Category Archives: RantsWith the two college girls gone and the beginning of the work week sparking the annual thought of “another summer shot to hell” echoing in my mind, it’s time to release some built up rants:
Why I hate Christmas rant: It’s Labor Day weekend — so why in the hell did my wife receive a Christmas [...]
Neale inquired in the last post why my kids were going to college in Nebraska. I was simply going to respond in the comments but his question combined with something in the local daily to lead me to a rant.
To clarify, my oldest daughter does attend the University of South Dakota and loves it. [...]
I don’t know what it is about February. For being the shortest month, it is one of the most effective in putting me in a snarly, short-tempered mood. Part of it this year could be age — or the growing realization of age. My middle daughter turned 18 last weekend. My [...]
Trying to get things cleared up to get away for the state volleyball tournament, dealing with a seemingly endless stream of idiotic problems and being just plain fed up with dealing with road construction leaves me in a ranting mood. While I’m nowhere near as good as Scott H., these things are among the [...]
Between trying to get caught up after being gone for several weeks (nearly 700 e-mails at work) and the cold/crud that has been dragging me down for a week now, I remain rather unfocused when it comes to blogs and newspapers. Moreover, even though I’ve managed to get a number of reviews drafted, these [...]
A brief discussion today on SD Public Radio’s Computer Guys call-in show brings this about. That’s because one of the guys on the program voiced exactly what I’ve been thinking.
Everyone is going on and on about “podcasts” and “podcasting.” The fact of the matter is this is nothing more than downloading an mp3 file. Guess [...]
Time to rant about something that sets me off about this time every year.
I have two daughters in high school athletics this year. At the fall sports meeting last night, the dreaded “fundraiser” arose like a zombie from hell. In fact, two zombies from hell.
Long story short, I now have two teenage girls who are [...]
It seems like every year, one of my kids brings home a magazine subscription “fundraiser” from school. I always viewed it as an excuse to try add one or more magazines to the omnipresent “To Read” list. This year, I opted for Tracks, a magazine purporting to “help experienced, sophisticated listeners navigate a complicated musical [...]
More rants, labeled as being in a minor key because they are relatively minor. Still, they be buggin’ me.
Bush says domestic spending — except defense and national security– needs to be frozen or cut. This seems to point to gaps in my religious education. I recall discussion of feeding the hungry, caring [...]
Randall Beck needs to take off his blinders. It might help if the guy read some of the legal arguments in the Wigg case (even her legal counsel say this was a first-of-its kind case) or had some reasonable familiarity with First Amendment law and the facts.
Undoubtedly, the Argus-Leader believes its coverage [...]
Other matters have interrupted blogging again. As a result, there are some pent up rants in need of release. This first post is school-related with more to follow.
What does the Argus Leader have against the Sioux Falls School District in the Wigg case? I’d link to today’s editorial lambasting the school district [...]
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