It seems that on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish. Even the Nigerians: Will those crafty spammers ever cease coming up with new schemes to lure unsuspecting e-mail novices into giving out bank account/routing numbers? Methinks not. … Read entire article »

I’ve been sidelined since sometime early sunday morning with a bout of food-poisoning. Needless to say, it has been one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. It also succeeded in keeping me from A)studying for my exams, and B)writing my paper. Not looking good. … Read entire article »

An opinion piece in today’s Free Press sheds some light on the terrible state of our tax-funded public education, including this memorable quote – it has “bureaucracy” written all over it: The federal government should mandate Detroit automakers to produce higher fuel economy standards for consumer vehicles…Ford is heading in the right direction by designing future cars to run on any one of these fuels: hydrogen, a mixture of 85% ethyl alcohol, or gasoline Now, to my knowledge, Ford is doing this to differentiate its products from a nearly atomistic automobile market – and, this is key, nobody is forcing Ford to do this. The company will live or die because of the policies and programs they are currently putting into play. But before I’m accused of piling-on a bunch … Read entire article »