Isn’t Life Strange?

The Houston Chronicle has an awesome collection of photos of the flood in Galveston and other communities. Check it out.

We lost another great musician just a couple of days ago. Jerry Reed, star of stage and screen passed away at the age of 71, I’ll always remember his memorable performance in the movie “Smokey And The Bandit.” But he was a musician first, and a great picker at that. What […]

The latest Batman movie, The Dark Night, is getting some odd attention.  Some believe the film is too violent.
He may be known to many children as a comic book friend, but a Purdue University professor warns the new "Dark Knight" Batman is a much more violent reincarnation of the classic character.

Apparently this guy doesn’t understand […]

There’s an article in today’s Houston Chronicle about some teachers who had content from their Facebook profiles revealed on television by a Houston TV station. 
Putting life online could haunt later
The article mentions one teacher who was so embarrassed at the revelation of a video on his Facebook profile that he quit his job. 
A […]

I haven’t used Twitter in over three weeks, but apparently the folks there are having some stability issues with the system and subscribers may be getting restless. 
There’s an article over at Cnet News about Twitter’s problems, the challenges of dealing with the growing user base, the debate over the inevitability of failure, and the […]

The Guardian reports that the previously believed "unknown tribe" blogged here by yours truly, is in fact a hoax perpetrated those wanting to bring awareness to the logging issue. 
Man has known about the tribe since 1910. 
I suppose this is a reminder that there is no limit to the deceit some people are willing […]

Think the Patriot Act is an invasion of privacy? As the saying goes, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” It appears the federal government isn’t quite finished with invading the privacy of law abiding citizens. Take a look at this article.
Washington, DC - Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd’s 630-page Senate housing legislation […]

An isolated tribe in Brazil has made news due to some recent aerial photography.  It is believed that this particular tribe is one of the few remaining groups on Earth that has not been contacted by the outside world.
Try wrapping your mind around that thought for a moment.  These people are primitives who have […]

I was reading the print edition of the Houston Chronicle this morning.  On the front page was a story I had to share here. 
A local teenager who was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 wants to donate her "wish" from the Make-A-Wish Foundation so that an orphanage that would care for children with HIV can […]

Those of you out there who thought I would post news critical only of Obama and Hillary this election season are about to be proved wrong!  
One beef with McCain among conservatives is that he has ties to many powerful lobbyists pushing the integration of illegal immigrants.  This news certainly won’t help his chances. 
The […]