by Kevin Pettway on April 30, 2008
Lena’s been selling stuff on the eBay again. Times are tough, and in the time honored tradition of folks staring an unfunded mortgage in the eye we have started selling off pieces of our lives. This is done without rancor or regret, and even with a possible sense of accomplishment at having killed the mortgage-bird [...]
by Kevin Pettway on April 28, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 25, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 23, 2008
The Olympics are in China this year, as anyone not living under a giant golden buddha knows. The yearly relay around the world, this year including 21 countries and dubbed the “Journey of Harmony” by China, has been in full swing. The Chinese government is hoping that the relay will draw attention to their nation, [...]
by Kevin Pettway on April 21, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 18, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 16, 2008
The Olympics are in China this year, as anyone not living under a giant golden buddha knows. The yearly relay around the world, this year including 21 countries and dubbed the “Journey of Harmony” by China, has been in full swing. The Chinese government is hoping that the relay will draw attention to their nation, [...]
by Kevin Pettway on April 14, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 11, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 9, 2008
When a farmer sprays his field with insecticide to protect his crops, he unwittingly becomes a tool for natural selection. He kills the overwhelming majority of the targeted insects, leaving behind only the individuals which were born with the randomly mutated propensity to be slightly more resistant to the insecticide than their ill-fated brethren. These [...]
by Kevin Pettway on April 7, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 4, 2008
by Kevin Pettway on April 2, 2008
When I was a child growing up, my Grandfather used to tell me, at least once a day, that I could do anything I wanted to in my life. There was no door that was closed to me, no road I couldn’t travel. Looking back on it, I can see that he was right, except [...]