During the month of October, I set up Facebook Instant articles on this blog and tested it as part of a “try one innovation per […]
Month: October 2016
My One and Only 2016 Political Endorsement
I promise you, I am way more cynical than you are when it comes to politics. Well, with one exception: local politics involving people whose […]
Southerners. A love story.
Greenville, South Carolina I often think about this place. As an adult, I’m a traveler, a New Yorker, an Arizonan, and amateur Bostonian. But I […]
Sound Familiar?
[repost from July 22, 2016] Hey Kids! Ever wanted your own army of automatons who willingly do your bidding? It’s fun and easy! And now […]
Twitter Love – A Guest Post
I’m promoting a comment on my Twitter post to a guest post. The below submitted by Lori Ramey. I’m not here to defend Twitter; if it […]
Forgiveness does not Erase Consequences
I hate to generalize, but in this case, I will. This is not a knock on people of faith. I was raised one and continue […]
Garbage (actual)
[originally posted February 24, 2016] I know you’ve been wondering this as much as I have: In NYC, if you pay a junk-picker-upper to take […]
Is this a Confession?
[orginally posted February 17, 2016] Driver: Look at that guy. Look at that guy! Crossing against the light. Look at her texting and wearing headphones […]
Straining to See Answers in an Ellipsis
I had planned to write a common sense view of the second presidential debate today. Unfortunately, it seems pointless to rehash an embarrassing evening that […]
Five Stories Also in the News
I know. It’s hard to believe, but the sordid facts of the candidates seeking the title of President of the United States aren’t the only […]
Things I Hope Americans will not Forget
[repeat from August 20, 2016] Things I hope Americans will not completely forget: – The sound of a genuine and specific apology – That an […]
Why Twitter Made Me Dislike it … and Me
I’ve grown to dislike Twitter. My recent experiment on Twitter even made me dislike me for a little while. I’d like to say it was the […]
If I Vote, Here’s How I’m Voting.
I don’t care what anyone says: This is the most insider US election I can remember. It’s party versus party, operative versus operative, surrogate versus […]
Here’s the Problem …
This is an election story, but not a political statement – hang with me on this. It’s profound. For those not in the media, advertising […]
The Highly Individual States of America
In the U.S. we’ve just plain given up on evaluating the pros and cons of … well, pretty much everything. We just take what we […]