I was an English major, and have acquired an entire bookcase worth of novels, plays, literary anthologies, criticism, classics, and poetry collections that I know I will never--ever--read again. And sprinkled in with that are a healthy dosage of books ...Read More
I haven't read the text of the speech, but my understanding is that during his first-day-of-school address yesterday, President Obama told the kids to work hard in school this year. It was one of those "That's right folks, I'm the ...Read More
The history of pop music is littered with artists that came on strong before a seemingly endless long, slow fade. But the case of Oasis is unique. Every album comes with the promise that THIS IS THE ALBUM where they ...Read More
As Generation X and Generation Y begin their descent into suburban baby-making careerism, we're seeing a whole new classification of lifestyle capitalism popping up around their materialistic, self-entitled parenting. Which, of course, is just an extension of their materialism and ...Read More
When people see the television appearances I made when I was a little boy--8 or 9 years old and just starting off my lifelong music career--they see a little boy with a big smile. They assume that this little boy ...Read More
One winter, a farmer found a snake, stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it and, taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth and, resuming its natural instincts, bit ...Read More
Van Morrison.
It's complicated.
Not least because he used to look like Charles Manson and now he looks like my grandfather. If he wanted to, could Van Morrison have a man killed? I bet he could. Then again, would he ...Read More
I just signed up for Evernote. What a fantastic site. I've been waiting 10 years for something like this. After a decade of emailing little notes and such back and forth between home and the office, I now have it ...Read More
A couple updates to my experiment in Windows without the bullshit:
E-Mail Client: The Interwebs After playing around with every email client I could think of, and consulting with a knowledgeable friend about it, I realized that none of them do ...Read More
We're reading Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing in my house these days, and the book takes on a whole different meaning when you re-read this children's classic as an adult.
One thing I never noticed when reading it ...Read More