Archive for September, 2008
Spontaneous Combustion
Todd Woods: I’m just a little tired of the American dream.
If a person has their head in the clouds, they have unrealistic, impractical ideas. Perhaps, we have all been walking around in a fog lately. But with the country skidding into an economic meltdown, we can no longer afford to be care-free. [...]
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
In the early 00’s, I embarked on an accidental career as a traveling salesman. But I wasn’t exactly Willy Loman. I was given the task of visiting existing clients to generate revenue for the company. This was a wholesale endeavor, so I would fly to a remote location [...]
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Growing up in the Eighties, it was easy to adopt a persona based on your tonal choices. A fool-proof method for declaring your trendy status was embracing alternative acts. The easiest way to prove that you were an ultimate barometer of cool was to be well-informed about the latest [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A pop star who returns after a period in the wilderness is back, back, BACK!
The good folks at Urban Dictionary have coined a new phrase. If you refer to somebody as a “Cher”, it indicates “One who will still be around after nuclear disasters, besides cockroaches.” If that is true, then I certainly qualify as The Comeback Kid. Not to brag, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oversharing knows no bounds.
The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. – “Fran” Lebowitz
I feel as if I have spent my adult life avoiding the pregnant pause. I have always prided myself on being a superior conversationalist. I recall a friend once referred to me as The King Of Small Talk. [...]
Becoming X
My mother used to say that we all pick our own poison. So I try not to look down on other people who don’t share my addictions. Besides, my drug of choice frequently changes. But I have adopted a stricter policy towards personal vice through the years. [...]
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“Doesn’t it make you grateful? Because they were… they were people just like us, only unluckier.” Jesus’ Son
I am not accident prone. I don’t want to jinx myself, but I have never had to visit the emergency room for a physical injury. In fact, you might say that I have [...]
social engineering
The slang term “shady” can refer to someone who is mysterious or difficult to understand. But it can also be used more offensively to describe someone who seems to be untrustworthy, sneaky, not respectable. When I first moved to Manhattan, I was not always such a very good [...]
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