Monthly Archives: February 2002

Men, women equally jealous over partner’s fling

Evidently, we’re not so different from women when it comes to our jealousy reactions to infidelity. Makes sense to me. We’re not as ‘emotional’ as women on the surface, but we hurt pretty much the same underneath. … women were … Continue reading

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Trust and integrity are taking a beating

Enron execs, priests, a pharmacist, a judge: Boston Priests Doubting Cardinal After Sex Scandal Judge charged with stealing $300,000 from woman’s trust Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Charges The pharmacist one is interesting because apparently the guy: … was motivated by … Continue reading

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Girls Just Want to Be Mean

The team’s conclusion was that girls were, in fact, just as aggressive as boys, though in a different way. They were not as likely to engage in physical fights, for example, but their superior social intelligence enabled them to wage … Continue reading

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Cybersex follows Mars, Venus patterns

The headline is more accurate than several of the paragraphs and quotes: Men surf sex-related Web sites mostly out of boredom and a craving for impersonal sex, but women look for relationships and support, suggests an online survey out Tuesday. … Continue reading

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High school coach suspended after biting head off bird

Ah, nothing like responding to a dare to inspire the boys. This is probably not going to happen anytime soon with a woman coach of a girl’s team, but I could be wrong. Sports do funny things to people.

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What’s God Got to Do With It?

The good news is that according to Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, God is on our side in the war on terrorism…. The bad news is that Ashcroft is again off on a holy war of his own. Well, this is … Continue reading

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Supreme Court won’t rule on statehouse Ten Commandments monument

I doubt that very many people, even fundamentalists, use the Ten Commandments as a moral compass for living their daily lives. So I suppose this fight is more a symbolic one. A while ago I came across “Ten Moral Suggestions” … Continue reading

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Crossing Over With Tom Shadyac

The director of ‘Dragonfly’ talks about children’s spirituality, intuition, and what’s real about near-death experiences. I’m going to have to see this movie. I saw the trailers for it during the Olympics and dismissed it as fluff. But after reading … Continue reading

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No Wonder Women Feel They Must Have Face Lifts

Why do white American women line up in large numbers to subject their faces to knives and hypodermics filled with poison? Why are they willing to spend approximately $400 every few months, risking drooped eyelids and frozen features, for a … Continue reading

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Skier Expelled From Olympics

A member of the U.S. Olympic ski team was disqualified from competition today when it was learned that he did not have a sufficiently compelling human storyline to exploit on the NBC telecast of the worldwide sporting event. The bastard!

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This one’s for grandpa

“In one of the most emotional victories of the Games, American Jim Shea won the men�s skeleton Wednesday. The third generation Olympian carried in his helmet the funeral card of his grandfather, a gold medalist in speed skating 70 years … Continue reading

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Beauty’s only skin deep, oh yeah?

Everyone in Tinseltown is getting pinched, lifted and pulled. They lose some of their soul when they go under the knife. – Robert Redford I wonder how he knows? I don’t think I’d ever have cosmetic surgery, but I can’t … Continue reading

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What should I be when I grow up?

A few days ago, geezer sportscaster Jim McKay did a tv profile of 1984 downhill gold medalist Bill Johnson who was trying to make this year’s Olympic team at age 40, but who crashed in a race and now suffers … Continue reading

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