Mind Control

What’s with this new obsession with hating the French? Chicago’s NBC5 aired a story about tags inside some bags and backpacks that had (possibly) anti-Bush statements on them. They were written in French, a  [more...]

My Vonage voice-over-IP phone service is now working, and with it I got an 800 number so that my relatives who need it can call me toll free. I started looking at my numbers to figure out what they spell, just so  [more...]

One of the things I absolutely loved about the place I was renting here for the last 6 months was the view. Perched on a hill in South San Jose, that house had spectacular views of Mt. Umunhum, the second-tallest peak  [more...]