http://robinandallen.com/blog Rambling commentary and questionable insight Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Boston Globe, one of the most liberal newspapers in the country, somehow today allowed an op-ed piece by Jeff Jacoby, a Globe columnist, to be published that dares to question the legitimacy of man-made global warming.  (Heretic!) The piece, titled "Br-r-r! Where did global warming go?" points out facts (I ... http://robinandallen.com/blog/2008/01/06/heresy-at-the-boston-globe/ My wife Robin has an uncanny ability to select the perfect gifts for me.  More often than not, she will give me something that I didn't even know I would like until after I tried it.  For example, about a year ago she gave me a Sudoku book.  I had ... http://robinandallen.com/blog/2007/12/27/my-wife-the-perfect-gift-giver/ I was helping out Santa this past weekend by picking up a couple of things for Mitchell's Christmas.  I guess it was when I was standing in Toys 'R Us looking at all the unbelievable stuff they have now for kids when I started thinking about my favorite toys that ... http://robinandallen.com/blog/2007/12/10/13/ You can’t go through the routine of regularly loading and unloading music on an iPod without beginning to notice some patterns develop.  In my case, I usually listen to new music on Rhapsody, where you pay $10 per month and have virtually unlimited listening capability.  Most new music is available ... http://robinandallen.com/blog/2007/04/14/the-castaway-ipod/