Before the coffee kicks in, a meme! What American accent do you have? Created by Xavier on Memegen.net Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don’t really have a local identity to begin with. Take this quiz now –Continue reading “On Friday Morning Memeness”
Monthly Archives: May 2008
On Riding the Subway
There’s something I like about the Baltimore subway and rail system. The modern art. You’ll notice it at virtually every station or stop — there’s some sort of modern sculpture made of concrete or metal decorating the entrance. One station has a rather tesseract-like cube half-buried in the ground on its side. Another station —Continue reading “On Riding the Subway”
On “The Spindle of Necessity”
It’s out. The Doctor Who anthology, Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership, is making its way into readers hands as I type this. Some of the authors and readers have had the book for about two weeks; I myself should be getting a copy a little later this week. I have a story in theContinue reading “On “The Spindle of Necessity””
On Frustrations with Word
Sometimes I just don’t get Microsoft Word. It decided, for some reason, that several paragraphs were misspelled. The entire paragraphs. Words like “the” were, at least according to Word, misspelled in those two paragraphs. Everything was underlined in red. I decided to run a spellcheck on the entire document. Perhaps, I thought, this would kickContinue reading “On Frustrations with Word”
On a New Pair of Shoes
I needed new shoes. About a year ago I bought a pair of leather oxfords for work. They were comfortable. They felt good. And I’d worn them out. I went out Saturday in search of a replacement pair. Perhaps I’d even be able to find an identical pair… And I did! They’re new. They’re stiff.Continue reading “On a New Pair of Shoes”
On the Cubs and Mark Prior
It’s been a rainy and miserable day in Baltimore, but the sun was shining down in Chicago, and I settled down to watch the Cubs take on the Pirates on WGN this afternoon. Maybe it’s my Cubs bias showing, but I really like the broadcast team of Len Kasper and Bob Brenly. They’re knowledgable. TheyContinue reading “On the Cubs and Mark Prior”
On Prince Caspian
It was pretty. That was the recurring thought I had yesterday after seeing Prince Caspian, the sequel to 2005’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, based on the second (or fifth, depending on which order you use) book in C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series. As one of the four films I wasContinue reading “On Prince Caspian”
On Interleague Madness
Interleague play in Major League Baseball began this weekend for this season, with all but two teams — the Cubs and the Pirates — playing against teams in the other league. (The reason why the Cubs and Pirates are playing is that there are two more National League teams than American League teams.) Am IContinue reading “On Interleague Madness”
On Elbow and The Seldom Seen Kid
It must have been a review in either MOJO or Q. It must have been. Because, otherwise, how would I have ever heard of Elbow? Early 2004 I bought their second album, Cast of Thousands. And it was amazing. It was dark and moody Britpop, what Coldplay and Radiohead aspired to but could never quiteContinue reading “On Elbow and The Seldom Seen Kid”
On the President’s Abject Disconnect
Times of war are times of sacrifice. In my grandparent’s generation — World War II — resources were rationed for the war effort. People from all walks of life gave up necessities so that the Axis could be defeated. President Bush, in our own Iraqi quagmire, believes in sacrifice. He sacrificed his tee time. HeContinue reading “On the President’s Abject Disconnect”