Author: Jeremy

There has been a long debate over whether or not video-games cause violence in children.  Here’s my take. The other day my four-year-old son came up to me and explained to me that “the evil sharks eat all the skin, and then the blood comes out, and then the bones fall down and break into… Continue reading Video-games, Children, and Violence

Just wanted to publicly* congratulate Groove Collective on their Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.  Sadly, they didn’t win the thing; that distinction went to some banjo player — again.  More importantly, receiving and being limited to the nomination do not add to nor detract from the fact that they have produced another fine… Continue reading Congratulations, Groove Collective

On Friday Morning, I was sitting on a bench outside of the local Starbucks, putting on my skates in preparation for the commute to work, when the guy sitting next to me asked me to sign a petition. It was a petition against the local school district adhering to the “No Child Left Behind Act.”… Continue reading “Education”

Bathroom humor! (What else?) So, yesterday I’m “takin’ a dump” as “they” are wont to to say, in the bathroom at my place of employ, and I found myself engaged in an activity that every now and then I find myself engaged in. Oh, come on. Don’t look at me like that. We *all* do… Continue reading My very first blog post, and the category is….