Loading tweets...I regularly mourn the loss of music on this site. Some of my friends and critics argue I am too “old fashioned” and simply need to give some contemporary music a fair listen, but I firmly believe the quality of music being generated today, on both a mass market and independent level, falls well short …
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Feb 20
Jeremy Lin, ESPN and Colloquialisms
Skip to Yahoo! WebPlayerBy now, you have probably heard the story of Anthony Federico–the ESPN editor fired for using “Chink in the Armor” in a headline referring to the New York Knicks’ phenom, Jeremy Lin. Lin is Chinese-American, so you can see where the use of the word “chink”, if you taken out of context, …
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Feb 14
A Way for Guys to Ensure They Get the Gift They Want for Valentine’s Day
Hopefully by now, you have purchased your special someone their Valentine’s Day gift, but if not, or if you’re looking for gift ideas for your special someone for your anniversary, birthday or Christmas, I have the perfect idea for you. Let’s begin with the two widely accepted theories–1.) women love shoes 2.) men know …
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Feb 11
Being John Calvin
Shortly after 9/11, I had a friend who moved up to Seattle to pursue a music career. When he came back to visit a few months later, and I began to question him about life in the Emerald City, he did not want to talk about the city’s music scene or its Bohemian culture, but …
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Feb 08
Santorum’s Narrative Problem
The thought of Rick Santorum as the Republican nominee elicits all sorts of powerful, negative emotions within me. As a social conservative/fiscal liberal, Santorum represents everything wrong with the political Party I love. Even so, I recognize that reckless attacks on Santorum and his supporters will resolve nothing. We share a common goal, to see …
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Jan 28
Cool Hand Lupe
I recently stumbled across some YouTube video posted by an old friend. The following clips comprise a movie he wrote (and directed) for a Spanish class when were in high school. I believe this was shot when we were sophomores, so it would be the 1994-1995 school year. I did not take Spanish; I took …
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Jan 26
How Thick is Your Bubble?
I’m normally not big on Internet quizzes, but found this one rather interesting. Over the past three years, I’ve had several arguments with my left-leaning friends regarding some of my rhetoric of President Obama’s policies. One of my harshest critics, my best-friend from high school suggested I break out of my “cultural bubble” and socialize …
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Dec 27
Raise the Banner
Yesterday, the Dallas Mavericks raised their first championship banner and I had the privilege of being in attendance. As a lifelong Mavs fan, I honestly thought I would never see the day my franchise was on top of the Association. For those of you who have waited patiently, but were unable to attend yesterday, I …
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Nov 16
Can the Occupiers “Appeal to the Conscience of Our Nation”?
I have to give the Occupy movement credit. They remained civil and culturally relevant much longer than I originally anticipated. However, it appears those days are now over. From the beginning, this group has claimed to represent “the 99%”–a nebulous term, apparently meant to refer to anyone who doesn’t work in finance, but almost every …
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Sep 16
Ignored Racism
Interesting piece on NPR yesterday from an African-American listener in New Hampshire. She talked of the racism she has experienced as a life-long New Englander, a region virtually void of “people of color.” Reminds me of the stories my friend Quimby would tell of his times in Minnesota. Like me, Quimby was a native East …
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