Memories in a Landfill

We hold millions of little memories in our heads, those snapshots of a birthday party or a mountain vista that we can easily recall on demand. A smell or a song can trigger them, and we’ll savor our mini slide … Read More

The Gray People

They came at me from all directions this past weekend. Imagine ants headed for a Jolly Rancher on a sidewalk. They converged on every human that did not look like them. They were young and old, male and female, and … Read More

The Unattended Bag

As the lady was making her way toward me, I had that sense of trepidation we who live in large urban areas have when a stranger approaches us. I’m thinking she was a well-dressed panhandler, a hustler or a mentally … Read More

For Some of Us, There IS no Tomorrow

Spending an hour or so scanning the Web, it’s become apparent that a hell of a hot of people are deeply afraid of tomorrow.

Those Mayans and their calendar have got a lot of folks lathered up, in a deadly serious … Read More

Reinventing Local TV News

Where do you look for information about what’s happening in your community and your region?

Your choices are vast, so it seems.  But what about the TV?

One of the toughest challenges broadcasters face in 2012 is now to monetize … Read More

The Loss Of A Friend

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t feels like I have one more day with my friend, before they leave me.

This might seem ridiculous to you, and I accept that – but I am going to feel a sense of great loss today.

Baseball … Read More

The Common Thread

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about Twitter, what we say on Twitter, and the penalties for not thinking before we post.

The case study was a baseball game.

I highlighted what I perceived to be exceptionally noxious tweets from St. … Read More

Tweet Now, Think Later?

The San Francisco Giants made history last night. In a game 7 blowout, the Giants survived elimination game after elimination game to dethrone the current national champions…the game ending in a theatrical downpour that made for one of the most … Read More

Weather Confessions of a Bay Area Native

We begin today’s story with a lie. The headline, that is. I’m a semi-native – at least I feel like I am.

Does 20 years in one place make you a local? I am feeling like a local today, and … Read More

The Truth About The NFL: Why The Ref Lockout Will End Soon

Seattle Screw. Fail Mary. Clueless in Seattle. The clever names are flying around Twitter this morning.

I watched a football game last night that was mostly unremarkable. The Seattle Seahawks defense put Packers’ QB Aaron Rodgers on the mat 8 … Read More

The End of the Dinner Party?

You want to invite a group of people to your home for dinner. You create an evite and shoot it out to your foodie friends.

A couple of weeks later, people come over and you have a great time sharing … Read More

Kings Abandoning Sacramento?

A local Virginia business website and other sources are reporting the Maloof family, owners of the Sacramento Kings and officials from Comcast are expected to be in Virginia Beach , VA Tuesday to propose moving the team to the resort … Read More

Seven Reasons Baseball Is Better Than Football

We are a mere 10 days from football cranking back up for another year.

The Chick-fil-A kickoff game on August 31 gets the college season underway. It’s assumed there will be no gay men participating. What would our dear sponsor … Read More

Rent-A-Song?

There’s a relatively new radio station in town –  Spotify, the UK-­‐based streamer who’s aiming to compete with Pandora and others for the ears of the world, at home and on mobile devices.

I’ve been a user for about a … Read More

Slow, Moderate and Hot: Why Your Oven Temp Doesn’t Matter

“Preheat oven to 350.”

That’s always been funny to me. You heat an oven when you turn it on. It’s one of those phrases in cooking that people use, and though it’s incorrect, it’s part of the language.

More importantly, … Read More

These Biscuits Rock. Make Them.

You can bust open that tube of “biscuits” from Big Food, Inc. with god-knows-what chemicals, preservatives and crap, or you can make these.

Baking experience needed? None. These guys are simple to make.

They will expand to twice their size, … Read More

Lies, Big Lies and Monster Lies

This post would be self-explanatory in one sentence, because you would surely know exactly what happened with this one sentence alone:

I had jury duty the other day.

I’ll elaborate. It will hopefully be both cathartic and informative.

We started … Read More

Simple Food And Sweet Memories

I was raised for a time in a place you have never lived, and have likely never visited.

Williamsburg is an off ramp of I-80, in the middle of Iowa, in the middle of the country, in the middle of the … Read More