Operating Systems and Usability for the New User

My 71 year old father expressed interest in a computer. He is a retired truck driver who has never sat in front of a computer.
Having an under-utilized Mac Mini, I could have given that to him with either Leopard or Vista installed. Or I could have taken an old computer laying around the [...]

Finding the Feds Irrelevent (at best)

Downright harmful at worst.
On Friday Ocober 26th I was served with a subpoena for the following Tuesday. This was to certify some medical records for the courts, I am doing them a favor, still they do not give me 2 full business days notice. The night before I am to drive down to [...]

Word of the day: Sarcasm

Sarcasm seems funny when we do it, but it seems mean when it is done to us.  To onlookers, sarcasm seems funny or mean depending on which side we identify with; and it is illustrative that we so often side with the aggressor.
Oxford informs us that sarcasm means: “the use of irony to mock or [...]

Farm Subsidies

Good Medicine asks why a salad costs more than a Big Mac?  The accompanying graphic answers the question quite succinctly.  (go look at the graphic and come back)
I am surprised by how little the government subsidizes fruits and veggies.
On another note, did anyone else catch the UN calling the use of Ethanol a crime against [...]