This story just astonishes me: "Ex-San Diego mayor who gambled away $1 billion remorseful"
Maureen O'Connor was the first female mayor of San Diego. But when she left public life, she spent countless hours seated in front of video-poker machines, authorities said.
I never thought about it before, but I guess if something hasn't happened in more than 600 years, it might take some studying to figure out how to deal with it.
Guess the temptation to be a wine snob is strong even here in beer-and-brat country. Here's a story that seems to be so much a bigger deal than it really is:
INDIANAPOLIS - After more than 10 years of trying, Indiana's stature as a major player in the wine industry has taken a giant leap forward.
Huh. I thought only people did this:
An article published Wednesday by Britain's Royal Society says that male guppies prefer to associate with their drab-colored counterparts when females are around.
"Males actively choose the social context that maximizes their relative attractiveness," the article said. Or, as lead author Clelia Gasparini put it, "If you are surrounded by ugly friends, you look better."
Wow, what a turnaround time for the Urban Dictionary:
Wow, what a turnaround time for the Urban Dictionary:
A January 2013 survey finds only about a quarter (26%) saying they can trust the government always or most of the time, while nearly three-quarters (73%) say that they can trust government only some of the time, or volunteer that they can never trust the government.
Majorities across all partisan and demographic groups express little or no trust in government.
It was Henry Kissinger, I believe, who observed that power is the ultiamte aphrodisiac:
For the second time in two years, Washington, D.C., has been ranked the number one city for cheaters.
Favorite line of the day so far: ". . . when sarcasm is considered a felony."
An Arizona man who was arrested at the behest of the TSA, following a wisecrack over a jar of peanut butter is suing the federal agency for $5 million.
Frank Hannibal, 50, was detained and dragged from LaGuardia Airport recently by police after a run-in with TSA agents over the jar of gourmet sandwich spread.
