Author: Mark Draughn
Buffy Napping
A return to catblogging. (Testing.) Buffy Naps Next to the Computer Read more
“You will be surprised to learn that there is a revenue angle.”
Heh. Jim Leitzel writes about Indian casinos and bingo machines. Read more
Deposit and Return
In the hope of encouraging more recycling, Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn is pushing a 5-cent deposit for beverage containers. Unclaimed deposits would be used for environmental programs. I think this is a terrific idea. It will save me a lot of work because I can now just toss this stuff out the car window… Read more
Sally Goodrich
Some people are amazing. Sally Goodrich, whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks, kept a grip on her grief as she surveyed the foundations of the Afghan school being built with money she raised in the United States. … Goodrich, a native of Bennington, Vt., and an administrator for schools in nearby North Adams,… Read more
A Funny Thing
My wife went on a business trip on Wednesday and came back Thursday with an amusing story about how she almost got strip searched at the airport. Strip searched. Ha, ha, ha. She and her boss were going through the line and the security folks sent her boss in one direction and my wife into… Read more