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Stuff They Don’t Tell You About Being A Dad

I am constantly discovering all the things nobody tells you about being a parent – “life’s lessons”, as it were, about child ownership.
For instance, kid’s LOVE band-aids.  The only thing better you can put on an apendage is a temporary tattoo.  Band-aids are simply the coolest.  They are so cool, in fact, that you don’t

The Problem With No More Solyndras

So the House has now passed the exceptionally poorly named “No More Solyndras Act“.  I say poorly named because it doesn’t actually prevent more Solyndras.  As Taxpayers for Common Sense has noted, they should have called the bill the Even More Solyndras Act.
“This measure would still put taxpayers on the hook to loan out

Tea with a Surprise

 So I drink a lot of tea and coffee – A LOT of tea and coffee.  So much so that buying packages of tea bags is kind of pointless.  Instead I buy great big bags of loose tea, and typically buy a bunch of them at once. About two weeks ago I bought five 8

My letter to the Fine Folks at the CPSC

Earlier today I posted about the regulatory overreach by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and its war on the rare earth magnets known as Buckyballs and Nanodots.
This afternoon I penned a letter to the CPSC to register my complaint.  If you are interested in sending your own letter, I encourage you to do so. You

CPSC vs. BuckyBalls

If you have talked to or followed me in the last 24 hours, you have no doubt heard about BuckyBalls – those small, BB-sized, rare earth magnets you see for sale in novelty shops.  April gave me some for Christmas and I am constantly fiddling with them.
Well the US Government, in its infinite wisdom, has

Alas, Poor USPS. I Knew You Well.

A friend emailed me a moment ago with this note he received from his neighborhood association:
July 11, 2012
Our Mailman, Wayne, came by today with a plea to save the US Post Office
from HR 2309.
He spoke of:
No Saturday service. By eliminating Saturday delivery, the Post Office
would have to lay off 60,000+ workers (Wayne’s alternate for Saturday