One of these days I'll learn to buy stocks when they're low and sell them when they're high, instead of the other way around. You could make more money in the market by doing the opposite of what I do.  read more »

One reason for leaving breadcrumbs on the ground is to catch a bird. The bird sees the bread, swoops day and eats. The process is repeated as the bird, slowly, steadily walks (or hops; it looks like a hop to me) into the trap. Are we much different?  read more »

I'm officially tired of being called a 'consumer.' As a human being, I consume, yes, but that does not make me less than what I am, and I resent the generalization that I'm merely a creature that devours products and foods like a furnace devours coal or an amoeba devours whatever it devours.  read more »

Americans laugh at anything. Mostly. There are limits, stretched these days, as political correctness makes a comeback. What's funny to you? A man slips on a banana peel, or "There once was a man from Natucket...?"  read more »

What's the difference between the two? Hardware? Software? Wealth? The answer is in a remote control, and Microsoft's marketing of the iPod.  read more »

What I think of Microsoft is a matter of public record. Interestingly, what Microsoft thinks of me is on the record, too. They think I'm a thief, stupid, and a dinosaur.  read more »

America. The land of the free, home of the brave, and birthplace of crazy lawsuits, and double-standards. The 21st century is off to a crazy start. How much more of this can we take?  read more »