March Tenth Two-Thousand Nine, or 2 very doable ways of fixing planet Earth

I have figured out how to solve all of our problems. That’s right; every inequity, every misfortune, every nine-piece nuggets when you paid for a ten-piece nuggets will begin to correct itself if we…

1 year ago
Two below $20: Uptown Lunch at Zink.

In the middle of any city you expect the food to be pricier. I’ve been a resident in Uptown Charlotte for a month now and I haven’t visited one restaurant. This needed to change. So, instead of…

1 year ago
Jon Meacham wants you to spit out your latte

Jon Meacham is the editor of a print publication called Newsweek. In case you forgot, “Print publications” are sheets of paper loosely bound by the act of folding or sometimes with the aid of…

1 year ago
Inspiration for The 400 Blows found in rare 1903 version of “Alice in Wonderland”

A century ago, celluloid was really expensive and people read books . Hence, the light narration and brevity of early silent films about stories they already knew by heart since…

1 year ago
A quote for the Superbowl

“I just think it’s rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.” – Rupert Giles

1 year ago
Dissent Without Empathy, Purpose Without Destiny

We all want purpose. Not A Purpose, but purpose. You’re not born with it. It doesn’t find you. And you don’t find it. It’s history. It’s how you tell your story. It’s how you look at the glass….

2 years ago
Charlotte Observer’s New Columnist Sort of Says Twitter is So Easy a Caveman Can Use It

So, the Obz hired a new business columnist. Weird, right? I’m guessing (ack! guessing?! only bloggers guess!) they hired a new scribe to analyze the business scene after BofA announced they…

2 years ago
Unexpected and pointless

It’s the devastation in Haiti, or ‘Hell in Haiti’ as CNN reported, that’s grabbing our attention for the week. If you live on the web and talk serious about the Conan stuff or the Palin on Fox thing…

2 years ago
Morning Torpor

I am not a morning person. The best part of waking up is nonexistent. Here is a happy picture to balance this cynical disclosure.

2 years ago
iPhone test

Forgive me. I needed a better mobile blogging tool. The iPhone offers the best tech for adding multimedia to my posts as well as the best touch screen keyboard. It’s like punching a brick that knows…

2 years ago
2010: The Return of Content

Happy New Decade, y’all.

2 years ago

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