Lost Journal: Car Window Stickers Meet the Demand to Brand
Journal entry: October 2, 2007 (age 38) Necessity may be the mother of invention, but greed is the father, and boredom is at least one of the godparents. … Read more
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Spinning the Zero Bounce
The GOP Convention had everything: Empty chairs, empty suits, but no bounce Let’s speak about The Bounce, shall we? The Bounce being the jump that a three-day, red-white-and-blue … Read more
Mitt Romney’s Hamm-Handed Energy Policy
Poor Mitt Romney. He keeps trying to prop up his bad policy proposals with gimmicky political props that flop. He recently unveiled his energy policy, for example, in … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: Scientology & More
The U.S. Border Patrol was reported in the news as seizing the lowest-ever number of illegal aliens trying to cross into California last month. It’s the economy. It’s … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: The Conventions & More
A Colorado school refused to allow a third-grader to wear his Peyton Manning jersey to class because the number is a gang number, the news reported. The policy … Read more
Lost Journal: First Day of College Knowledge
Journal entry: August 26, 1987 (age 18) The drive from Binghamton to SUNY Oswego is only about 2 ½ hours, but the distance seemed massive as I waved … Read more
Lost Journal: Matrimony’s Ultimate Symbol Gets Trashed
Journal entry: April 13, 2000 (age 30) After almost a year-and-a-half of marriage, I am finally getting used to referring to Amanda as “my wife.” The first time … Read more
Lost Journal: Dungeons and Dragons and Dice – Oh my!
Journal entry: April 18, 1982 (age 12) My thirteenth birthday is in a few weeks, and I’m looking forward to going with my mom to Fat Cat Books … Read more
Lost Journal: Mom’s Free Haircuts are Worth Every Penny
Journal entry: November 1, 1981 (age 12) This afternoon, my mom stood behind a kitchen chair, smiling and holding a pair of scissors. As I walked across the … Read more
High Atop the Deep Bench
And now a few words on the Democratic National Convention (and their deep bench), which was ALSO interrupted by bad weather, and from this we can deduce that … Read more
