life happens socks be damned

If you’re not thinking about dying, at least a little bit, this week then you’re probably heavily medicated.  I’m not judging.  In my case, I’m thinking that here, about half-way through any reasonable actuarial table of my lifespan, it is…

Alabama not sweet home for immigrant kids

If you’re compiling the top 1000 reasons for the slumping U.S. economy, then you can safely leave ‘illegal immigration’ off the list.  Why, then, is it suddenly acceptable again to target this population for discrimination, intimidation and repudiation?  In Alabama,…

Touchpad Therapy

Yep, I’m done searching for Touchpad.  Good luck if you’re still in the hunt. #didntfazemebro You’ve suffered a loss.  You’re not alone. If you’ve been following the #foundtp hashtag for very long, then you’re probably dealing with some uncomfortable emotions…

Amazon plays with Fire

STOP THE PRESSES!!!  There aren’t any presses?  Oh, well, then just tack this on top of my article from yesterday… So, Amazon has thrown a few curveballs today, if you will.  First, they priced the Kindle Fire @ $199 which…

Rabble Rabble HP

The Great Touchpad Death March of 2011 continues, and if you’re not interested in getting a touchpad (or if you work in HP marketing apparently), you probably have no clue why people are getting so angry about it.  I’ve decided…

Car Pets

What if… you combined a pet rock with a cocker spaniel?  You’d get a Car Pet. Ok, maybe you’d just get a cocker spaniel humping a small boulder… Maybe that’s why they’re called cocker spaniels?  Did you think of that?…