We are at the edge of an abyss and we’re close to being irrevocably lost.
David R. Brower

When Brower uttered that quote he wasn’t referring to Iraq, but no quote can sum up the problem better. Shi’ites and Sunnis are standing at the edge looking into the abyss. The worse part is they even if they [...]

This Thaksgiving, as with others past, there are people who try to set the record straight on the origins of the holiday. The holiday is lost on those who care about that because the significance isn’t the way in which it is observed, it is why we observe it. When President Lincoln signed the holiday [...]

When the Federline’s decided to divorce, rumors began swirling that old Fed-Ex was try sell a honeymoon night videotape of him and Britney bumping uglies for cash. Now he denies the tape even existed. Why? Because Britney wants to release it to block him from making any cash on it. Silent until this revelation, Mr. [...]

In a bizarre news story on ABC.com, it looks like First Daughter Barbara Bush got mugged while eating at a resturant in Buenos Aires, Argentina while surrounded by Secret Service. The assailant got away with her purse and her cell phone. The purse snatching took place on Barbara’s first night in town while she was [...]

I have written before about the online (MMORPG) game Mafia Boss, but I like to throw a pitch in every once in a while for it because not only is it free, but it is now enjoying over 650,000 players. In the game, you can be everything from a thief, lone hitman or join one [...]

Rumors are starting to spread that the weekend marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Bracciano, Italy may have all been a big Scientology™ recruitment stunt. The wedding already makes me sick to begin with because Cruise invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to plan this oppulent photo-op farce of a wedding to make [...]

I have to actually amend a story I wrote earlier. Looks like old Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp, had an epiphany. He either realized that airing the story would hurt the feelings, and be a huge injustice to the victims families of the murders, or the refusal of two of his largest affiliates to [...]

When I was talking a Criminal Justice class at Leto Comprehensive H.S. in Tampa, my teacher was a hardened retired Tampa Policeman. Officer Lucas took us into the world of criminals and showed us the reality of crime. One week he brought in a Criminologist who said to us that most criminals get caught because [...]

In the past if a walking robot lost the use of a limb, past it just fell over helplessly, now researchers at Cornell University led by Josh Bongard have created the first robot that realizes it has lost use of a limb, and adjusts it's walking behavior to compensate.
They have designed a robot that [...]

Well it’s only November, but we can’t help it that we are excited about the 2007 Gaparilla Pirate Fest being only a little over two months away. Where else can you dress like a pirate, catch beads and party all night? No where but right here in beautiful Tampa, FL. Join the more than half [...]