Monday, July 28th, 2008
Flying Has Become Very Unpleasant
Maybe I’m just getting bitter, but I used to really enjoy flying. Admittedly I have flown a lot, and anything loses its luster when you do it too much, but I really think something has changed with the whole experience of getting on an airplane.
I recently took a trip to Denver for a two-day [...]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Signs of the Times Come Together: The Bad Economy, Decreased Personal Responsibility, and Increased Cell Phone Use
My wife and I have moved a lot in the last few years for her job. In each new place we get a new phone number for the land line in our house that I use as a business line. Back in the early 90s, when I used to move every year in [...]
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
I Met a Yo-yo World Record Holder Today
This afternoon I had a really fun gig in downtown Indianapolis. It was for a party at RATIO Architects. Every month they have their 4th Friday at 4 Party, where at four o’clock snacks and drinks appear, and for the first time they decided to hire professional entertainment… that’d be me. Being [...]
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
MadFest and Chris Bliss
Having just finished another great MadFest juggling convention I have come to a better understanding of why there was such a controversy over the popularity of the Chris Bliss video that swept the internet a while back. (If you haven’t already seen it, check it out here before you read the rest of this [...]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Christmas Used to Come After Thanksgiving
As a kid, the way I remember it, was that on the day after Thanksgiving all of a sudden you would see the Christmas stuff appear in the stores. Then, as I got older, I remember being offended when the Christmas stuff started appearing before Thanksgiving. Recently, Christmas stuff has made its debut [...]
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
The Continuing Problem with America’s Got Talent
I just finished watching the final episode of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. If you don’t want to know who won you should stop reading right now.
First of all, I should say that I am really glad that this show is on the air. Even with all of my complaining, America’s Got Talent showcases [...]
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Monday, June 26th, 2006
The Problem with America’s Got Talent
There is a new show on NBC called America’s Got Talent. I am very happy to have variety arts on TV, but there are some real problems with America’s Got Talent.
I’ll warn you now… this is a pretty massive rant.
