Category: Miscellaneous Musings

For my remote readers unfamiliar with the local news, there has been an ongoing legal battle over Lexington’s attempt to ban smoking in all indoor public places. The battle now seems to have been won by the clean-air forces, as the state Supreme Court upheld the ban yesterday, which would seem to exhaust all possibilities… Continue reading No More Butts?

Just a quick chuckle about the city in California that almost banned styrofoam cups because an alert paralegal discovered a report that the toxic chemical dihydrogen monoxide was used in the manufacturing process

Indecent exposure, or a criminally awful pun? This week’s Campus Crime Log is pretty uninspiring. There are a few typical drug/alcohol busts, seasonal water balloon incidents, and a few entries related to the man who has been walking around campus copping an occasional quick feel (I can certainly understand the temptataion). There’s really only one… Continue reading So What’s the Real Crime?

Spring has arrived in the Bluegrass. I know the calendar says it started almost a week ago, but that’s wrong. Sunday was one of the coldest days I’ve spent in the saddle in a long time. Spring, my ass! Actual temperature wasn’t bad (40ish), but that 20-mph wind made me (and others) glad I’d switched… Continue reading Spring is here

I know it’s not officially spring yet, but the last few days have sure felt like it. Spring is officially here when I spot the first bare navel on campus, and that hasn’t happened yet. (Philosophers might question whether there was one that was unseen, and if somebody else saw it, whether it would be… Continue reading Spring Fever

Liza sent me an interesting collection of signs.

In this increasingly digital world, surprising information can sometimes come from unexpected sources. About a year ago, I mentioned a friend who had disappeared in Alaska. Since I’d lost touch with her before she moved out of Kentucky several years ago, my knowledge of her disappearance was limited to what I could find on Alaska… Continue reading Craziness

Being perpetually single, I’ve apparently become woefully unaware of what constitutes an appropriately romantic gift for that special someone in these modern times. ‘Tis the season when the media are saturated with advertisements from merchants reminding us that nothing says “I love you” better than whatever it is they’re selling. The jewelry ads aren’t surprising;… Continue reading Modern Romance?

Today’s New York Times had an interesting article about bacteria and food-borne illness, suggesting that we should all be far more terrified of our own kitchens than of any mad cow. Expecting to find a scathing condemnation of my entire way of life, I was pleasantly surprised to find an endorsement of my own housekeeping… Continue reading Good Housekeeping

I got a Nigerian spam at work today (the filters at work tag most spam but don’t block it). Sometimes these things can be really amusing, like this line: This fund – US$10.5Million which is now in the ESCREW ACCOUNT of this bank came about after all efforts to trace, the NEXT OF KIN of… Continue reading Typo or new expression?