Kaptain’s Log

For those who have been reading this blog so far, you’ve probably realized that I’m usually sarcastically ranting about one thing or another. But not today, I’ll go back to being silly and irresponsible next week. I was struck by my colleague Glenn’s blog about the true meaning of Memorial Day, and I realized he has a point, we have forgotten what this day is about. Earlier this month, I (more…)

So have jingle writers become extinct? It seems these
days that classic rock songs are ubiquitous on radio
and TV commercials now? There have always been
instances of songs being used to sell product, but
usually the tune was put with new lyrics to reflect
the product (a fine example is Good Vibrations being
used to sell Sunkist orange soda in the 80’s) so at
least someone had to come up with an idea so that
there was a connection to what was being sung, and the
product that was being sold. Now I think (more…)

No, that’s not a new radio frequency. To me, that’s what the price of a gallon of gas should be. I just filled up my tank and it cost me $82.00 In the past, I have driven to Florida and not spent 82 bucks on gas! If your like me and got your drivers license in the 70’s you remember really cheap gas. (After I got my license, the first tank of gas I ever put in my ‘68 Plymouth Fury III cost me 11 dollars!) You also remember the oil embargo that led to gas lines, odd-even plate rationing, the Ford Pinto and the Chevy Vega! Remember people swearing that if the price of gas ever hit a dollar a gallon they would just stop buying it? I think (more…)

Welcome to the first in what might be a continuing series of musings and ruminations from the mind of a head full of useless information. Well here we are,  2008 an election year here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. and one of the hot topics is once again health care. Here in America we currently have a system in place that, depending on whether you have insurance, can ensure you’re fixed up in a jif, or possibly left in the hallway of the E.R. for 7 hours. More on that later. Our neighbor to the north has a system that, (more…)