While sitting at lunch with a few friends, all of us sipping on various drinks, some sugar laden some not so much, I was listening to the tongues wagging about New York Governor Paterson’s proposal to add additional taxes on the purchase of sugary drinks. I started to analyze this …
On Funding Your Own News, Bettie Page, and Hooking Up
Weekend Quick-Eds (Like op-eds but shorter). There are a lot of people powered news sites, from Huff-Po “Off the Bus” onward, but SPOT.US, a people powered news site which went live a couple of weeks ago, is conceptually interesting. The concept appears to be two-fold. An individual or group of …
It’s Old School Friday and Facts All Come With Points of View
Facts don’t do what I want them to. A few more hours of writing, a few endless library hours, and I’ll be free to write something. Until then it’s Old School Friday – my saving grace. This weeks theme is favorite band, an almost impossible theme to address with any …
And Your Bird Can Sing. A Concert
I missed John Lennon’s deathaversary. This should matter little considering he wrote songs, became an icon, and was murdered long before I was born, but I have always been a fan of his music. Despite that, I’ve yet to come to an understanding of how one man creates such a …
