The eternal flame that is supposed to be the Olympic Torch touring the world seems to be getting extinguished a whole lot these past few weeks. It seems the world is pretty pissed off at the Chinese [...]
Archive for April, 2008
LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 31
Cliches get a bad rap. Most of them are true and come in pretty handy sometimes. And if you come up with a better description of something than a cliche, odds are you've just invented a new [...]
I HATE MY CLONE
You have to figure that any year now they'll be cloning people left and right. Not for any pressing reason, mind you, simply because they can. They clone plants all the time, they've done it with [...]
LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 30
The most important things in life are breathing, eating, sleeping and finding shelter. Everything else is sort of [...]
THE BRIEF CAREER OF THE BEAR WHISPERER
There's a lot of job descriptions in this big old world. Take the late Timothy Treadwell, self-invented Grizzly Bear expert. Treadwell took it upon himself to spend 13 summers in Alaska observing Grizzly Bears [...]
LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 29
What is, is. You don’t get to decide what’s real or [...]
DEFINITIONS
What is "Old Money?" That's when you're lucky enough to be born into a family that had a smart guy in it a long time ago, somebody really good at making money. Fortunately for them he was so good [...]
LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 28
People who tell you money is not important usually have plenty of it. Funny thing is that they don't ever seem to rid themselves of this unimportant baggage. Money is important, otherwise the [...]
STUPID QUESTIONS
"Do you believe in the American flag?" That was an actual question posed to a presidential candidate in a nationally televised debate the other night. Why not ask them their favorite color while they're [...]
LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 27
If someone steals from you would you steal from them? If you do, now you too are a thief and you have no complaint. Better to crack them a good one with a blunt object and take back what's yours, give them [...]


