Sean | March 3, 2010
I felt it this morning. I thought I felt it last month, but I truly felt it this morning. Spring is coming. In Chicago there are still large piles of snow in the middle of parking lots and I’m still very appreciative of my heavy blankets at night, but there is something in the air. [...]
Sean | February 24, 2010
At lunch I was listening to a podcast of On The Media, an NPR show that analyzes the media. Bob Garfield was inteviewing Don Corrigan, the editor of The Webster-Kirkwood Times who had covered a shooting in his hometown. He spoke about receiving phone calls from national press asking for interviews. He [...]
Sean | February 8, 2010
I do think it has become trite to say you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. Honestly, the commercials just aren’t that innovative and entertaining. There are always some that come off as fun, funny, and forgettable and some that are epic and change the landscape of advertising for years to come.
As [...]
Sean | January 25, 2010
Way back in 1999, I wrote an essay called Valloween for one of my many now defunct webzine attempts called Ariadne’s Thread. I still love that title, but that was a different life. Each February, I dust off the essay and post it somewhere, usually in my Livejournal or whatever web site is currently the [...]
Sean | January 9, 2010
Just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean the fun stops. We still have several weeks of frigid temps, snow, and ice to contend with before the salvation of spring. How are we going to spend that time? I say we rub elbows with our friends over delightfully warm adult beverages.
Alpine
I’ve always [...]
Sean | December 10, 2009
Pessimists are people too and deserve the same respect as everyone else.
Okay, that isn’t as great a rallying cry as I thought it would be. In life, there are people who will be pessimistic and people who will be optimistic. You and I will end up working with some of these people. Optimists, while annoying, [...]
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