Be Less Boring

I woke up at my usual time today.  The yard was full of limbs and mud, and there's still a brook running through the back yard, but it only takes a short walk down the street to see how things could have been much worse.  Trees are down all over town.  S… more »

When it comes to protecting our women, Americans can't be too careful.  After all, it's a dangerous world out there.  Fortunately, it's possible to be safe, sexy, and oh, so femanine all at the same time with Tactical Corsets.  Oh, sure they're pricey, b… more »

Canada's national health care system is often heald up as a model the USA should adopt.  Everyone is covered, regardless of their financial situation. Well, there are a couple of problems with that, the biggest being that it results in a very overloade… more »

There are certain albums and artists that, when I first heard them, I immediately connected with them on some instinctive, emotional level.  A few of those artists and albums include The Violent Femmes first album, Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville, and the… more »

Virginia over at Living the Local Life posted a very well done essay by Annalisa Cox of Tuckaway farm in Lee, NH.  The essay is A Call to Young People and gets to the heart of the real problem the human race faces--that we've become so dependent on indus… more »

It's a serious shock to the system when you're suddenly faced with the reality that people you went to high school with now have grandchildren.   It's very cruel and dangerous to shock us old people like that! more »