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Now that’s a pregnant headline if I ever saw one. Conservatives generally start to squirm when the subject of gay marriage or just general gayness is brought up. Add to that gay adoption or a gay couple raising a child and they can come downright unhinged. Now the vice president’s daughter is... Sign in to see full entry.

Your car can be a good friend or a devious enemy depending on how you take care of it. There are some basic things you should know about your car before you even take it for a drive. As silly as it sounds, are there any flat tires? A simple visual inspection will tell the tale. Not only is driving... Sign in to see full entry.

In a word, yes. The only real question is, the end of what? The end of the day is near. The end of the week is nearer at least than it was yesterday. The end of the year is near. The end of the Holiday season is near. But as to the question of whether or not the “end of times” is near, well who... Sign in to see full entry.

No, it’s not what you’re thinking, he wasn’t un-armed. More correctly, the suspects have an artificial leg in common. He could have had a motorized wheel chair, but I suppose that would have cost him an arm and his other leg. It happened right here in little old Spokane, WA. Rest easy though, the... Sign in to see full entry.

Iraq, the Pope, George Bush and the world, what does it all mean? As our spinning planet hums peacefully through space, it’s inhabitants are trying their hardest to blow the whole thing or at the very least, each other up. The U.S. - handicapped by some colossal intelligence misinformation decided... Sign in to see full entry.

Something about this time of year makes me wonder if we as a society aren’t addicted to toys. Perhaps it’s the unending string of TV commercials (that have replaced the unending political ads) begging and pleading with us to buy this or that toy to enrich our children’s learning experience through... Sign in to see full entry.

Everywhere one turns, the news seems to be pre-occupied with the Fox TV program purporting to feature O. J. Simpson explaining how he would have murdered his wife, had he murdered his wife. Does this seems like a bad idea? Does it gives a notorious man a chance to glorify a brutal act, whether he... Sign in to see full entry.

Researchers have invoked genetic changes with diet. An article in Discover Magazine, November, 2006 page 33, DNA is not destiny by Ethan Walters chronicles a groundbreaking genetic experiment at Duke university. The experiment involved “pairs of fat yellow mice known to scientists as agouti mice, so... Sign in to see full entry.

Of course not, probably, maybe. As of this minute, time travel, strictly speaking is impossible. Will it ever be possible? Two movies I watched this weekend, The Lake House, and A Happy Accident used time travel and/or time displacement as the driving force of their plots. It is always fascinating... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunsets are my weakness. They are fleeting, ever changing and mesmerizing as the sky paints itself impossible colors and the clouds continually morph their shapes and shadings. To a photographer, sunsets are a challenge. It is difficult to capture in a small photo everything that is going on. The... Sign in to see full entry.