I don’t hold anything sacred. Seriously. Nothing immediately comes to mind that I’d get offended by. Everyone has opinions and even if those opinions differ greatly from what I believe, I won’t think less of you or get angry at you because you disagree with my position. I can have a heated discussion/argument about religion, … Read more
It starts with a tickle somewhere in the back of my mind. The colors dim, the sounds soften, my eyes glaze over. I know it’s coming, but I’ve long since accepted that nothing can be done. “What kind of language is that?” asks a large woman with Jackie O sunglasses and a sundress. She looks … Read more
Does anyone else out there ever worry about whether our civilization is becoming too homogenized? This prevailing question infiltrates my daily existence. Over the last ten years, we have become a society that deems everything offensive. Gone are the days when you could joke around about ethnicity or sexuality without disturbing someone’s increasingly fragile sensitivities. … Read more
Consider this: 1 US gallon = 128 US fluid ounces Here on Maui, a gallon of regular gasoline sells for about $2.599 while 16 Oz’s of Starbucks coffee goes for roughly $1.75. I’m sure you’ve seen others do the math, but bear with me. Using these figures, a gallon of Starbucks coffee will cost you … Read more
There really are only two kinds of people in this world. Predators and prey. You can live in a blind panic all you want, but it won’t change the fact that you’re either eating or being eaten. Me? I’d rather partake of the feast than be the main course. I’m too fatty anyway and since … Read more
If you don’t keep up with my comments in the HOWLER MONKEYS section to the right, you’re missing out on some really fun stuff. For instance, after my post about ClearPlay, the comments became the platform for an interesting discussion on religion, morals, children, child rearing, and censorship. I think my rebuttal to the latest … Read more
Maybe I’m still in the minority; I know I was while I lived in San Francisco. The fact that Bonds finally admitted that he uses performance enhancing steroids is not surprising. If you look at Bonds physique in his first three years in major league baseball and look at his last three, he has bulked … Read more
Just wondering exactly why people tend to blame others for their inadequacies. I mean, I understand that doing so is easier than finding a problem in yourself and taking action to correct it. That I understand. It is the blatant disregard for personal responsibility that gets me. I just watched Super Size Me, the film … Read more
Is it me or does anyone else think that the election of our government has slipped from our fingers and into the hands of lawyers and courts? Watching the coverage on CNN and MSNBC you’d think that voters are little more than a nusiance and the real vote will happen once the election results are … Read more
The fact that Ralph Nader is still running for President of the free world scares me. Is there any doubt that he has the biggest ego on the face of the planet? The way I figure it, Nader is being motivated by one of two different things. The first, is as I stated above… Ego. … Read more