I started off this morning a bit more than 1,400 steps in the hole, mostly because I took yesterday afternoon off. So the Friday of my 8,000-steps-per-workday week had to contain 9,400 steps. Headed back to Madison Square at lunch, mostly because it was a mindless way to get them. Malls are still some of … Read more
There is so much to say about the recent S&P downgrade of the United States’ creditworthiness, and it’s pretty much all been said. Hell, it had all been said a month ago. However, I happened to be listening to the radio yesterday when President Obama’s speech (finally) began, so I paid attention, mostly out of … Read more
Sometime in college, or maybe shortly thereafter, Charles and I were at a party and this girl introduced herself as “the other one.” I said “what does that mean, ‘the other one’?” She replied “well, you know like in Wilson Phillips, there’s the pretty one, the fat one, and the other one. I’m the other … Read more