Even before ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ we knew that often times guys just don’t get it. And ‘it’ can be a lot of things, from dates to dress. We just don’t understand why anyone would have a problem with some of the choices we make. Yesterday, we got some more advice [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Be Better (Married) Guys
August 31, 2007
The Perfect Storm
August 30, 2007
August — a month in which many on the Hill leave the shadows of the rotunda for sunny beaches from the Carolinas to Jersey.
Concern normally focuses to the high seas and the threat of hurricanes. But this year, unbeknownst to almost everyone, the perfect storm had already formed in a bathroom in Minnesota.
The first [...]
Mixed Feelings on Katrina’s Anniversary
August 29, 2007
Even though it’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, I think I’m personally experiencing the impact more this year than I did in 2005. I happened to be studying in South America that year and therefore missed a lot of American media coverage of the disaster. So today, as we all [...]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
August 28, 2007
Did you see it?
Eighteen-year-old Lauren Caitlin Upton’s confused and mangled response during the Q&A segment of the Miss Teen USA pageant has been drawing a lot of attention since the show aired last Friday. A YouTube video of it has drawn a couple million hits and thousands of comments. She’s been called stupid and worse.
The [...]
Michael Vick & Underwear
August 27, 2007
The two are not connected in a news story, except for the fact that both are in the news and both are generating a lot of reaction. Even after the 4 p.m. newscast has ended, folks are writing in their thoughts on whether Michael Vick should be allowed to return to the NFL. Thoughts range [...]
