There comes a time in every man’s life when he must decide some thing or other. That time for me is probably really soon, if not now-ish. I’ve taken what amounted to a two year break from this blog. Two years where I was barely writing, and didn’t really care whether I lived or died, [...]
I’ll be the first guy on this blog to admit that I succumbed to the perceived hype about the last edition of the Rocky Mountain News. I had actually forgotten that the paper was printing it’s final edition until I happened into a gas station and noticed people buying news papers. This struck me as odd, because I hadn’t seen anyone buy a newspaper in years. This may be why they went out of business. I bought two, just in case.
Two years ago I went on a quest to find some old friends. I searched internet sites where I thought I was likely to find people – MySpace, Classmates, Amateur Porn Sites, etc. I found one or two old friends, but for the most part the experiment was a huge failure. What I discovered was that I was the only guy on the internet.
Over the years I’ve made a number of proclamations about my future and almost none of them have come even close to true. This is due, in large part, to my fear of failure, or aversion to change, or unwillingness to get off my duff and make things happen. And, while today I will make [...]
I run a fairly popular social media site with 175 million registered users, a large percentage of who visit at least once a day. My users have filled out profiles, so I know who they are, demographically, and what they are interested in. But, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to monetize this site. Any ideas?
I don’t often get depressed while reading The Onion, but today at lunch, while thumbing through the usually uplifting weekly commentary on pop culture, I happened upon an article written by a “humor columnist” Roger Dudek, that sort of made me rethink my entire existence. The premise borders on offensive from the outset. Roger has [...]
I spent my morning train ride listening to Tobias Wolff read Stephanie Vaughn’s short story “Dog Heaven,” which was – and this will come as no surprise to those familiar with the short story – not really about a dog going to heaven, though the dog did die at one point. It turns out that [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of riding across town with one of the least intelligent people I know. You are thinking I am a brainy snob, and that is not the case. It wouldn’t bother me that the guy is dumber than a wash rag, if he weren’t so belligerent, and angry. It’s almost as if he is drunk all the time… wait a second, that’s exactly what it’s like.
We have a new saying in our house – “it smells like balls in here.”We picked up this jaunty little phrase last night whilst at the dollar movies.We’ve been going to the same dollar theater for years and it has always been clean, if not high quality, or populated with folks of similar income levels [...]
I am aware that in some circles, talking about television is akin to discussing religion, politics, or natural hair color; some things you just don’t talk about. But, in this instance, it’s funny, so I ask that you leave your broom of judgment at the door, and come on in for a laugh or two. [...]
