In a Bay Area high school, teacher Steve Cuckovich docked his students’ scores after they said “bless you” in the middle of class, citing that talking of any kind is disruptive and takes time away from more important things. Cuckovich, who teaches health at William C. Wood High School in Vacaville says that “The blessing ... Read More

Dear Sarcastic Sage, I am tired of people treating me like I am an idiot. I’ve made some mistakes in the past, but then again who hasn’t. I know I don’t always think things through and a lot of what I’ve done has been driven on impulse. That doesn’t mean though I am stupid or ... Read More

I’ve only seen pictures of the Kindle Fire, but I am ready to make sensationalistic pronouncements about how Amazon has failed miserably in unseating the king of tablet computes, the iPad. This post will completely ignore the fact that Amazon, in all likelihood, was not trying to beat the iPad at its own game. The ... Read More

If you have ever stood in line behind someone who insists on paying with a check for a $0.99 gum, you know how exciting it was when your local grocery store added a self checkout aisle. This meant that you didn’t have to deal with people, and a machine would be your new shopping buddy. ... Read More

For the first time in history, the United States Postal Service will be considering having the image of a living person on a U.S. stamp. Previously, the U.S. Postal Service required that the person who was to be immortalized on a stamp would have to have been dead for at least five years. Even this ... Read More