Like so many others of my generation, I was raised on and greatly influenced by the Wonderful World of Disney. And I willingly embraced the "can do... anything goes... follow your dreams" approach to life. Of course, I also embraced the Looney Tunes "ehh, what's up doc...

I just came across a Reuters story with the following headline:Making math uncool is hurting America, report saysAs a huge advocate of education and math, I was intrigued. So I began reading the article.

Richard (Dick) Fuld, ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers would like to blame the ills of the financial industry on a crisis of confidence.

You know what really kills me (I mean besides a forearm shiver to the bridge of my nose)? When I read about a company (Microsoft, for example) that pays an agency (Crispin Porter, for example) $300 million for a campaign that turns out to be mediocre at best.Am I jealous?

In the midst of all our economic woes and political wrangling, I almost lost sight of global warming.But the other night I saw a very entertaining news story about how cow farts are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

You know the economy has taken a turn for the worst when you can't afford a cup of coffee.Just as McDonald's was ready to take a final run at the severely crippled and seemingly clueless Starbucks (in the midst of all their troubles, the coffee company has taken time and money to introduce a new, printed newsletter - the Good Sheet), Bank of America steps in (or out as the case may be) and says "no" to the loans the hamburglars so badly want to fund their 14,000 franchise coffee bars.So now the franchisees are scrambling to find other banks with money to support their java jitters.

In team sports, when things are not going well, there is a standard process that takes place. First you blame the individual players (ideally the overpaid, underproducing ones; they make good targets) and perhaps even replace one or two of the main cogs.

For all the goodwill that the Summer Olympics afforded China, I would have to say that allowing 13,000 babies to be hospitalized after drinking tainted milk formula pretty much levels the playing field and dropkicks the country back into the dark ages.

I saw it. The new Microsoft "PC" commercial aired last night. It was half over before I realized what it was, but I saw it."I am PC." Are you kidding me?Kirk Douglas saying the memorable line, "I am Spartacus" in this classic 1960 blockbuster became a classic moment because it represented the true dignity and spirit of man.

So now we know the big scret: Microsoft is going to tell PC users why it's okay to be PC users. Yeah, that ought to work.Let me say a couple of things at the outset. Bill Gates is awesome.