Entries from March 2006

I went to my first NASCAR event today — it was just warmups for the race on Sunday. More about [...]

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Q: I’ve got a low IQ and a driver’s license. When I want to turn left at a green light, [...]

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It wasn’t long ago that many of us read about an article in the journal Nature that compared Wikipedia to [...]

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All right, I know I should have expected this but it’s still gut-wrenchingly disgusting. They’ve released a novelization of V [...]

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I’m looking at doing a story on cell phone designed for seniors — how maybe a kids phone like the [...]

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According to NBC News, when agents of the Transportation Security Administration attempted to smuggle bombs through 21 different airport security [...]

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My USA Today column this week goes a bit more in depth into what’s going on in the world of [...]

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Note to the folks at KUSA news in Denver: It’s NOT a “pin number,” it’s a PIN — personal identification [...]

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Just an amusing observation from some phone calls today. The FBI’s press office answers the phone with a brusk “Media [...]

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Note: Correction added 3/17 Someone has stolen not only a whole heck of a lot of debit-card numbers, but also [...]

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Oh, great. I’ve taken to tearing up those credit card applications I get, along with any other offer that involves [...]

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Warning: Spoilers for David Baldacci’s The Camel Club ahead. I’ve never read The Camel Club, and I doubt I will. [...]

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Two college students were arrested Wednesday and a third was being sought in a string of nine rural Alabama church [...]

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According to the Bush administration, if you pay off too much on your credit card bill, you become a suspected [...]

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It’s a calendar.

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I wrote what I think is a fun story for the Roanoke Times. The subject: Pooper-scooper services. The trick was [...]

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We only let Sam watch a few TV shows, mostly on Noggin or PBS (no commercials!). This being 2006, they’re [...]

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Apparently the Canadian, Russian, and UK networks that Citibank uses to validate its customers’ ATM cards have been comprimised. Anyone [...]

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According to a poll, one in five Americans thinks the First Amendment guarantees the right to own a pet.

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(Click the image to go to many more entries in the Photoshop contest.)

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