Rant: Politics and the lowest common denominator

( #rant, #teaparty ) I keep hearing the conservative rally call that the government should be smaller. “Big Government” is bad. “All of these social services are making the country go broke.” At the same time, I have to assume that like most Americans—tea partiers, republicans, and general conservatives (and their extended families) depend on […]

Rant: e-Stalking

( #rant, #socialmedia ) Social Media. Sign up and start sputtering your thoughts on a unsuspecting yet overly susceptible public. While the world is connecting and sharing, I am thinking of going the other way. Disconnect. It is not the technology; I am tired of the people that use it, how they use it, and […]

Rant: Gamestopping

( #Gamestop, #Culture ) Image Credit: HoneyBunny I am not much of a gamer. I own all of the major consoles, but I use them for their media extender capabilities…and I bought a Wii because my wife wanted it for parties. I don’t buy games often because I just don’t have time to play them […]

Rant: Fantasy vs. Real Life

( #FunnyPeople, #GrowingUp ) Last Wednesday I caught Funny People on HBO. I have seen the movie a few times, but I happened to tune in during the scene where Adam Sandler is giving a Thanksgiving toast (can’t find a clip). The point of the scene was that all of these friends who were fighting […]

Rant: Philadelphia and Generation X+

( #phillymag, #GenX ) Image Credit: Manuel Brauer Last month, Philadelphia Magazine published a cover story demanding baby boomers to roll over and die so Generation X and the Millennials can finally take over. I was amused by the balls the magazine had to put that on the cover, until I actually read the article. […]