September 2, 2010 – Several years go, a relative was raptly watching the US Open. I asked who she was rooting for and she said “Oh, the American, of course!” Never mind that there are lots of Americans and non-Americans competing. I don’t think she actually saw any players, just flags.

September 2, 2010 – I have very mixed feelings about this post. On the one hand, the author has obviously made a compassionate connection to someone unlike herself, and that’s terrific. On the other, the very idea that there is a world outside the closed car window, with people and the sounds they make in it, seems utterly surprising to the author. We’re out here, lady, and some of us have all of our teeth.

September 2, 2010

September 1, 2010

September 1, 2010 – I’m sure that a tech site will do a more thorough comparison, but here’s something to chew on while we wait.

September 1, 2010 – A really big part of me would like it very much if, when crazy people take hostages, the coverage of the story did not include an analysis of their crazy views.

September 1, 2010 – Wouldn’t it be enough to say that there is an announcement, and there are some rumors? Now we gotta go INSIDE the rumors?

August 31, 2010 – For the headline: Notice how most headlines are in the present tense. “Chief Resigns”. This one is actually more accurate. “Um, we just learned about something that happened a couple of days ago.”

August 31, 2010 – I think some of my friends are using these tools. So what I’m thinking is that now they’re in my town, I should get a job there and MapMyWalk to work.

August 29, 2010

August 30, 2010 – Interesting. Chuy’s is a local chain of Mexican places. Very fun and high-concept, with mediocre food. It’s where people at local tech companies take their out-of-town business guests. Kentucky seems an odd fit. Now Memphis, that would be interesting, given Chuy’s fondness for velvet Elvises.

August 30, 2010 – Hehehe… yuppy novelty. That’s about right. I was into it for awhile using Brightkite, but the novelty really wore off. I found I really don’t give a hoot about check-ins (they are as annoying as saying “I woke up today”), but I do enjoy reading what they are doing WHILE they are where they are!

August 29, 2010

August 29, 2010

August 27, 2010 – He cat bin lady, I have a roommate for you in scumbag prison.

August 27, 2010 – My friends at Twin open in my father’s “ancestral” Baptist homeland. Maybe only funny to me, but it does give me a snicker.

August 27, 2010 – Regardless of whether regulations or fees are a good idea (I sort of think they aren’t) this is just a stupid picture choice.

August 26, 2010 – I would love it to e a fad. And if would help, I could stomp on it until it’s utterly lifeless and forgotten.

August 26, 2010

August 26, 2010 – Interesting story, from which I pull the following lesson. If you have a winning lottery ticket and wish to remain anonymous, create a trust prior to claiming your dough.

August 26, 2010 – See how fancy we are? I thought you had to go to New York to get a $34 cheeseburger. I can haz?

August 25, 2010 – …and into his home county, where he won election a buncha times, and where, you know, everyone is completely unbiased.

August 25, 2010 – I know just where this billboard is. I know because I used to stare at it during the boring parts of high school football games. I stared at it a lot. In those days, it advertised Cutty Sark. See what THAT led to?

August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010 – Well said!

August 25, 2010

August 22, 2010

August 23, 2010 – I like the garden of ears.