March 2010
7 posts
March Tenth Two-Thousand Nine, or 2 very doable... →
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…
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…
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…
Inspiration for The 400 Blows found in rare 1903... →
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…
February 2010
1 post
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
January 2010
6 posts
Charlotte Observer’s New Columnist Sort of Says... →
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…
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….
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…
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.
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…
2010: The Return of Content →
Happy New Decade, y’all.
December 2009
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November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
7 posts
One time I said I was going to quote somebody
– Me
September 2009
1 post
August 2009
22 posts