I’ll be the first person to admit that I don’t understand the government bailout. Sure General Motors is a huge American corporation and there’s no telling what would happen to this economy (what else could happen?) if a company of that magnitude folded.
But the first thing I said to myself after reading [...]
Ok, the baseball season is officially over for the New York Yankees. They’ve missed the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, blah blah blah. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. The Bronx Bombers haven’t been the same since October 2004. We all know what happened then.
I [...]
Consumption is netflixing the entire first season of Battlestar Galactica and converting it to ipod format for your morning commute. Regardless of what David Lynch says.
Consumption is buying a Slingbox so you can place-shift your favorite shows and watch them under your desk at work. When time-shifting isn’t enough.
Consumption is tivoing Mad Men, [...]
Since today seems to be more about politics than reflection, here are two campaign pictures that threw me.
http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com
Why is it that after you’ve spent the night in a police station, asleep on a couch, waiting for the fingerprint machine to come up with a match, the first question you always ask the officer rousing you from sleep is, “Have you found anything?” This question is kind of implied. Otherwise [...]
I’ve been a bar soap man all of my life. I was a briefs man until college but that’s neither here nor there. I never could understand body washes. Something was missing. Then I was turned on to the loofah. I’d made fun of loofahs in the past, but I [...]
When I was a smoker I’d be forced to get fresh air every 2-3 hours at work. Now I just sit in my cave all day not knowing if its overcast or sunny.
When I was a smoker I’d have something to bitch about with my people outside. Now I ignore them and look [...]
No, I’m not talking about my third favorite satellite. (For those keeping score, Titan and our own moon Luna are 1 and 2 respectively) I’m talking about the over-priced NYC “deli” chain, Europa Cafe. There is one in the lobby of my building. Across from Penn Station on 7th avenue. This [...]
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