I find myself put off by overly aggressive appeals to get me to join a cause, and it doesn't really matter what that cause is. When people start pitching their cause by saying it's the most important cause that ever was or ever will be, I start to feel as if I am at a…
This is not a political post
This is not a political post, though it does involve people in politics. Think of it this way - if I wrote about the personal choices of a football player, that post wouldn't be about football. I wouldn't be saying that I like the team the person plays for more than another team. The same…
$2.49 a Gallon!
So declared the man on the other side of the gas pump last night. The amount represented at least a twenty cent increase from the day before. It was late, and although I am usually more diplomatic than this I responded, "Assassination is expensive!" He looked rather shocked, and I surmised that we didn't share…