I grew up in a good location, that is, I grew up in an area where the regional newspaper was also one of the finest newspapers in the world – the Washington Post. Weekends as a kid were largely filled with fighting over the Sunday paper, typically for the comics section, but as I grew [...]
It appears that, with the exception of having Thursday off for New Year’s Day, the holiday season has officially ended for me and mine. Though, it didn’t quite feel long enough. The trip north took up a week or so, and driving left me in need of a vacation to recover from my vacation. But [...]
Let’s face it, I am terrible at doing just one thing at a time. When one thing does overcome me, it does so with absolute authority, pushing everything and everyone, out. It’s a kind of laser focus that can be dangerous, the death of interpersonal relationships. So, I try and play the field when it [...]
It was sometime in the past few days when I realized that I am embarking on the first vacation longer than a four day weekend since perhaps getting out of the Army. In the many years since then I have kept myself busy, typically balancing several side projects while maintaining at least one job and [...]
There is an oft repeated phrase amongst those who give advice on writing and maintaining a blog. That bit of advice is to capitalize on the law of large numbers, something which is really only economically feasible online. More specifically, that advice is to limit the topic of a blog as much as possible. This [...]
As the winter shifts beyond the holiday season, the networks and cable channels roll out their new crop of television shows in what is affectionately known as the midseason. Typically starting in January and rolling through March, we the viewing audience are given numerous new and familiar properties. Out of the hundreds of potential series [...]
Justin (RobotPoet) and I were giving thought to tuning into Olbermann tonight just to see how he’ll respond to the Bush-Shoe-tossing debacle of the weekend. However, knowing the show, I have a feeling it’ll go something like this: “This is how you’ll be remembered, this is your legacy. You are so hated by the people [...]
Who throws a shoe?! In his farewell visit to Iraq, the person now known as “still President” Bush was greeted by a shoe-tossing journalist. In many parts of the world, the showing of a shoe is an insult, even when done accidentally. The hurling of shoes is considered a very large insult, and was even [...]
The question “Are you on Twitter?” is quickly becoming one which should be answered with a “yes” by anyone on the connected side of the digital divide. Though the service is just over two years old, the depth and capabilities of the network are such that overlooking them should be seen as a detriment to [...]
12.9.08 | feature, technology | bradley
Hey! You made it! One holiday shopping weekend down, two to go. News this weekend was a bit slow, largely playing catchup with the rather harsh economic news that came out on Friday. 533K – Doesn’t really do the news justice, but that’s the number reported Friday morning for job loses. That’s not job loses [...]
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