There is a psychological disorder called CDO. It is like OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) except the letters are in alphabetical order.

I don’t know what I find more disturbing; The tragic terroristic assault in Mumbai or…… the trampling to death of a Walmart employee by customers seeking bargain prices on worthless shit….. …. the day after Thanksgiving.

The new James Bond movie is a real dud. During the opening theme song I turned to my wife and noted “This song really sucks”. Nothing memorable like ‘Goldfinger’ by Shirly Bassy, ‘You Only Live Twice’ by Nancy Sinatra, ‘Live

I was watching the Wrath of Khan, the second of the Star Trek movies. Khan, played wonderfully by Ricardo Montebalm, was bragging of his superior intellect in his battle with Captain Kirk. Spock advised Kirk, “he has intellect but no

Posted at the PETA site- A call to Ben and Jerry’s to use Human Breast Milk instead of cow’s milk for their ice cream. Storchen, a (very innovative) restaurant in Switzerland, has just announced that they will be unveiling a

“It seems that knowing a lot is simply not as helpful in making predictions about human behaviour as people tend to assume. Too much knowledge can actually trip you up, because it gets enlisted on behalf of your favorite hunches-

Nearly 60 days ago I predicted in my own blog that oil would fall below $100 a barrel in six months. Since then oil has dropped from a high of $150 to $112 a barrell. I stand by my prediction.

The AOL opening screen has a list of 25 things in American Life that are disappearing. The Yellow Pages is one- I haven’t used one in years- usually I just google it. Seems like a waste of print. But there

Wesley Smith poses an ethical dilemma for those who shun meat for moral purposes. He points out that more animals are killed harvesting the food supply for vegetarians than are killed providing the food supply for carnivores. I love such

Nicole Kidman just had a daughter named Sunday, who was born on a Monday. Actress Tuesday Weld was born on a Friday. I looked it up just so you could sleep better. HKO

Tommy DeCarlo works at Home Depot and loves the awesome rock group Boston so much that his daughter Talia put a video of him kareoke singing Boston songs on his MySpace. Lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide and Tom Scholtz,

One of my peeves is listening to someone tell me how ‘busy’ they are; how they do not have time for ____________ (fill in the blank.) Many of us are busy, and many of the really busy do not have

A few of my favorite scotches: Talisker 18 Abelour a’bunadh Glenlivet 15 Glenfarclas Lagavulin 16 (really peaty) If you are adventurous consider the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. They send you lists of limited bottlings and some of them have been

I do enjoy a glass of scotch, but there is a secret to avoiding hangovers and getting drunk. Hydrate, drink plenty of water before, after and during. I drink two tall glasses of water before my first drink, and at

from Fox News….. Jealous Husband Offers Wife to Highest Bidder on eBay Thursday , May 15, 2008 A jealous husband who suspected his wife of an affair took revenge — by putting her for sale on eBay. Paul Osborn, 44,

What do Bruce Willis, Lindsay Lohan, Danny Glover and Madonna have in common besides being celebrities? All have IDF trained and ex-Mossad agents as personal body guards. It is Hollywoods’ latest fad for the upper echelon. Hollywoods staffing agents can

From the notebooks of HKO, some random observation of the political season. I believe we tend to see each presidential term in an isolation that is distorting. It is a myth that poverty causes terrorism, and that financial aid brings

During President Clinton’s impeachment trial the country debated whether his moral indiscretions justifed his removal from office. The “character doesn’t count” debate was questioning the relevance and magnitude of the offenses. Days after his acquittal I received the following e-mail.