Yeah I know this is a little early, but I found something in the video store yesterday that just can't wait...   more »

Yesterday, October 30'th was my buddy James' 37'th birthday. Please drop by his blog and wish him a Happy Birthday! ...   more »

Next up on the election issues series is Health Care, which seems to be on everybody's minds these days with the flu shot shortage. I find myself wondering why this shortage has been considered a surprise. It's long been known ...   more »

This seemed the most appropriate issue to follow my last article on abortion, obviously the two are linked because both involve the destruction of a proto-human. Taking a humanist viewpoint, this is actually an easier issue to deal with than ...   more »

As the election is rapidly approaching, I've decided to write a series of articles in which I ponder the various issues and put forth my position. It is not my intention to use this as a springboard to stump for ...   more »

Awhile back Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that shortly before the election it was going to air what basically amounted to an extended Swift Boat Liars for Bush ad billed as "news" on the 62 television stations in its network, including many in battleground states. Bloggers everywhere (like me for instance) reacted with disgust and anger. Conservatives and liberals alike largely agreed that it was wrong to air this propaganda and pass it off as news. Anti-Sinclair websites appeared, letter writing campaigns began, and people threatened boycotts of Sinclair and especially of its sponsors. Sponsors began to pull out, and then an amazing thing happened...   more »

My good friend Jay sends me a link to the Men's Health GuyQ Election Poll... which will tell you which candidate most closely matches your positions on junk food, movies, and the like.  Funny!

EDIT: (BTW, I'm 73% of poll takers aligned with Kerry and 27% aligned with Bush.)

Yesterday, images of the Saturnian moon Titan taken by the Cassini orbiter revealed what may be a sea or ocean on the surface. Not of water of course...   more »

This is kind of amusing... play the Give Bush a Brain game.

Today after dropping off Neya at school I had to stop and pick up some candy at CVS.  It's bring-the-kids-to-work for trick-or-treats day at our corporate HQ.  I was still reveling in the World Series win of the Red Sox when I spied the perfect candy to top off my candy bowl... Baby Ruth Bars.

I'm eating one right now... mmm...

EDIT: There is apparently some controversy over whom the Baby Ruth bar is named after.  Babe Ruth was already famous in 1921 when the candy bar was released by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago.  By the mid-20's the candy bar was in its heyday, enjoying great popularity.  Many kids took the wrappers and asked Babe Ruth to autograph them.  Not surprisingly, Babe demanded royalties from the firm.  It was at this time the firm announced that the candy was in fact named after Ruth Cleveland, the daughter of former President Grover Cleveland (who last held the office 1892-1896).  They claimed the former president's daughter had visited one of their factories some years before.  Ruth Cleveland died at the age of 12 in 1904.  Curtiss Candy Company was established in 1916.  Clearly the company sought to capitalize on the popularity of Babe Ruth in marketing their candy, and the story of the origin of its name is BS to avoid getting sued or having to pay royalties to the estate of Babe Ruth.  Now Nestle owns the rights to the Baby Ruth bar, and, as you might expect, they continue to perpetuate the claim that the bar is named after Ruth Cleveland. See more at snopes.com.

I was on the edge of my seat throughout.  Every pitch, every at bat, I found myself muttering encouragements... as if someone could actually hear me.  But the best and most genuine happiness of the evening was watching the Sox pour out of the dugout and jump with joy.  I think I will remember the smiles on the faces of Damon, Ramirez, Martinez and the other players for a very long time.

Congratulations Red Sox.  Your amazing performance touched even a guy who is not a sports fan.  Partly from your dedication, partly from your obvious skill, and partly from your joyful exuberance.  Congratulations, and all the best.  A lot of my friends are sports nuts and rabid sox fans, and I can't imagine how happy you've made them.

Thank you.

Thanks James for your last name-that-movie post. Here's mine, good luck...   more »

Game 3 of the world series will be the first baseball game I have watched in years.  I am not a baseball guy, but I have to admit I have enjoyed this game immensely.  Go Sox!  And hey, Pedro pitched an amazing game.  7th inning just ended and Pedro's finished for the night.

"One of the problems I have with the Kerry crowd," somebody said on the radio today, "is that they're not so much 'for Kerry' as they are 'against Bush'." The fellow went on to describe himself as an undecided voter, leaning to the right, who needed Kerry to articulate what he would do differently or better than George Bush before he would consider voting Kerry. To a degree I understand the sentiment, if I'm choosing between two things, I like to know the plusses and minuses of each... after all, I already know choice A is not choice B. Right? ...   more »

My friend James has a site where he makes available political banners of his own design promoting John Kerry. Until midnight on November 2, Unbecoming Levity will display a random banner under the ULev logo above. For now all of them will be James' unless I decide to make a few of my own. If you're curious to know how I made the random banners happen, read on...   more »

As James notes, yesterday was my birthday... seems weird to call it "yesterday" as yesterday only ended about a half an hour ago. My birthday was pretty subdued and quiet... no cake, no celebrating. Just the way I like it as a boring person. So what did happen? Well...   more »