Month: March 2006

I have a theory that everyone is born with a set amount of happiness. The only thing that is variable is how that happiness is allocated over your life. For example, if you are born a Kennedy, you have an incredible amount of happiness when you’re young, then someone shoots…

Before we begin, allow me to introduce my newest term: BOCTAOE^100. That means But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions – to the hundredth power. On with it… Researchers keep saying that women need more sleep than men. If I were to make a list of all the things researchers…

Many of you took issue with my hunch that there is no other intelligent humanoid life in the universe. The two keywords in my opinion were hunch and humanoid. I wouldn’t rule out lizard-things that remember where they live, for example. Humanoids that do crossword puzzles are less likely. One…

Yesterday I told you I would give my clear opinion on as many questions as I could get to. Here now, my answers. Q. What do you see as the greatest problem facing the world today? A. Religious nuts (assuming global warming gets fixed). Q. What’s your opinion on Indians…

People keep accusing me of not stating my “true” opinions here. This puzzles me because I always think I’m quite clear on those rare occasions when I have enough information to form an opinion. I think it’s entirely appropriate to have no opinion when you don’t have enough information on…

I’ve noticed that men generally believe they are “different” from women, whereas women generally believe men are “defective” women. You can see that perspective in the comments to my last post. 90% of the gender difference seems to be the male preference for compartmentalizing thoughts while women think everything is…

Did you hear about the hot blonde 25-year old female teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year old student? Apparently they did it in an SUV, in the classroom, and in her home. That’s a serious crime. And yet, having been a 14-year old boy myself, I have a…

When I was a kid, I learned that you shouldn’t go swimming for two hours after you eat. I missed out on a lot of good swimming because of that. There are many things that used to be “true” that aren’t any more. Drinking water is still good, but you…

In my recent blog I challenged you thoughtful readers to name a government policy that is supported by 66.7% or more of its citizens while being considered immoral by 66.7% or more within that same country. Only a few of you noticed that my challenge was very similar to saying…

I have taught you many things, but for some reason I forgot to tell you how to lose weight. I give you now my very own diet plan. The key to this plan is taking tiny incremental steps that sneak up on you. With this plan, no week is appreciably…

I keep hearing the argument that some things are constitutional while other things are not. The idea is that we should be in favor of all the things that were decided over 200 years ago by a bunch of slave-owning cross-dressers who pooped in holes. (Those so-called constitutional things we…