The Rambling Taoist

A friend emailed me to ask if I had been watching the Democratic Party convention in Denver -- he thought it was high comedy!! I replied th...

Often, when faced with attendance at a family, social or workplace gathering, people are advised as follows: "You don't want to get...

I'd guess that almost every single person who has participated in an unmoderated email list knows a thing or two about "flame wars...

My brother and I have been engaging in a long running debate. My brother seems infatuated with the concept of intelligence, while I place f...

A news article is out today which says that Democratic Party leaders in Congress are starting to waver re their opposition to offshore dril...

As I watch the Olympics, I've thought about the way medals are awarded. As most everyone knows, the person who comes in first wins the ...

As I discussed on Saturday, a member of our family -- Becca -- dies the previous day. For a family with so many animals, one might think th...

The one constant of life is death and my wife and I came face-to-face with this reality yesterday. Our beloved Becca (a Labrador-Collie mix...

I've read several articles lately that have indicated that the market for SUVs, big trucks and mini-vans is waning. In the first 6 mont...

Over the past 2 weeks or so, two important "personalities" died: Tim Russert and George Carlin. Depending on which of these two m...

There's one particular TV commercial that I simply do not understand. It's for the drug, Valtrex , a medication for sufferers of ge...

I should know better than to strike up an innocent conversation with a stranger. Any more, it seems to get me in trouble. I'm just try...

A lot can be said about the internet -- both good and bad. On the negative side of the ledger, the internet has pushed people farther apart....

As today is the holiest of holy days in Christendom, it got me to thinking about the "rapture". Since, according to the bible, mos...

The other day -- whilst taking a break from a marathon research session -- I was flipping around the TV dial and came upon the movie, Back t...

Over the past several days we've received about an inch or more of rain each day. At times, it comes in torrents. At other times, it j...

While time itself is a human construct, this human is having difficulty with finding the time to do several things. My life keeps changing ...

I'm sitting in front of my TV earlier this week and one commercial catches my eye. The voice over tells us of heroic citizens risking t...

I am not a gun owner. As a teenager, I fired a .22 caliber rifle a few times and it didn't make me giddy in the least. In fact, though...

I've discovered something about myself. I should never attempt to get on AND ride a bicycle at the same time! I attempted this feat to...