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The NBA had their annual All-Star game this last Sunday. It was originally scheduled to be played in North Carolina but it was moved because there is a law in the Tarheel State that requires people with male parts to use a certain bathroom and people with female parts use another bathroom. I seem to recall that we used to call these people men and women, but I’m not sure if that’s right anymore. Anyway, the NBA declared this bathroom rule was inconsistent with the values espoused by their association and therefore had a moral obligation to move the game.   So, it was played in New Orleans. Apparently, New Orleans, being the bastion of morality and values, was a better match with the values the NBA espouses.   I guess Mardi Gras is more in line with the what the NBA thinks the nation should be like.   Who's really to blame them?  They certainly wouldn't host an event in Sodom, would they?  Of course not.  They'd just move it to Gomorrah. I’m sure glad we...

I was driving on the highway the other day and   found myself behind a pickup truck hauling furniture in its bed.   It looked like someone was moving a few pieces. Not an unusual site, but this cargo caught my attention.   There was this bookcase in the back of the truck, one of those you put together yourself.   It was standing upright with a strap over its top, but I noticed that the strap had been put on so tight that the top of the bookcase was giving way.   It appeared like an accident waiting to happen and, not wanting to be in the wake of a flailing bookshelf, I changed lanes.   Shortly after I merged to the left, the strap let loose and the bookcase came flying out of the pickup crashing onto the highway exploding into pieces! Relieved that I had managed to avoid the carnage, I realized how important it is to be careful who you follow. Living on the information highway that is the 21 st century, there are so many lanes we can choose. ...