All those sci-fi novels are beginning to come true – the world ruled by corporations, senators who speak out against those “mutants”, fascist dictators controlling the population by manufactured fear and inexplicable popularity, and the ubiquitous surveillance of big brother.
And now, to put an exclaimation point on this trend, comes this headline from the BBC:
Where is the Halloween etiquette these days? Am I just an old fogey? As my neighbor and I handed out candy — standing outside with big bowls and doling it out to whomever we encountered on the street regardless of [more...]
This story covers two stereotypical bases: the kind of people who shop at Walmart, and the kind of people who shop in Florida: When the siren rang at precisely 6 a.m. Friday to kick off the Wal-Mart Supercenter’s [more...]
Holy cow, it’s LOUD here in my Chicago hotel room. Even though I’m 12 stories up, I can hear every car on the street, the deep rumbling of the trains, and the sirens of the fire station on the next block. In [more...]
