Banished words

Lake Superior State University has issued their list of banished words and phrases for 2007. I love their annual lists. It would be great if people would adhere to them, particularly advertisers and news reporters since they are one of the biggest contributors to the lists each year. The list can be found at http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php. [...]

Utah laws and ordinances and whatnot and so forth

Every so often I am given further proof that the world does not share in my logic. There are a few Utah laws, or more specifically, the reaction of Utah citizens to those laws, that have greatly confused me recently. A few years ago they built a HOV lane from north Salt Lake down to [...]

Light & Stars

Lighting of different places, as well as the creation of the lights for the world have been something that I have enjoyed thinking about for many years. It is interesting to me that when a light is dimmed, the dimness of it is easy to note, but as time continues, it does not seem so [...]