Author: Jay Tea

The rush of volunteers and offers of aid to help the regions devastated by the recent tsunami has been overwhelming and heart-warming. People and organizations around the world are …

Throughout the history of warfare, the way to win has been a constantly-evolving dynamic. Early on, it was simple: you won when you had either killed all your enemies, …

I recently realized that my car was almost paid off, and I started thinking of upgrading again. But first a bit of a backstory....

In the comments section of a recent posting of mine, I got into a bit of a donnybrook with a commenter about the usefulness of profiling vs. higher general …

For years in Boston, the city has done a crappy job about getting snow out of the streets. To deal with this chronic negligence, residents have adopted a tradition …

This shall constitute due legal notice that, should anyone today tell me, in person, "see you next year!," I quite likely may either strike or strangle them. That is …

It never fails to amuse me the odd names people give places. I grew up in a rather remote corner of Cow Hampshire, and whoever came up with the …

The other day on the radio, the talk-show guy was talking about the airport security guys who've been copping feels under the guise of "security screenings." He was arguing …

Yesterday, I had the misfortune of winning an argument with an idiot. I call it "misfortune" because after losing, he decided to "list-bomb" me by signing my e-mail up …

Throughout most of the day, I've been having an ongoing argument with a "John." It got a bit heated, but I'm used to that. Then, tonight, I suddenly found …