(This is a sample blog entry.) Maybe it's age. Could be lack of sleep. Or maybe I'm just being overly picky, but "Compared to what?" is a question I find myself asking more and more as time goes on. Today, for whatever reason, is a particularly bad day for the question.

Some of it is just silly advertising; a bad choice of words or a name that just sounds a bit stupid. There are companies called "Reliable Plumbing", or reliable pretty much anything. Compared to those unreliable guys, I suppose? You might have an "Honest Movers" in your town, or honest somthing else (look in the phone book for a good list). That's compared to the Dishonest Moving Company that operates down the street from HM. Or Lucky Restaurant (or Variety or Sandwich, or etc). That's compared to Unlucky Restaurant where most people wind up with intestinal bugs of some sort. -- Read more