Leave Honey Boo Boo alone!

Adam Levine says she represents “the decay of Western civilization.” Since when? I’ve never seen the show personally, but if this clip is any indication, I fail to see how she’s contributing to the decline of anything – except maybe ignorance.

Augusta’s Air Quality Enemy?

According to press releases from Pam Tucker, director of Columbia County’s Emergency & Operations Division, Fort Gordon’s Wildland Fire Team has conducted the following “prescribed burns” so far this week: Tuesday: 844 acres Wednesday: 952 acres Thursday: 939 acres Today: 617 acres TOTAL THIS WEEK: 3,352 ACRES Today’s press release warns that the city of Harlem is being impacted by …

Calling all subscribers

…and Examiner readers in general. Get your nose out of that mailbox. And the rest of you too. Yes, it has been two weeks since the last issue, but there’s no paper today. To set the record straight, since early times the Medical Examiner has been published every 1st and 3rd Friday. So when a month has five Fridays – …

HUMP DAY HIATUS (version 3.27)

If this isn’t the most sublime and profound Hump Day Hiatus we’ve ever posted, it’s certainly Top 10. It’s cake for artistic creativity alone. But throw in the underlying environmental message and it will definitely give you food for thought before you turn ye old ignition key next time. All in all, this is well worthy of HDH HOF status. …

PSA of the Week

Supposedly in response to the Steubenville case, but it certainly applies in all places at all times.

I HATE MONDAY

Would it be fair to say I hate graffiti? Sometimes. But in the right place, I like it. Do you hate to see all the artwork on boxcars when you’re stopped by a lumbering freight train? Not me. Personally, I think railroad companies should encourage that. But if it’s in the wrong place, like an obscenity painted on a school …

A word to all doctors… and patients

Six and a half years ago (August of 2006), I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, the whole nine yards, and have pretty much felt fit as a fiddle ever since. I remember coming home from the hospital with a prescription for a massive amount of Oxycontin (or perhaps it was Oxycodone). The prescription was …

Food for thought, right here

If this was presented by the Council for Peanut Butter & Jelly Research, it might be written off as mere propaganda. Instead it’s one of the few times you’ll see cow farts under serious scientific and environmental discussion.

Time for a break?

Yes, we have reached that point in each week – Hump Day – when it’s time to take a hiatus, even if for only a few minutes. This week we present an amazing tale: a short film which tells the story of a remote island jungle, transformed by labor and toil into a bustling city, in fact, a premiere resort …