Archive for March 2010
A more original and meaningful approach to greeting cards
I was recently told about a new trend in greeting card giving: Signing the cards with a post-it note. When you find a card to which you are particularly fond, you affix a post-it to the inside with your signature and any personal message you wish to extend, so that the recipient can use the…
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Am I the only one who finds it a little too convenient that the acronym of seasonal affective disorder is SAD? In mentioning this to my wife today, she said, “Doesn’t everyone suffer from seasonal affective disorder? Everyone gets depressed when they are deprived of sunlight and are forced to trek through the cold and…
Read MoreMortality in three acts
Love this.
Read MoreMy happiness is at risk
Just another reason to avoid people who have little more than television to talk about.
Read MoreIt’s just better
I’ve been listening to a lot of rock music from today’s most popular bands: Bowling for Soup, Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Fountains of Wayne, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and the like. Having grown up on popular 80’s rock and metal bands like Def Leppard, Poison, Tesla, Bon Jovi and the like (too many…
Read MoreThe Ethicist, with a twist
I like Randy Cohen, the former writer for the NY Times ethicist column, and I especially enjoyed his weekly podcast when it aired. A friend once asked if something he was planning to do was ethical, and unintentionally, my response sounded a lot like one that Randy Cohen would write. My friend, also a listener…
Read MoreAn utter lack of pomp and circumstance
I was listening to the hosts of Slate’s Culture Gabfest discuss the recent firing of movie critic Todd McCarthy, who has been writing at Daily Variety for 31 years. Clearly outraged by the decision, host Stephen Metcalf derisively stated that McCarthy was “unceremoniously fired.” Just for the record, if I am ever fired, I would…
Read MoreNot OMG
OMG Facts, a website that tweets out supposedly amazing facts throughout the day, recently posted two that I considered less than amazing and downright commonplace. First: Soccer is the most viewed sport in the world. Didn’t everyone already know this? It’s the most popular sport in the world. The World Cup draws almost as much…
Read MoreIs television a window into the soul?
Recently I’ve been plagued by this question: Is it right to judge people by the television they watch? Before you go telling me that it’s not right to judge people at all, please stop. I don’t care how many times we’ve heard some lunatic shout “How dare you judge me!” or “What give you the…
Read MoreStupid Saint Patrick’s Day
My mother’s birthday was on March 17, so Saint Patrick’s Day never meant a lot to me. I’m glad. I’ve come to detest Saint Patrick’s Day, and contrary to popular opinion, it’s not simply because I choose to be contrary. Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the…
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