“Valentine’s Day” and “Invictus” are available nowon DirecTV!  If you want to rent them from Netflix or Redbox you’ll have to wait – 28 days!  Man, is DirecTV great or what!?
Or what.  We could question whether we need earlier video releases for these and other films.  After all, if you weren’t willing to pay $10 [...]

I know it’s my own fault that I missed my library book’s due date by one day. Still, it seems insanely inefficient that, because of Seminole County’s zero balance policy, I need to physically go to the library and hand my twenty cents to the librarian before I can renew the book. Surely, the [...]

Affordable public transportation is great, but this isn’t about that.  This is about taxes (bad) and deficits (real bad) and banks (oh my  god, what is up with these guys?) and government entitlements (hey, I like my entitlements!)  This is about finding a way to lower taxes, fund entitlement programs, eliminate budget deficits and stop [...]

I was stunned. On a recent errand filled trip, I was overwhelmed by the friendly, courteous, capable attitudes of the various tellers, clerks, and cashiers I encountered. Someone was actually training these people and teaching them to take pride in their jobs. Maybe there is hope that something good will come out of this recession [...]