Well, as Jason pointed out, its been awhile. Many reasons for that and none of them interesting to you. So lets get back to it. Today’s grind features the vast array of human ignorance and general stupidity and some nostalgia for bad 80s TV. Are they one and the same? The only way to know is to read on….

Is being dumb a recognized disability? Well, I would have to say no. But in the wonderful world of corporate HR policies the line is blurred a little. Take this for example. I’m not sure how I would have handled this situation but I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have been as calm as the author of this story.

Me: “Exactly what did I do?”
Intern: “Er… nothing, really…. she said she’s intimidated by you, because you talk about people and events that she knows nothing about, and she said it makes her feel stupid.”
Me: “You’re kidding, right?”
Intern: “We have to take it seriously, it’s in the manual. ”
Me: “Exactly what was it I said that got her upset?”
Intern: “She mentioned something about medical references, and once you talked about Henry VIII…. it bothers her that she doesn’t understand what you’re talking about most of the time. Oh, and McGuyver. ”
Me: “She’s upset because she doesn’t know who McGuyver is?”

Read the whole story for even more amazement.

On a related topic, apparently no one in the Texas government has read the HR manual. Seems the state of Texas has decided that Unitarianism isn’t a religion because the church lacks a single unified system of belief. Being a member of a Unitarian Universalist church I find this a bit off putting. It would seem to me to be pretty easy to find the definition of the church’s beliefs if you were to simply ask. But I guess a religion that was good enough for two US Presidents isn’t good enough for Texas. Find out more about Unitarian Universalism.

Seems I’m running a whole story on dumb people so…. Why do so many of the really weird stories come from Germany? Seems there was a couple trying to start a family and, well, you just have to read the rest

A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless – they weren’t having sex.

Finally, a little guilty pleasure for children of the 80s. The Greatest American Hero was a show without peer and a hell of a concept. For those of you who don’t remember, its the story of an average young man who finds a suit (from aliens?) that confers great powers. But the instructions didn’t come with it. What ensues is sort of a cross between McGuyver (and for those of you scoring at home, that’s two Richard Dean Anderson references today) and the Three Stooges.

Seems I’m not the only one with a soft spot for the old show. There are rumblings and rumors that a movie may be forthcoming in a few years.

I have had the theme song for Greatest American Hero stuck in my head for two days now. I would be greatful to anyone who can point me to an MP3 copy of it or better yet, the chord progressions so I can bang it out on guitar.