Recently, for reasons I’ll not go into, I had occasion to contemplate one of life’s great conundrums: Should the toilet paper feed over or under? A current TV commercial is declaring the issue a non-issue by announcing TP should go over. I disagree. While “over” may be the most aesthetically pleasing arrangement, I developed the … Continue reading Life’s little problems
So what’s it going to be, America? Is 2010 going to be Two Thousand Ten or Twenty Ten? Or maybe even 2K10? CNN’s poll gave a significant majority to Two Thousand Ten. Sorry, I prefer Twenty Ten. Continue reading How do you say 2010?
I just came across a Newsweek article about women changing — or not changing — their names when they marry. Having personally tried several of the options at one time or another, I was curious about what the author had to say. She describes all the different approaches women take, summarizes some statistics, and concludes … Continue reading The name game
I’ve always thought of my follow-up remarks to readers’ comments as a sort of acknowledgment of the comments and perhaps a continuation or encouragement of a discussion. For some reason, it occurred to me today that some people might interpret such replies as an attempt to always have the last word just because I can. … Continue reading Should a blog owner reply to comments?
Pres. Obama’s nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat is Sonia Sotomayor. Her confirmation hearings could run until August. Based on what you know so far, how would you vote? Continue reading Sotomayor: Yea or nay?
Here’s a quick question for bloggers and blog readers. Do you ever use or refer to the calendars posted on many WordPress blogs? Do you use them to remind yourself what day it is, or to see what posts, if any, appeared on a specific date? Did you even know that clicking on highlighted dates … Continue reading About those sidebar calendars
