Radio Shack & The Closed Refrigerator

The lights are off, everything is cold and nobody is home. That pretty much sums up my experience at Radio Shack. I went into the store to buy a connector cable for my sons scientific calculator. "I sold the last one yesterday," the sales-girl … [Read more...]

Those Who Live in Glass Houses…

There are those among us, for whom nothing is ever good enough. The tendency is to spend more time peeking into, and passing value judgments on other peoples’ lives instead of getting our own homes in order. The problem manifests itself across the … [Read more...]

The Death of Common Sense

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires banks to have braille instructions at their drive through windows. Government regulation requires us to have seven handicap access toilets at each Montessori school when we have never had a child … [Read more...]

Retail Therapy

I speak for most men when I say shopping is a chore. Beyond the routine run to the grocery store — which I do under protest — shopping is exhausting, with a maze of choices that make little sense. To make matters worse, I have to deal with clueless … [Read more...]