A few things I ran across today...

1) An Illinois lawmaker has proposed legislation that would make it illegal to talk on your wireless phone while crossing the street.  Uh, yeah.  My state rocks [wet, juicy sarcasm intended.]  This from the state that won't let me let patrons in my (hypothetical) private-property bar and grill smoke if I choose to let them.  The police state just keeps growing its police powers, my friends.  Here's my solution: natural selection. I've seen them in Chicago, holding the old wireless 24/7/connection appliance to their skull as they cross Michigan Avenue without looking.  Natural selection would solve the problem if we didn't do anything to punish the driver who hits one of these people.

2) Trent over at The Simple Dollar continues his "book club" series on Born to Buy, and it's scary how much of the growing consumer tendency and recognition of brands I see even in 2 1/2 year old Thomas.  Heck, it was more than a year ago (at just over a year old) that he new Starbucks by the signage and could say that's where "daddy mocha."  If that post interests you, here's the first in his series, this one on the introduction to the book.

3) Ted Turner warns that "We're too many people... Too many people are using too much stuff... [and in 30 or 40 years] Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals."  Uh, yeah. He's had a bit too much of the Al Gore Kool-Aid.  "The Mouth of the South" is back at it.  Here's an idea: there'd be plenty of room for more people if he shared some of the 1.91 million acres that he owns in six states.

And last but not least...

4) I always enjoy reading his stuff, but Cory Huff over at A Good Husband hit the ball out of the park on this post today about "How Important Is Your Relationship With Your Wife?"  As much as I wanted to head to coffee night tonight and hang out with the guys, I stayed home because of the gentle reminder (and peer pressure) that this article gave me to consider after having spent two hours from 6-8 at Starbucks meeting with a couple of other parish council members about the 20th anniversary celebration we're planning for Holy Family. Thanks, Cory.