“What is that sound? Is there an emergency alert on the TV? No, it’s your iPhone!”

As I look in more detail at the finalists for a World Trade Center Memorial, I keep finding reasons not to like them. The first, and perhaps most instinctual, is that all the designs are light and uplifting —  [more...]

Maybe this makes me weird: I’ve never seen, nor do I have any desire to see, shows such as American Idol, Fear Factor, Big Brother, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Apprentice, or any other reality show. But I will sit  [more...]

You know, I used to blog every day, sometimes more than once a day. Chatty, chatty, chatty; always had something to whine about. Well, I still always have something to whine about — in fact, it’s that  [more...]