Category Archives: Rants

I Stood For My Candidate, Did You Stand For Yours?

For the first time since I became a registered voter, I attended my local caucus. I was registered as an independent prior to going out tonight, so when I arrived I got in line and changed my registration to the Democratic party. That was about 6 PM and for the next 2 hours [...]

Did you vote? I did (maybe).

I moved to a new house not that long ago. A couple of weeks back, my wife and I went to the DMV and updated our driver's licenses. While we were there, we both requested that the DMV update our voter registrations. Approximately one week ago, my wife got a card in [...]

People need to learn to drive!

I don't know if it's because I was extra-tired & cranky this morning but it seemed like everybody forgot the basic safety rules of the road today. Let's start with the bicyclist who cut me off. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for sharing the road and I know cycling myself, but I [...]

Trying to lose my business? (Part 2)

Perhaps I am old-fashioned but I feel when you say you are going to do something, then you should do it. Case in point, this morning I dropped the car off at the dealership to get that shifting problem fixed. I dropped it off at approximately 7:45 AM CST (-06:00 GMT). My [...]

Jon Stewart, Cynical Youth and Voting

A Washington Post columnist posted an article last Friday covering a bit of research claiming that Jon Stewart's popular comedy/news show on the Comedy Channel may cause people to stop voting. The report's title was not given, nor was there any link to the results. So we have no way to read the [...]

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