Month April 2011

Nanny state alert! Bumper cars not allowed to bump

Three British amusement parks have banned bumper car riders from bumping into each other. Instead, riders must drive sedately around in circles being careful not to jar another car. Wow, sounds like fun, doesn’t it? We look forward to them…

Wireless Internet provider InfoWest

I have waved farewell to Qwest and their anemic DSL, which had degraded to the point where watching YouTube videos at night was impossible. Their reputation here in southern Utah can charitably be described as clueless. Compounding that are aging…

Inflation alerts

AAA reports an 18% increase in drivers running out of gas. DJ, who raises goats and makes goat cheese, says the price of hay has doubled from last year. The Wal-Mart here just raised the price of Friskies cat food…