My neighbor and friend, I’ll call him “Tom”, has created a lair in which he explores the recesses of his mind. He is convinced he can hatch a plan that will lead to world domination. The American dream is not unlike Hitler’s insatiable thirst for power, but in America we want to corner a market . . . → Read More: Cornering a Market
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When the rules of bowling were standardized in 1895, the intention was to make competition standard, and thus promote the best aspects of the ancient game of rolling a ball at some sticks. The standard rules allowed the American Bowling Congress to recognize champions. Some champions from those early days stand out more than others, . . . → Read More: The Greatest Bowling Match Ever Bowled I didn’t always look this good. Learning what to wear is almost as important as learning what not to wear. My mother dressed me like a girl for the first three years of my life. The next three were my choice. I found blouse and skirt ensembles slimming. I wasn’t always so good with clothing. . . . → Read More: The Devil Wears Hand-Me-Down Prada I was the “Jokemaster” at yesterday’s Toastmasters meeting, and I decided to write original jokes rather than read something from the Internet. I bombed pretty thoroughly. My first joke was this: “the Finance Department announced that our retirement money is fine, but if you had a 401K it is now a 5K. If you want . . . → Read More: First failure This blog is now a WordPress powered site, so I’m still working out some of the quirks. Thank you for your patience. For feed subscribers, I’m going to be figuring out feedburner very soon. I think I already am, but can’t quite recall. I am relaunching the blog with this WordPress site, so very soon I’ll be importing all the old ones. Please tell me what you think! Blogger is phasing out FTP publishing, and that’s what I rely upon for this silly blog, along with the reST to Web Python system for the static content. All that will change to WP very, very soon. WordPress works very well, and I’m starting to figure it out. Things may be icky for awhile, but . . . → Read More: The Beginning of the End (for this blog on Blogger) Last week, a man spent more than 20 harrowing minutes in a Toyota Prius with a stuck accelerator on a highway, going more than 90 miles per hour. Here in Michigan, that’s referred to as “getting to work,” but I’m not going to split hairs. The mystery as to why that Prius went that fast . . . → Read More: Mystery of the Runaway Prius Solved I volunteered to paint faces at the children’s Christmas party hosted by my company. I enjoyed it, but it was strangely intense because the line of children never ended until the party was over, and, while painting, the parents scrutinize your every move. I also felt a mild competition with the other face painters who . . . → Read More: The Adventures of Face Painting Man Two of the happiest people on earth at the moment have got to be Richard Heene, from “Balloon Boy” fame, and Jon Gosselin, formerly of “Jon and Kate, etc.”, whose unseemly behavior had cast them, figuratively and literally, in unfavorable and unforgiving light. Their publicity aside, Richard seemed to be perpetually in need of a . . . → Read More: Garbage Scow |
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