After the strains of The Star Spangled Banner and other rousing national paeans fade, we finally uncover the real America.  The real America is alive and well on The Jerry Springer Show. Here, on display for all the world to see, we find the unsolved problems of our country.  Here, the words, “Oh, say can […]

Seeking freedom from “taxation without representation,” our nation’s Founding Fathers feared a takeover of their newly established government by groups or individuals, a.k.a., “the enemy from within.”  Envisioning a three-branch government to circumvent such a takeover, they installed checks and balances in the Constitution of the United States of America.  Two hundred fifty three years […]

  “I need cash!”  If you’ve found yourself saying or praying these words, odds are that you’re also asking, “Where do I get that money quickly and conveniently?”  Ask no more, for the answer is clear.  The answer is cashstore.com.   With 270 locations in 7 States, this payday loan store boasts a 15-year record […]

Guest post written by Jeramy Sparks So, Knox Interiors is on its way to the big time. Not really, but we’re getting there. I’m renovating an old millhouse to use as an interior design studio in the heart of downtown Austin and have many a project in my path. After signing the lease, setting up […]

America seems to be following in the footsteps of the Roman Empire.  Witness the state of our government and our lifestyles, including our forms of entertainment.  In the ancient Roman Colosseum, people paid to gleefully watch gladiators and lions impale and devour hapless Christians.  In modern times, reality TV has become the new Colosseum and […]

Like the Industrial Revolution, the dawning of the Digital Age has radically transformed human behavior and life.  Entire industries have fallen by the wayside, only to be replaced by new commercial opportunities.  Friends, family members, and complete strangers share thoughts, feelings, opinions, and photographs.  Information, in varying degrees of accuracy, rests in the virtually infinite […]

Don’t you love shows like Law & Order and The Closer?  I do.  Nine times out of ten, the cops catch the bad guys and hand them over to the District Attorneys to secure convictions for the dirty rats.  I not only get involved in the actual stories, the thrill of the chase, I love […]

In all likelihood, September 23rd of this year will be like most days; that is, unless you happen to be unfortunate enough to be squashed by falling space debris.  Yes, proving once again that what goes up must come down, on that day NASA’s bus-sized Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) launched in 1991 will fall […]

In a recent episode of Rizzoli and Isles, Detective Jane Rizzoli is ordered to undergo mandatory sensitivity training. When she balks, the order is enforced after she mildly belittles a witness withholding information during an interrogation tied to two murders — a witness who had previously barraged the detective with uninvited sexual comments and who’d […]

On Monday, September 12, 2011, CNN hosted the Tea Party Republican Debate.  Hosted by Wolf Blitzer, the panel consisted of eight Republican candidates, contestants, if you will, for the 2012 Presidential race. Each candidate was given one minute to respond to questions concerning his or her plans for remedying the broken government in Washington DC.  […]