Is the entertainment industry in cahoots with spammers? The reason I ask is that the newest dreck coming across the airwaves, "Desperate Housewives", looks from the previews like that same "cheating wives" garbage that's been invading my in-box lately. I've never read beyond the subject lines, but I have a sneaking suspicion that one of...
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Smallville featured shower scenes again in the second episode of the season. This time it was Clark, and, oh-la-la! Lionel Luther! At least that one had a story element in it (Lionel getting stabbed). Maybe they're going for a trademark element, like "I have a bad feeling about this" in all the Star Wars movies....
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The TV is busted. Okay, it's still working, but we might be better off if it were busted. The stuff that's on it is busted. Well, that's closer to the truth. The brains of the people writing stuff to put on it are busted. Ah, the truth at last.

Smallville's season premiere had a surprise....
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Sometimes, participation in the AtomPub Working Group can be awfully tedious. The discussion of some topics just seems to go on and on and on and on... While feeling the pain the other day, and started making a list of ineffective discussion methods that lead to these protracted discussions. I've augmented it with other communication...
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It's unfathomable. Every Olympics, everyone complains, but it looks like they're still doing it. When I watch the Olympics, I want to see the elite athletes who've struggled for years to be there, not listen to announcers blabber, not watch cute little vignettes thrown together by the network to highlight the few athletes they've selected...
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I appreciate the service the police offer to the community. But they're not perfect. Police officers who routinely disobey traffic regulations set a bad example and weaken their moral authority. There's also something of an Old Boys mentality in the law enforcement community. I've been told by a few people who are members of their...
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Services like BugMeNot.com are helping people get around the registration required of various news sites. Many sites like the New York Times require readers to complete a free registration before accessing much of their content in order to enable them to gather statistics necessary for selling advertising. For some reason, a lot of people feel...
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It's time to go grocery shopping. You know the drill: fill your cart; walk by all the checkout lines, looking for the shortest one; perhaps pay attention to how fast the cachier looks; get in line; and then it always happens! The person in front of you has a fifteen minute conversation about how th...
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When terrorists threaten to kill a hostage if a country doesn't pull their troops out of Iraq, why not respond that if they kill the hostage, you'll increase the number of troops and come after them. And then if they kill the hostage, follow through. Make the consequences exactly the opposite of what they're trying...
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I don't suppose I need to rant about this for long. Daylight savings time is a nuisance. Changing clocks, adjusting to a new sleeping schedule, and figuring out time zone differences based on the time of year, are a pain. Would it be so difficult for the (probably rare) business or school that feels the...
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