The presidential primaries are getting to be more fun than a church business meeting to decide on turning the multi-purpose building into a hockey rink “Can’t we all get along” has turned into a “can’t get a word in edgewise.” Jockeying in the biggest horse race in the land is taking a drastic turn for the verse. Split infinitives and split hairs are flying everywhere. He said, she said is the new political speak and we are the befuddled listeners. What’s worse is the fact that we’ve only just begun. A long season of rancor is blossoming like a Christmas Chia Pet in the Amazon forest. (more…)

General Motors has a better idea. They are developing driverless cars. For those who have been bullied by human-driven cars in the passing lane of a road that merges in 500 feet, this will be as good as a ban on pompous political ads. (more…)

There is a new video game on the market. Surprise! Nintendo calls it “Drawn to Life.” Draw your own life with a virtual stylus; then fight the animated forces of an enemy called “Wilfre.” He and his merry men of menacing monitor mites appear as “evil shadows.” Your computer self and your virtual villagers are called to turn the evil shadows into bright clouds. (more…)