Category: Miscellanea

  • Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

    New Gallup poll: Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others. An intro: Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of…

  • Bad Drivers of the World, Pileup… er, Unite!

    Apparently, we have at least 36 million truly, objectively incompetent drivers. I have been saying this for ages. In fact, I think that number is low by at least another 50 million or so. Even less surprising: drivers in Illinois and Georgia are among the least knowledgeable. Finally, objective vindication of my entire life’s experience…

  • Thank You, DMV!

    I got a ticket for having an expired vehicle registration, last week. At first, I was mad at the City of Chicago for getting it wrong – the bill I received from the State of North Carolina clearly shows that my registration expires on September 15, 2008. Then I checked with the North Carolina DMV.…

  • Married Life (First of Many Thoughts)

    I am married! Our wedding was amazing – pictures coming soon – and the honeymoon even better. I can strongly recommend both our hotel for the first night in Chicago and our destination, a hotel/resort in Wisconsin where we had a private cabin on a lake. The resort even threw in an upgrade worth over…

  • Panama City Beach Facebook Group

    Hey PCB ’99 people: we have a facebook group, in case you missed that!