I listen almost ex­clu­sive­ly to talk radio and music to which I've danced. Of course there is the occasional southern rock band, or novelty record. Okay, lots of novelty records...but I digress.

WSKY, 97.3 FM, is a local News/Talk station in Gainesville, FL. Some of the local jocks had been using tunes by The Right Brothers as bumper music. Well one of them managed to get the the whole band (both of them) as guests on an afternoon show. They're hilarious! In particular, I like their song, "What About the Issues?" (free download)

They composed this song after getting several thousand emails, of which only two were interested in …continue.

One of my pet peeves is when a store tries to hide the fact that they're selling me a returned item.

Now don't get me wrong, I'll buy the price-reduced open-box item at Best Buy before I'll buy the new one. However, in that case, the store actually lists what's missing from the package. At the very least, they've marked the item such that I can compare it to a new one and decide for myself if I'm willing to accept it instead of a new one.

I went to the local Lowe's Home Im­prove­ment Store yesterday to buy some sandpaper. I picked up a roll of adhesive backed …continue.

I sent my con­gress­man Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Corrine Brown a request for support from the Fair Tax Website. Her reply (which was sent twice, 13 minutes apart) did not contain the word "tax" , and the only occurance of the word "fair" was in reference to the 2000 and 2004 elections.

Her response, clearly a form message, is only surprising in that it doesn't contain the word "tax" at all -- I'm surprised that any con­gress­man is able to avoid that three letter word in a 606 word email.

I am also amused that it's 2006 and a point of focus for my elected U.S. rep­re­sen­ta­tive is the 2000 Pres­i­den­tial Election. Shouldn't …continue.