I almost didn’t post yesterday. I wrote the column, but I debated just deleting it and leaving a blank in my timeline. Blog Rule #1: “Have something to say.” If you read yesterday’s post, it was clear that I phoned it in. I was doing second-read critique work during my slow time. I noticed the […]

Bear with me for a second. I am an iTunes and iPhone guy, but I’m not an Apple guy. An oxymoron, and yes, I apologize. I committed to iTunes in 2004. I was an early adapter. Hell, it was free. I ditched a lot of my bootleg music and just assimilated to the Cupertino Borg. […]

 “What, quite unmanned in folly?” – Lady Macbeth Pop Culture Tuesdays used to be an easy blog column. I’ve bitched about this before. Last week, to be exact. Not exactly breaking new ground, here, am I? And neither is this: Drone culture. I’ve blogged about drones before. But I am a futurist. It’s part-and-parcel with the […]

From Albert Brook’s Defending Your Life. Albert is in an afterlife courtroom. The previous day his lawyer, Rip Torn, didn’t show and Albert was assigned the very inept Buck Henry as temporary counsel. BROOKS: “Where were you yesterday?” TORN: “I could tell you, but you wouldn’t understand.” BROOKS: “Don’t treat me like a moron. Tell […]

It was a glorious three-day weekend for the Scotsman. Valentine’s Day was nice, cuddled up with My Beautiful Wife watching the new season of House of Cards. Valentine’s Day Observed (February 15th) was terrific. The FedEx guy finally delivered MBW’s present after driving around with it in his truck for three days. (Hel-lo, Dude! It’s […]