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Pen question

Why is it that when a pen seems like it is running out of ink, you can scribble on another part of the page and get it to work, but you can't resume writing in the area you were working on when it ran out of ink?
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I’m alive

OK, I haven't blogged in a while. A really long while. Just fell out of the habit I guess. OK, well here I am. I think I'll start small for now... :-)
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Push Button For McCain

McCain apparently has a pervasive campaign where he's managed to somehow get his name on tons of street-crossing button thingies in Sunnyvale, California. Look closely at the picture below. "McCain" appears in two places. "Push...
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The California Academy of Sciences

Could be more aptly named "The San Francisco Museum of Crowds and Waiting". I've been here for an hour and a half and have so far only had a $35 lunch for two, waited in several lines (several for lunch and currently in one for a...
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The Hollywood Principle

No, not this one. Republicans have to stop saying that Hollywood is the worst thing in America - until they can stop saying that Ronald Reagan is the best thing that ever happened to America....