Archive for the 'General' Category

Homolka Family Will Not Meet Karla

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Karla Homolka, the other half of Canada’s most infamous killers, will be released in July from her 14-year sentence. In 1991, Karla and her husband, Paul Bernardo, were charged for kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering three teenage girls, including Karla’s own 15-year old sister. The family says they will not greet Karla […]

Gays in Jerusalem

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

Over the millenniums Jerusalem has been conquered by many nations. Way back it was the Babylonians then the Persians came. The Romans hung around for a while followed by Byzantines and Muslims Next the Crusaders raised Christianity’s flag only to be kicked out by the Ottoman Turks who in turn were sent packing by […]

The Masters

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

A murder suspect was arrested in Augusta, Georgia. He was there to see the Masters Golf tournament but he could not get in.
This is yet another example of the Club’s arrogance. A few years ago it gave up lucrative corporate sponsorships rather than allow women to play in the Masters. Now Hootie Johnson, the […]

Phone Sex

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

A worldwide study of cell phone users found that 14% of people interrupted sex to answer their phone
The national differences were revealing: Germany and Spain led with 22% while Italians were least likely to practice coitus interruptus, with 7%. The US was boringly average, coming (ooops) in at 15%.
What’s disturbing is that 1 out […]

IRS Tax Forms, Publications From 1040 to 1099 & ss4 to w9 - Internal Revenue Service Website Tops

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

1040, w-9, publication 600. These IRS documents and forms are all things I’ve downloaded this month. Judging by the popularity of the IRS web site as reported by Yahoo, Google and comScore, I’m not the only one who goes digital when it comes to forms. However, e-file I don’t do yet. […]

Teri Schiavo

Monday, March 28th, 2005

There is a possible solution to the Schiavo case that’s been overlooked amid the heated moral, legal and political arguments: a negotiated settlement.
Sadly a family dispute has turned into a national drama. Yet if there’s one thing that both the husband and the parents can agree on surely it’s their love for Terri Schiavo. In […]

Men v’s Women

Friday, March 25th, 2005

When I was a kid there was a saying that women had cleaner minds than men because they changed them so often. So when she said “no” it could mean “yes,” “perhaps,” or “I have a headache.”
It now appears that there is sound science behind the feminine mystique .
A study published in the journal […]

What’s Wrong with Capitalism

Friday, March 18th, 2005

The conviction of Bernie Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom, of the biggest ever corporate fraud, prompted the New York Times to feature a rogues gallery of American business. Pictured where half a dozen or so business leaders facing charges of having cooked the books. It was a portfolio of business’ bad boys - Jeff […]

NCAA, Drugs, The Senate and Other Stuff

Monday, March 14th, 2005

Spring, the season of renewal, starts this week. It just happens that it’s also the week for the return of some golden oldies.
For starters it’s the beginning of March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament, when 35 of the nation’s best college teams pay for the championship trophy. Setting aside the convoluted formula that determines which […]

Puppies: Cute Golden Retriever Puppies Popular Search, Yahoo

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

Cute Golden Retriever puppies are apparently a suddenly a highly popular search according to Yahoo. I usually trust the Yahoo Buzz Index implicitly, but for the life of me, I can’t explain the following surge in popularity of puppy terms:
Buzz# […]