For Goodness Sake, Use Precautions!
Another email virus trashes the net. We’re surprised?
Wow. The internet is once again being crippled by a ho hum computer virus. And surprise, surprise–it spreads via the Microsoft Outlook address book and by people clicking on attachments without know what they are. Can we have a little more Hollywood formula tragedy, [...]
Is Howard Dean Angry? I think not.
Certainly after the Iowa caucus, Dean’s reputation as an angry person has spread wide and far. To me, he looks passionate, not angry. In Iowa, over-the-top passionate, but still–not angry.
People recognize emotions using several different facial expression cues. Professor Paul Ekman has spent his career studying how emotion is [...]
The Gay Agenda and the Destruction of Marriage
… get over it
[Note: this was written the day before Pres. Bush's 2004 State of the Union address, in which he suggested a constitutional amendment to "protect" marriage.]
A lot of people have been afraid that letting gay people get married will result in the “destruction of marriage.” I [...]
Tax cut obsession is absurd; vote for tax increases!
The paper was full of Democrats promising middle-class tax cuts yesterday. I really don’t understand why the national obsession with tax cuts. People seem to think about taxes as if the government is stealing from them. As much as I believe the government does steal on occasion(1), [...]
Getting older is just fine, thank you!
I was shopping for a birthday card for a friend today and was struck by the sentiment on virtually all the cards: “you’re getting older, how sad for you.” Of course, I nodded sagely, wouldn’t it be great if he were turning 30 instead of 40?
But wait a second. [...]
Plan to Keep Achieving Your Dreams!
Have you ever noticed how many people stop dreaming once they hit 30? The daily grind just sort of becomes habit, and they develop into a comfy routine, where the familiar settles in where the dreamer once lived.
I spent yesterday working through the book, “Your Best Year Yet” (by Jinny [...]
