The Sea Of Bottles

I’m thinking twice about drinking bottled water. It’s in the numbers. More bottled water begets more bottles than water. Billions and billions of bottles of water. And bottles. Where will this end? A recent news article brought attention to the obvious. We’re drinking more bottled water. Not just in the US, bottled water consumption is … Read More »

How Do You Write Music Like This?

I love popular music and always have. For good or bad, pop music is the poetry of our generation. What is the magic formula for a hit song? Lyrics? Music? Voice? Artist popularity? Instruments? It’s all that and less. For those who care, lyrics and music must go together for pop poetry, but one or … Read More »

Dr. Phil Needs To Help AT&T And Verizon

The “greed is good” crowd is alive and well and running a phone company near you. If Dr. Phil can help out cheating spouses, write a couple of self-help books, and get Oprah Winfrey to show up on The Late Show with David Letterman, he can surely help AT&T and Verizon’s management come to their … Read More »

In Search Of Aaron Sorkin

High brow televsion takes a bow and exits, stage right. The West Wing ends a long and glorious run. Political dialog may never be the same. Unlike most West Wing Watchers™, I got in on the story lines late. For whatever reason, I was mostly busy on nights The West Wing aired during the early … Read More »

Let’s Play “Four Things” And Meme Together

Not as much effort but more fun than Sudoku. Four Things. What’s your four? I have not played Four Things (a “meme” from a few decades ago) in awhile, but received one via email today. I just had to respond. So will you. Sorry. Four Things is a meme. It’s easy and fun to play, … Read More »

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