Recyclers' friend

A woman at work the other day had a piece of old office equipment that was to be thrown out, but she really wanted a way to recycle it, so I took up the search.

The city actually has a good drop-off recycling program, but I found nothing offered for electronics. Searching further, I learned the Best Buy store does.

I walked up to the Geek Squad counter and asked, "Will you recycle this?" The young man looked in the box and said, "We'll take care of it."

A pat on the back for Best Buy. By the way, Lowes is also offering recycling for a number of items, just not electronics.

Incompetency primer

The man who tried unsucessfully to be declared mentally incompetent to stand trial for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart was kicked out of the courtroom Monday for being unruly during jury selection.

Man, I bet nobody saw that one coming.

You win!

I never realize I watch much television until election season, when I'm overwhelmed by campaign advertising.

Well, this year, the advertising has affected me. After being bombarded with ads by Democrats calling Republicans liars and thieves, after being pounded with ads by Republicans calling Democrats liars and thieves, I'm convinced.

I believe them both.

What does a CIO do?

Describe for me a "chief innovation officer" for a media conglomerate. What does that mean?

According to this latimes.com story, the CIO for Tribune Co., Lee Abrams, is on indefinite suspension without pay during the investigation into a companywide memo he sent. The e-mail included a link to a video labeled "Sluts" that included female nudity.

Well, I guess that's innovative.

They do call him Tiger

I was all prepared last weekend to poke a little fun at Tiger Woods. I’m glad I held off.

According to this article on Yahoo Sports, Tiger took out a $54.5 million mortgage on a mansion he’s building on Jupiter Island, Fla. Not only that, but his loan repayment is structured over just more than 60 months – a monthly mortgage payment of about $1 million.

If you’ve not been paying attention, Tiger had embarrassing personal information come out about him last year and has gone through a divorce. He took time off from playing golf and has not done very well since returning.

So ... and this is where I almost jumped the gun ... I noticed last week that the first round of the first golf tournament following the release of this information found Tiger in ... drum roll, please ... 95th place among 99 players in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

However, there is a reason Tiger’s a legend in his own time. He followed his opening round 72 with a 65 to make the cut and then a 69 and a 68. He did not make his mortgage payment, but his 11th place finish (remember 95th?) netted a check for $148,929.

Yeah, I’m willing to bet he’ll come up with the house payment somewhere.