2009-04-17 12:37
Tax day has come and gone. And I’m just as annoyed as anyone about the ridiculous amount of money I pay throughout the year (and symbolically on April 15).But I’m not going to ra… Read More
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My perspectives on politics and pop culture, my feelings about films and foreign affairs, and my musings on media and miscellany.
2009-01-13 18:42
My dog was acting up today. She kept pawing at the air while rolling around on the floor to entertain me.You could say she has dramatic paws.But that's not important right now, because it's… Read More
2008-12-31 11:26
Every December, I find myself reflecting on the high and low points of the 12 months gone by. It’s hard to believe I’ve been putting my choices here on the blog for four years no… Read More
2008-12-24 12:27
This week has been a slow reading week, but a busy listening week. I’ve even pulled out my one and only Christmas album for a few spins. Something about that jazzy approach—and t… Read More
2008-12-17 11:11
Usually I post what I’m listening to in my car, where I get through about six CDs a week. But when not in my car, I also listen to music on my iPod.So today, you’ll get the iPod… Read More
2008-12-12 11:32
Good musical parody is hard to find.Saturday Night Live relies on it, but often falls short. Case in point: newscasters rapping the news. Not quality parody.Other skits have been brilliant… Read More
2008-12-10 12:22
Two of the CDs in my car’s six-CD changer got multiple plays this week: Metallica’s Death Magnetic, which I hadn’t yet given a sustained listen to, and Saga’s Worlds… Read More
2008-12-05 11:26
In case you missed it, Guns N’ Roses—or what’s left of it, seeing as Axl Rose has driven anyone else of consequence out of the band—has finally released Chinese Democ… Read More
2008-12-03 11:25
Ahh, Thanksgiving. One of my favorite holidays after Halloween. Seeing family was nice, but it gave me less time to read than during a typical week. At least the travel duties provided me ma… Read More
2008-11-26 10:33
After binging on Gabriel-era Genesis last week—I’ve still got the second disc of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in my car as I finish up the box set—I’ve returned to… Read More
2008-11-21 21:27
So Paul McCartney is now saying that The Beatles might finally release “Carnival of Light,” the much-hyped, fourteen minute avant garde audio experiment from early 1967.The track… Read More
2008-11-19 11:10
Usually I split my time among many visual and audio inputs. In addition to two or three books going at any given time, I flip between CDs rather frequently.Not this week.My attention since l… Read More
2008-11-14 11:22
Remember that “news” reporting about a McCain policy adviser who leaked that Sarah Palin thought Africa was a country—not a continent?Remember how it fed into our beliefs a… Read More
2008-11-12 17:16
I appreciate your response to this new feature. It’s been great to see what’s getting your attention, and it’s given me a few ideas for future readings and listenings. Don… Read More
2008-11-06 15:53
It’s a new feature on this site—and a tribute to one of my favorite bloggers—even if a day late.Ray over at The Metal Minute is taking a well deserved blogging break to tak… Read More
2008-10-31 16:21
Vanity plate—those vehicle tags with personalized expressions usually limited to seven characters—have always bugged me.I see more of them than most of you. According to a study… Read More
2008-10-21 11:20
Some hack writer from the late 16th and early 17th centuries named William Shakespeare famously asked, “What’s in a name?” He’d be shocked by what goes for a name the… Read More
2008-10-10 00:24
I call things as I see them. It’s just what I do.Many people don’t like it. Especially when they think I’m on “their” side. It turns out that I’m on the s… Read More
2008-10-01 00:26
I see and hear many things that I have difficulty believing.Sometimes a friend or colleague bungles badly. Or the television shows a public figure saying something that numbs the mind. And I… Read More
2008-09-12 17:17
Well, well. Here we go again.Another tropical monster bearing down on the Gulf coast, another day for intrepid reporters to brave the worst nature can throw at them in pursuit of a good broa… Read More
2008-09-09 21:02
Some things just don’t look cool. And they never will.As a case in point, I flipped by Metal Mania on VH-1 last weekend, catching something I had not seen in many moons: Europe’s… Read More
2008-08-29 19:07
Not long ago I heard Morgan Freeman had been in a car crash—and the presence in said crash of a lady friend spurred the revelation of his divorce, which had been kept out the media spo… Read More
2008-08-15 21:37
If you’re like most people, you can remember plenty of situations when you wish a police officer had been nearby.Maybe you watched someone steal a purse and run away into the crowd. It… Read More
2008-08-03 11:14
In just over three years, this blog has offered more than 200 posts and—with only a few exceptions—has been more fun than I expected.It’s also been taken precious time away… Read More
2008-07-28 23:28
I’m leaving later this week for a couple of weeks overseas, so the world is on my brain. Not literally; that would hurt.I’ve been staring at maps, which has brought back memories… Read More
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