Reflections of a Freaking Genius

I'm about as green as Marvin the Martian.  If you came here looking for a treatise on global warming, you'd probably be happier on Al Gore's blog site.  Does that mean I don't care about the planet?  Of course it doesn't!  I care deeply...I do have to occupy this place for a few more years, hopefully, and I'd like that existence to be somewhat enjoyable.  I do think that God gave us this mud ball to inhabit and to manage it well, utilizing the resources available to us.  I also believe that we should take care of it, keep it clean, and not abuse that with which we've been entrusted.  This has nothing to do with cow farts and invisible holes in invisible ozone layers.  It has nothing to do with carbon emissions and coal plants.  I love my gas guzzling Mustang! That being said, I do hate cold weather.  I realize that hate is a very strong word.  I MEANT to use a very strong word.  If I could think of a stronger word, I wou...

One of my favorite shows on TV has always been Seinfeld.  What a great cast was put together for this amazing series.  Jerry was frustrated with his dentist in one episode...Kramer comes back with the memorable line: "Jerry, you're an anti-dentite...a raging anti-dentite!"  There are racists, homophobes (which I think is a stupid label in and of itself), anti-Semites...  Hi, I'm Mark, I'm an anti-stupidite.  I have an aversion to stupidity. Perhaps it's more of an indictment on myself...a reflection of the things that irritate me about me...I'm certain there is something to this theory about my anti-stupidite condition.  Being a Freaking Genius is not a full time job...I do, in fact, in my spare time, dabble in stupidity.  I've become quite good at it too.  Some of the lowlights of my life have been as a result of my best work in that trade.  I just spent the last hour trying to get to work.  Why, you ask?  Well, I'm glad you as...