Tag Archives: Commentary

The Mural 0

This mural is on a parking garage near where I work. It’s pretty much the most hideous thing I’ve ever seen, or that anybody has ever seen, including people who’ve met Joan Rivers. Recently I was walking by and noticed some additions had been made. My hopes soared as I imagined someone painting something new [...]

That much closer to 30 0

It was my birthday last week. I’ve decided it’s good to have a birthday at the end of the week because festivities carry through the weekend. If your birthday falls on, say, a Tuesday it kind of sucks. But if you’re fortunate enough to have it on a Thursday or Friday it’s really like celebrating [...]

Trust 0

I took this picture a few days back on the road up to Little Cottonwood Canyon. It got me thinking. I’m not sure how I feel about the war in Iraq. There are too many unanswered (or at least debatable) questions rolling around in my head. Thus far, we haven’t found any weapons of mass [...]

100 mpg & Utah gas prices 0

This article from Popular Mechanics talks about a man who gets about 100 mpg on road trips. He put some solar panels on the roof of his Prius to keep the batteries charged and…ta-da. The article asks, “If this guy can to it in his back yard, why can’t automakers?” Perhaps it’s the conspiracy theorist [...]

Another two-faced environmental promotion 0

It looks like GM’s whole “Live Green, Go Yellow” campaign centered around their flex fuel vehicles is a bit of a sham. The fuel itself is nearly impossible to come by, even in the corn-rich Midwest. So these supposed environmentally friendly machines are chugging along on the same amount of gas they always have been. [...]