Where there's smoke, there's smoke

Click HERE for today's column. Ever wonder why there's always so much talk about "investment" in the Commonwealth, but so little action? I explain the whole process.

Good Girls Don't

Click HERE for today's column. We note the passing of a generation's voice, and we also take a look at some really high-class literature...hey, that's the biz, sweetheart.

Make mine a double (double-wide, that is)

Click HERE for today's article, which is a book review of "Intermodal Shipping Container Small Steel Buildings." This is probably destined for cult classic status with those of us who have used containers as small warehouses, offices, or shops...I know people who have even made them into little homes.

Here's the Amazon link (current as of this posting).

Here's a link to author Paul Sawyers' web site.

How much is "some"?

Click HERE for today's column...especially if you've decided to "learn Chinese." Learn Chinese? All of it? That's a lot of Chinese. Ok, then, some of it. That's logical enough, but just how much is "some"?

And, yeah, while I was waxing philosophical on language, I threw in a typo: I didn't really mean to write "since because." I know how this happened. I didn't know which word to use, so I just put both, intending to cull out the extra on my revision. And then I didn't. See? The American work ethic really has gone downhill...