A Republican Wanted What?
The City of New Britain (here in Connecticut) just adopted its budget for the coming year. To say that New …
Category Archives: Odds and Ends
Sweet Home Chicago
Can you imagine Mitt Romney doing this?
What Are Your “Implicit” Attitudes?
Psychologists know that people often don’t know what their subconscious attitudes are, or if they conflict with their conscience attitudes. …
Where’s My Sense of Humor?
When I started my blog, I intended it to be ironic, sardonic, and humorous. Looking back at my posts, I …
Company “Stakeholders”
Even before I was laid off by a huge multinational firm, I was infuriated by the repeated statements that investors …
Caduceus vs. Staff of Asclepius
Yeah, I’m a crank, but it really bothers me when people confuse the caduceus of Hermes with the staff of …
Charities (Suggestions)
In my family we give money to the (grown) children; but amongst ourselves we make donations to charities. I usually …
Reading the Obituaries
By popular demand, our local paper has started printing the obituaries in larger type. Any obituary is bad news for …
Opinions
I don’t mind discussing something whose opinion is different from mine; in fact, I generally enjoy it. There are two …
Terracotta Warriors
Imagine an emperor so narcissistic that he tried to recreate his entire empire in his tomb. There was a map …
Schwartz Chronicles 