I have this technology column I write, you know? I’m supposed to take a gizmo, mess around with it, and write about why it’s cool. It’s a GREAT gig and I consider myself really lucky to have it. But technology, you will be stunned to learn, doesn’t always work. This can be frustrating for the …
I don’t really know how to write about music. There’s a bunch of terminology that I can pretend to understand, but anyone who does know what all that stuff means is just going to see right through me. I can’t read music – though I am very slowly learning to – and I’m a mere …
Okay, who doesn’t. Still, can anyone explain to me how it can cost 8.55 PER TICKET for them to print up the ticket, put it in an envelope and mail it to me? That’s on TOP of the postage, by the way. Plus, they call it a “convenience charge.” What is convenient about charging 34 …
Yesterday afternoon we went to see Everything is Illuminated. If you haven’t read the book, you shouldn’t go see the movie. I think that if you read the book after you see the movie, you’ll be disappointed, in retrospect, by the movie, and that’s not really fair to the movie. What I’m saying is that …
I’m crabby about any number of things. About how my back hurts. About how John Roberts didn’t have to submit his essay questions to me. About my fat blood high cholesterol. About how hurricane aid was dropped in to Florida before Rita hit land and no such thing happed in Nawlins. About how even though …
About two days ago, I put my back out. I’m not sure how, I just know that I woke up and I couldn’t really move like I ought to be able to. My head was to heavy for my neck and it felt like someone was standing on my collar bones. This cheery state coincided …