It’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,…
The 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…
An 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…
Not 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…
Is 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…
Stupid 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…
Sunset of my DJ career
With the sale of my second book, it now appears that my career as a DJ is coming to an end. With a new daughter at home and a more…
World War II in under two minutes
Urban Dictionary provides a definition for World War II that I love. I’ve cleaned it up a bit before posting it here: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Britain and France tell them…
A blogging dilemma
When I am finished writing a post on this blog, many things happen. First, I reference the post in my Twitter feed, in order to drive readers to my blog. …
Conformity
PSYBLOG recently posted an article about conformity, a topic that means a lot of me. The protagonist in my current manuscript is something of a non-conformer, and according to one…
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