Author: Mark Egge

It’s hard to believe it’s that time again: time to wrap up the old year (2006 seems yet so new!) and welcome in the new. No! Do I have no choice? Can I stop it? Can I … keep writing 2006 on my checks? I don’t know if this is the first time, but it […]

President Bush (love the man! …) has declared Tuesday (2-Jan-07) as a national day of mourning for the loss of a former international leader. President Bush actually had former President Gerald L. Ford in mind, but I’m thinking about someone else. Though Ford’s death is sad, as is any death, is it really a cause […]

… “damned environmentalists!” … Ok… maybe I am. Regardless! Jade’s right: there are many other solutions to the environmental problems facing our generation. A big first step would be the radical reduction of carbon dioxide belching coal-fired electrical plants. Another would by the American adoption of the Kyoto Protocol. There is, however, no environmental panacea. […]

As part of my present period of hiatus, I’m taking time to renew some of my principles, including the fact that I am a vegetarian. I have been for nearly five months. For those don’t fully understand my decision, allow me a few paragraphs to explain why I am a vegetarian. When I stopped eating […]

… I’m DONE!. SO done. Done like tofurkey after three hours in the oven. Done like Brooks– as in … brooks & dunn? Oh noes. Seriously, I’m done. Done like too many dunn similes. (disclaimer: the rest of this post is just a bunch of me praising myself, which isn’t even worth reading. There’s an […]