Just Under the Wire My younger son officially got his last “kids” haircut today, at the discounted kids rate. Just. Great Clips’ child rate applies to kids 10 and under. My son turned 11 today — but he wasn’t born until 11:45 p.m. When I shared that with Great Clips — at 5 p.m. this...Read More
2014 Predictions vs. 2012 What was the person who said, “not one person saw this coming,” referring to? A. The Dow Jones Average would pass 16,000 in 2013. B. Gas prices at the pump would plummet below $3/gallon due to a glut of domestically produced crude oil. C. “Argo” would win the 2013 Academy award for best...Read More
Now, THAT’S What I Call ‘Burying the Lead’ “The mismatch between the anatomical and genetic evidence [from a recently discovered fossil] surprised scientists, who are now rethinking human evolution over the past few hundred thousand years.” –“Baffling 400,000 Clue to Human Origins“; The New York Times (Dec. 4, 2013) If you’ve been out of the loop...Read More
Spoken Like a True Dyslexic My (mildly) dyslexic, left-handed son — just like me — posed that question today. Why isn’t it “westnorth” instead of “northwest?” Or “eastsouth,” instead of “southeast?” Makes perfectly good sense to me . . .Read More
$2.88 Per Gallon — Or Less That $70 or so to fill my family’s minivan as recently as last Spring is suddenly . . . a lot less — yesterday’s fill came to a modest $44 (I needed a little less than a full tank). In fact, if you buy your gas at Costco and...Read More
Answer #3: ‘No Comment’ “If you do drug policy and you’re asked whether you use drugs, you’ve got two choices. You can say, “Yes, I’m a lawbreaker. Please come arrest me and ignore everything I say because I’m a bad person.’ Or, “No, actually I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.” Since neither...Read More
