Kara & Michael’s Blog

I know, I know. Isn’t this really old news? Don’t we all already know this?
The results of a new Rasmussen poll, released today, show that if the 2012 presidential election were held today between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin, 42% of Americans would vote for Sarah Palin. One wonders exactly why this poll was done [...]

I really like the idea of RFID road toll collection. It gets rid of the need for people to stand in little booths at all hours of the day to take your money $1.75 at a time. Unfortunately, the implementation on the east coast of the US, in the form of E-ZPass®, has sucked. They [...]

I don’t like Ben Stein. I think he is evil, or at least unsavory. And Comcast now has these commercials with Shaq and him, where Stein says, “I know about money, because I’m an economist.”
And I guffaw. That’s right, I said “guffaw.” Because it seems to me if Ben Stein knew about money he’d probably [...]

Attention all people wearing Crocs:
You look stupid. Really, really stupid. You look like someone who spent $20 on an ugly, non-functional pair of shoes that occasionally leads to horrific escalator-related maimings. Oh, wait, you are someone like that.
Seriously, your shoes look stupid. Especially the new ones with the faux-fur inner lining that look like a [...]

I’ve written at length about sex education and contraception on this blog, mostly because it’s a subject I’ve done extensive research on. Which is why I get extraordinarily annoyed with the public discussion which events like the Pope’s recent comments bring about. The latest assertions that make me angry:
1. Condoms don’t prevent all STDs. No [...]

The U.S. Congress is a big bunch of babies, as is obvious from the current rage over AIG’s recent bonus payouts.
Let’s go through the history here:

A year ago, AIG commits itself contractually to paying enormous bonuses to a bunch of douchebags who are ruining the company. This is just one of a slew of very [...]

I was at a coffee shop with a friend last night. We both attended local community colleges, graduated with our A.A.s and moved on to a university. We happened to sit next to a group of subculture kids, one of whom was advising everyone against community college because “I had a horrible time. None of [...]

I’ve started a few english courses for the semester, and one of my darling professors started us off with a book that many critics feel has little or no real literary merit, but is just controversial. Or was, for its time in the 1920s, with depictions of what today would be termed any number of [...]

I am sick of everyone talking about Michael Phelps taking a bong hit. I am sick of it because of the inevitable posturing that comes along with everyone acting like marijuana is evil, or that most people have never done it.
My estimate of people who’ve smoked marijuana ever in their lives is probably between 60-70% [...]