While I currently live in the Detroit area, I'm finishing my doctoral degree out of Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN. I thus make a number of drives back and forth between Detroit and Bloomington, which is about an hour's drive SW of Indianapolis. Every time I make the trip, it gets just a bit more disturbing. After the last round-about of driving, my hubby decreed that I'm banned from driving back from future academic hibernations in Bloomington. I have to admit that he may have re...

While I currently live in the Detroit area, I'm finishing my doctoral degree out of Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN. I thus make a number of drives back and forth between Detroit and Bloomington, which is about an hour's drive SW of Indianapolis. Every time I make the trip, it gets just a bit more disturbing. After the last round-about of driving, my hubby decreed that I'm banned from driving back from future academic hibernations in Bloomington. I have to admit that he may have re...

These days there's a distinction made between creepy guy and and freaky guy, and like a lot of offbeat folks, I can appreciate a good many of the freaky guys. We're talking, say, the Henry Rollin's type-- nothing creepy (by my book) about him. But he's darn freaky, in a good way (IMHO). No, by creepy I mean, well, creepy. Let me give you a few examples of possible characteristics (taken, unfortunately, from real life experiences): (1) It's noon and he can't decide whether to (a) get ...

These days there's a distinction made between creepy guy and and freaky guy, and like a lot of offbeat folks, I can appreciate a good many of the freaky guys. We're talking, say, the Henry Rollin's type-- nothing creepy (by my book) about him. But he's darn freaky, in a good way (IMHO). No, by creepy I mean, well, creepy. Let me give you a few examples of possible characteristics (taken, unfortunately, from real life experiences): (1) It's noon and he can't decide whether to (a) get ...

Ok, if you MUST be a Christian, it'd be SO much better if you'd do it according to The Christ's model. Effectively, that seems to come down to eight SIMPLE rules: (1) First, and most obvious: Love one another as I have loved you. What is so hard about this? Is war love? Is love war? Then WHY do you have a "God loves me" sticker on one side of your bumper and a "War IS the answer" on the other side? Am I missing something??? Yes, yes-- a JUST war is OK. Sure. But then how do YOU k...

Ok, if you MUST be a Christian, it'd be SO much better if you'd do it according to The Christ's model. Effectively, that seems to come down to eight SIMPLE rules: (1) First, and most obvious: Love one another as I have loved you. What is so hard about this? Is war love? Is love war? Then WHY do you have a "God loves me" sticker on one side of your bumper and a "War IS the answer" on the other side? Am I missing something??? Yes, yes-- a JUST war is OK. Sure. But then how do YOU k...

Ok, what better time to rant than RIGHT NOW while I'm sitting IN a phone queue...is there a worse misery of modern technology? Let's consider the components that make this such a supremely irritating experience: (1) You get a fembot telling you how important your call is. You know SHE'S LYING, though, b/c, of course, if your call was THAT important, the company would hire more PEOPLE to answer the phones. Hell, they don't even phone you anymore-- they use automoated computers to do that...

Ok, what better time to rant than RIGHT NOW while I'm sitting IN a phone queue...is there a worse misery of modern technology? Let's consider the components that make this such a supremely irritating experience: (1) You get a fembot telling you how important your call is. You know SHE'S LYING, though, b/c, of course, if your call was THAT important, the company would hire more PEOPLE to answer the phones. Hell, they don't even phone you anymore-- they use automoated computers to do that...