For a couple of days, there was an app available at the iTunes App Store called I Am Rich. It was $999.99. Know what it did? This: That’s it: static display of this image. Its sole purpose is to show, on your iPhone or iPod touch screen, “that you were able to afford this” (from … Read more
Nathan is fond of these “kid sitcoms” on cable TV. Seems to me like there are a dozen or so of them, though there may be three times that many, for all I know. I think Hannah Montana is his favorite. Everyone overacts; the dialogue is stilted; and the plots are frequently ridiculous, turning on … Read more
I took this month’s Dark and Stormy Book Club selection, The Book Thief, with me to the beach last week. (Little light reading on WWII-era Germany for the beach, Bo? Well, yeah. I don’t have any need for reading levity on vacation. One of the best ones I ever took was a survivor’s account of … Read more