It was twenty years ago today Tim Berners-Lee taught the world to play (online)… Technically, it was April 30, 1993 when CERN released the World Wide Web into the public domain. And to commemorate the anniversary, they have resurrected the…
Thirty-one
Clearly, the smartest move I’ve ever made: It’s been a great thirty-one years. My best friend and I have managed to do quite a few things together since then. For example, we… Graduated from UM (three times); moved to Chicago (two times);…
.05% Breath Alcohol Limit? “Ludicrous”
The National Transportation Safety Board has a proposal: Reduce the legal blood alcohol limit from the current value of .08% to a newly proposed limit of .05%—and save half the roughly 10,000 people killed annually by drunk driving on U.S.…
Too big, too small, and just right (maybe)
For some reason—who knows why; does free will even exist?—I made three exercise related new year resolutions this year: Run 800 miles Walk 200 miles Do a single run of at least 8 miles Too big: As of today I’ve…
Separation of church and state?
No; not here in Jesusland. On Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington turned the capitol into a house of prayer. Speakers included Newt Gingrich, Christian author Eric Metaxas, and one of our favorite crazy ladies, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota). Here’s some of…
Moderately Newsworthy: 19 Wounded in New Orleans Shooting
I just stumbled across a story in the New York Times about a shooting yesterday at a Mother’s Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood. There was a time when such a story would be been BIG news. But not…