Archive for July 2009

The monthlies.

• Cranberry Sauce

  I like Paul McCartney. I don’t think any single person was more responsible for keeping the Beatles together — and productive — after 1966, a period that was arguably their best; stylistically, artistically, influentially. Before Sgt. Pepper, it was John’s band; afterward, it was Paul’s. That being said, McCartney was also the one that put [...]

• Holding Numbers

  This is probably the biggest reason I’m not in line for an iPhone (besides the minimum monthly bill): I simply do not use my cellphone enough. I often leave it home, uncharged and unplugged. When I do remember to bring it to work, I often forget it on my desk before heading home. I have [...]

• Footnotes

  Ever astute readers of this blog have noticed my recent inclusion, and dependency (sort of), on footnotes. I like footnotes, as you can tell. I use footnotes primarily as parentheticals. I have always written asides, or digressions, from the main point or flow of any given blog entry I was writing, but placing these strictly [...]

• Senators That Should Retire

  I am not a proponent of term limits — at any level of government1 — but there is something disconcerting with the number of senators that have held their seats for more than a generation. The House tends to be more radical — either left or right — and the Senate tends to be more [...]

• Choice of Coleslaw and/or Potato Salad

  Although I do enjoy french fries (but I would prefer potato wedges), I am always the one to look for the ‘choice of’ in that menu item. Without fail, if coleslaw or potato salad is offered, I’ll usually take it. But not always without consequence, and that is because there are really only two types [...]

• Reflections On Bush

  I miss George W. Bush. To be completely honest, I have a lot less to write/blog about since he’s left… Oh, I love Obama’s idea on [fill in the blank]. It is such a terrific idea. He is the greatest president ever. I am so proud to be an American right now. It just doesn’t [...]

• Jon Stewart, Secular Jew

  A long, long time ago (July aught-six), on a blog called DCeiver — run by a person now reporting for the Huffington Post — Jason Linkins wrote that he was the “only one who got Stephen Colbert’s best joke” that evening… “Wow. Bill Donoghue really opened my eyes. I had no idea that secular Jews [...]

• Impending Doom

  “[Twitter's official Facebook application is] quite useful for those of us who don’t want to have to spend all day updating multiple services with the same messages.” Or those of us unfortunate enough to read about it. Note: I am making a serious effort to break my TechCrunch habit. It’s just not going that well… [...]

• 3000 Is Not Important

  Baseball is funny. It elevates its statistics and creates thresholds that are so unrealistic, however sporadically attained, it precludes many of the greatest ballplayers from being considered elite. Unless you discount the numbers altogether, and without numbers, you do not have baseball. The most oft-mentioned statistic as categorically “unfair” is the 300 wins for starting [...]

• Top 5 Movies of the Past 5 Years

  These are movies that I would want to watch again, and possibly — which is the only downside to relying solely on Netflix for movie consumption — I would want to own. In other words, these are movies after watching on Netflix, I would consider purchasing, probably for cheap on Amazon.1 In yet another rewording [...]

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