August 27, 2010 – 2:29 pm
In a conversation I recently had on-line about an article regarding citizens being tracked by GPS, the subject of privacy came up. Okay, I did what I often accuse others of doing and jumped to a reaction before I’d read the article. The article was actually a serious look at an opinion by certain judges [...]
December 25, 2009 – 11:27 am
(In keeping with a holiday tradition started last year, I will post our Christmas video here. This year, I add to the tradition by writing a warped holiday story to go with it.) Legal Notice: This story, video and all the contents therein are purely for entertainment purposes. We are in no way affiliated with [...]
November 17, 2009 – 11:58 pm
I used to love flying. I’d sit by the window and revel in glorious creation, both Divine and human, as I sat both ensconced in it and removed from it, watching, thrilled, as the farmland, villages, mountains, lakes and cities went by under the wings that cut through wispy clouds. It was true heaven as [...]
Once upon a time there were usury laws, which limited the amount of interest an institution (or Vinnie from down the block) could charge on a loan. South Dakota decided a good way to attract some business to their state was to do away with such inconvenient laws. Vinnie moved to South Dakota and set [...]
December 20, 2008 – 4:33 pm
Every year, I get more and more annoyed at the tendency for people at all points on the political spectrum to manufacture issues about which they can become angry (and about which they can rile their “base” into a frenzied pitch.) It must be part of the human condition (or at least the Western psyche, [...]
September 11, 2008 – 6:13 pm
I recently read a comic essay in Newsweek magazine in which the writer lambasted Crocs shoes (those odd, brightly colored plastic things) and the people who wear them. He got actual death threats for his efforts. This last week there has been a great, albeit artificial, political flap due to one politician using a phrase [...]
August 27, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Ah, that someone might write me such a song. I have a friend, I’ve only known him a few years but we seem to have a history or connection that is centuries old. I’ve written about him before, in my trifle on the theory of six degrees of separation. I know him to be an [...]
Many years ago I got into the habit of answering the ubiquitous question, “How are you?” by saying, “Dandy, how are you?” Most people just smiled and said they were fine. I was working in a law office in Los Angeles at this time and there was one lawyer who worked there, a junior partner, [...]
Many years ago Toyota had an ad campaign with the catchy slogan, “What Will You Do with All the Money You Save?” The thinking was, I assume, the consumer had $20,000 in their checking account allotted especially for the purpose of buying a car. When they bought the Toyota and it only cost $18,000, they [...]
Yes, I’m verbose. _______________________________ Geoff Hoff is co-author of the best selling satirical novel Weeping Willow: Welcome to River Bend
