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During my interview with the Rotary Club, I was asked what I felt were the most pressing issues in society today.  I said health care and education, and that they’re intertwined.  I stand by that statement and have felt that way for several years.  This article supports my beliefs: No job, insurance: hard times for [...]

It’s somewhat disconcerting to see the tab I’m to run up in the following twelve months of my life.  Granted, I’ve had my financial aid package before me at a previous date, but it wasn’t until I was approved for all my loans that the crushing weight of debt snuck up on me.  That said, [...]

So apparently TMZ paid wayyy too much money to get their filthy hands on that video of LeBron getting dunked on…because EBaumnation has a much clearer version of the video…and it’s still not a big deal.  I mean, seriously.  People are going gaga over this, and it amounts to very little.  It’s cool for the [...]

This weekend I scrapped together two new articles for the magazine I’ve been writing for.  In fact, it’s doubly nice because I’ve been working out of the country for about a year now for this magazine and my editor still keeps me on.  I’m certain he has gotten interest from others seeking to do the [...]

I like soccer.  I’m OK with Whoppers.  Advertising usually doesn’t interest me all that much.  But this story is almost too much: BK-Sponsored Soccer Kit Will Make You Cry Why does this story matter?  Realistically, I eat at Burger King maybe once every three months.  I am a pretty avid fan of “La Liga” in [...]

Personally, I hate the whole phenomenon of using “‘d” as opposed to the standard “ed” in past participles that’s come about, a la “Punk’d.” It’s just another way our society has proved dumber.  But I digress. I showed up to Panera at 11:55, book in hand.  I wore a maroon polo shirt and khaki shorts. [...]

How god damn dumb could NASA be?  A couple of years ago, they managed to crash a Mars orbiter because one guy used metrics and another used standard measurement.  That’s beyond stupid.  But now, they may have outdone themselves: NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it This is ridiculous.  How in the hell does [...]

Yahoo! throws up an article today pointing to a handful of signs that the economy is actually not recovering, now that we’re about a full year into the recession.  It’s worth noting.  I look at the people in my family, and the article applies to pretty much everyone: my father’s hours have been cut to [...]

I’m obsessed with Auto-tune the News.  These guys do great work–and it just keeps getting better every time.  Right now, they’re on #6, and I can’t wait for #7.  Hopefully they really blow up at some point.  I mean, they’re already pretty viral, but I want to see them on CNN.   They deserve it. [...]

You see, the funny thing about that title is its structural ambiguity. Am I talking about a call on a rotary phone? Or am I talking about the Rotary club making a phone call? In fact, it is the latter. The former President of the local Rotary Club emailed me Monday, to which I responded, [...]