The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

After a plane his wife was riding in had to make an emergency landing over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate and future leader of a group called Robot Nation, Mitt Romney, had this to say: "I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don't think she knows just how worried some of us were. When you have a fire in the aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly." He continued by saying,"...the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem. So it's very dangerous... You can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open." The New York Times  reported who reported the story - Ashley Parker - updated the matter, by saying, "...it was clear from the context that he was not being serious." I'm not sure if I buy that and if he was kidding, the guy has a very strange sense of humor. When one's w...

I know my parents are like this. I'm curious if most people are. As soon as it gets dark, the shades must be closed. Why? Because according to them, there could be people just outside the house looking in wanting to see an exciting show, you know, of them watching television shows. That or neighbors from hundreds of yards away have their binoculars in hand and are peeking through, because well, they've got nothing going on, right? Really? Do we really have to worry about that? Do married couples, children or even single adults really do that? "So, what should I/we do tonight? Watch 'CSI'? Watch the game? Read a book? Listen to some music? Play video games? Check e-mail? Sleep? Oh, I know, I'm going to watch the neighbors if their shades are open. That will be a blast! I'm going to make some popcorn!" I think I may keep the shades open all night and dance in the nude. I'll have to wait and see if I wind up on YouTube, that or the cops knock on...