Category Archives: Rants

Warning: Power Dies Upon Publishing

So I sit down at the computer, bring up one of my trusty local blog editors with at least 3 posts revolving around my little pea brain ready to write up, categorize, tag, title and publish. I love it when I feel like this cuz’ there’s always a couple of good posts in it. It’s [...] Read more »

I Got a Discount on my House Also, So What?

I may not be the world’s biggest Obama fan but the latest news stories about him getting a “discount” on a new home is absolutely ridiculous. Can’t they do any better than this?
Obama Got Discount on Home Loan - washingtonpost.com
The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent [...] Read more »

It’s the Lottery’s Fault?

I read an article today in one of the local newspapers about the 30th anniversary of the Vermont lottery and the possibility of expanding the lottery in various yet unsaid ways. What caught my attention about this article was that among the interviews of local folks about how they felt about this possible expansion of [...] Read more »

Turned Away at the Drive through for Being Deaf?

My fellow blogger and fellow deaf type person, Karen Putz of A Deaf Mom Shares Her World, was turned away from a Steak and Shake drive through window that she’s been served at many times before and for what you might ask? For being deaf and by the general manager himself.
Now I’m not going to [...] Read more »

We wasted our time: A nuclear rant

Nuclear weapons raise their ugly heads again:
As an ex-cold war submariner who, along with his fellow “bubbleheads” (on both sides by the way), spent an average of 300 days out of the year poking holes through ocean depths (along with generally ruining their health) doing their absolute best at trying to keep the world from [...] Read more »