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Some Saturday Stuff: July 12th.
Diane Keaton as Annie Hall. Happy Saturday, All. I’ve been texted and questioned a few times this week on Instagram about how I’m doing, and I figure I’ll restate here: I’m…
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Is rap poetry?
Jay Z: a 21st century poet? John McWhorter, writing at The Daily Beast, answers with a definitive yes: To utterly naïve anthropologists sent to document the ways of Americans…
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Hehehe.
Although I have four cousins who are part German, I’m backing Pope Francis, uh er, Argentina.
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The Simpsons foretold it.
Well, not really. The “it” is Brazil losing to Germany in the World Cup, which happened on Tuesday. Boy did it ever happen. Losing is one thing, but seven to one!?…
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She’s still dying on Facebook.
Joscelyne’s Facebook profile. Yesterday morning, I nearly choked on my coffee. The near-choke came while reading “She’s Still Dying on Facebook” at The Atlantic by Julie Binton. The story recounts the…
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Fifty years on…
(Wikipedia) Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act into law, and this post is going to be chock full of information and links. First up, this…
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What have camera phones wrought?
Lately, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend from friends on social media sites-they have begun covertly snapping photos and making videos of strangers. They then upload them to Facebook, Youtube, Instagram,…
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Well, well, well.
Zoe has started doing this thing where she walks up to me, arms crossed, and says slowly, “Well, well, well.” I don’t where she got it from, but everytime…
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Bad News.
Today I received a letter from MES Solutions, the independent medical board contracted by Horizon BCBSNJ to conduct an external review of my case. They have chosen to uphold Horizon’s denial…
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Some Saturday Stuff: April 26th.
My new model hand for sketching. I think it’s art all in itself. This month really flew by, didn’t it? Almost May. Here’s hoping that the weather around here will…
