Yellow Snow Anyone?

I found raising a son less stressful than raising a daughter. Partly because they had different personalities and partly because my son hid some his escapades from me until he was older but there were exceptions. Take yellow snow, for example.

The Naked Economy

"Look, the economy has no clothes", we marvel as we watch unemployment grow, watch our life savings evaporate before our eyes, and see crisis after crisis evolve.

"What? " you protest. "Things can't be that bad. Don't we know more than ever about running an economy. Surely this is really just a minor bump and those in charge will fix things! In fact aren't things starting to get better."

Oh yeah, you go on believing that fairy tale and while you're at it buy some swamp land in Florida to retire on. As Abe Lincoln once said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Maybe so, but apparently you can fool the people for a long time, long enough it seems to create an economic disaster.

Mom, Dad’s cooking Again!

Terror oozed from my daughter's rigid back as she fled down the hallway trailed by my son whose plaintive cry, "Can we eat out tonight?" echoed back to the kitchen. Clearly an overreaction. Boy, some people just don't appreciate creativity or have any sense of adventure. I mean, it's not like I haven't cooked before. I did have some experience in the kitchen and my wife clearly treasured the respite from her hectic schedule. Brooking no nonsense she gently supported me by telling our children,"Don't worry, mommy will make it alright".

Is outer space empty?

This turns out to be a very profound question. And the answer has two parts. You might have to ask your mom or dad to help you with some of the videos.

Let's start with trying to figure out what "empty" means. Imagine you have a box of some kind. For example like this

I was a God

And it was a extraordinary feeling. My children looked up to me, admired me and believed with all their heart everything I said. I was immortal and knew everything. I vividly remember the time when my daughter asked, "What was Lincoln like?" Such trust!

Then it all seemed to go bad. ... learn how »

It’s just a theory

"It's just a theory," dismissively, even derisively uttered often accompanied with the phrase "not a law". How often have you heard that remark and why does it frequently evoke such strong emotional responses? In fact, just what is a theory and what is a law?

Meet Grandma Oddball

Ask and ye shall observe. This article has no particular purpose other than showing off Grandma Oddball and, well, you all wanted to see her and here she is! This picture is over forty years old and Grandma Oddball looks just as exciting and beautiful today as she did then. you want to see more! »

Throw the Rascals out!!

Banks in trouble, high unemployment, poor paying jobs, the housing market in shambles, credit crunches, our infrastructure falling down - the list goes on and on and on. What an economic mess we're in. And I think it is much worse than is reported. Why? Well, let me elaborate: