of my favorite programs is The Dog Whisperer. That dude knows his dogs. One of the things I learned last night is that dogs don’t rationalize. They live their lives completely in the present. (Yes, smart ass, I realize that’s [...]