I got an E-mail from BusinessWeek this morning titled, “An iPhone for $199″ and, of course, I was very interested. Times are financially tight
Read MoreMonth: November 1998
Nearly One Year with Mac OS X
OK, I admit it. I’ve grown to love my MacBook (mid-2007, see http://www.apple-history.com/ for the black MacBook). It does everything I want it to
Read More99% Dream
If this is fiction to you, then it is fiction to you. Perhaps it is safer to think of it as such. This story
Read MoreShe has her own pastor problem
The Rev. Wright scandal has been played and played ad nauseum. It has started most news and “infotainment” shows and, as I write, Joe
Read MoreIt’s Mac OS X on a New MacBook
This is just an old story. So I waited so long that I disappointed virtually all of my Mac friends who had once respected
Read MoreTime to Feed My Head Again
Really, I never thought I’d need to do it. I had such a wonderful undergraduate experience at Stockton College of NJ, such a fine
Read MoreDid My Vote Count?
Well, my wife and I voted early and often yesterday (just kidding, we voted only once). But a strange thing happened in the polling
Read MoreToo Much Gun Violence
It’s been a while since I’ve last blogged, more than a year in fact, but I have noticed a disturbing trend as I tune
Read MoreDon’t take this pill!
No need to name names. She’s a company woman afterall. She was on CNN today between 2:00 PM and 2:30 PM EST — That’s
Read MoreAnniversary, Macs and More Liberal Arts
The day June 3rd, 2005 marked the 10th anniversary of my wife’s and my marriage. Love at first sight it was (in 1984 …
Read MoreMust blog … water … water … liberal arts?
OK. I had heard this in undergraduate school (Stockton College, NJ) from a friend. He said one of my favorite teachers said each student
Read MoreBlog Gone
Yep. I’m happy about one thing. It’s gone. The blog I loath is gone. Dropped off the front page. I wrote it. I loath
Read MoreThe Deadly Wisconsin Felines
For those few who have not heard the news there’s an extremely dangerous and possibly pandemic problem in Wisconsin. That is, former house cats
Read MoreWorthwhile PBS Viewing for Black History Month
I thought this deserved a mention: The PBS series “Slavery and the Making of America” is IMO the greatest TV show ever seen on
Read MoreThe New Macs Blow My Mind
It’s been a while since I wrote about Macs. Here are some of my recent thoughts…. Barely have I tried OS X. Haven’t experienced
Read MoreObservations on the Absolute Failure of the Drug War
As young person attending high school I was shocked to learn that President Ronald Reagan agreed to an ordinance that would allow the seizure
Read MoreHedonism, Selfishness, Covetousness
Yeah, I’m guilty. Dream catalogs have always occupied my time during, but not limited to, the Christmas holidays. It started out with L.L. Bean,
Read MoreThe Passion: A Post-Modernist Play on Ultraviolence?
No, I haven’t seen The Passion of the Christ yet. So this is a pre-review blog. (Yeah, I’m going to talk about it anyway
Read MoreThe Tyranny of High Velocity
These are scary days, in general, and everyone seems to want their own Sherman tank in the form of various SUV models. The good
Read More“Weasels Ripped My Flesh”
The well’s run dry but Frank Zappa’s album Weasels Ripped My Flesh is still an amazing creative inspiration. The album was around the house
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