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Category Archives: Pop Culture
56 channels and nothing on
Leave a commentFred Wilson wrote a blog post about the scarcity business model in the entertainment industry, specifically film, but it applies universally. I left a comment that accidentally turned into a blog post. Oops. Here it is. I remember the days … Continue reading
Happy MLK Day
Leave a commentHappy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you are one of the lucky government, postal, banking or financial services employees* who got the day off today, please remember to treat the people who did not with the respect and gratitude … Continue reading
Anxious or excited?
12 CommentsYesterday, I took both Charlie and Sallie to the vet for some routine check up stuff, including getting their license, a shot each and heart worm testing. Charlie is the German Shepherd and Sallie is the lab mix. While they … Continue reading
Here’s what SOPA means to me
5 CommentsI just need to get this off my chest: The entertainment industry does not “overcharge.” It prices its products to what the market will pay for. Just because it is too expensive to YOU, does not mean that anyone is … Continue reading
Find your little heart place
Leave a commentYesterday, a friend of mine who lives in New York City sent me a box of cookies from Levain Bakery. If you have never had a cookie from them, go right now and get one.. or two. I’ll wait. Aside … Continue reading
A monkey with a loaded gun does not make him a marksman
8 CommentsI wrote four drafts of this #letsblogoff and scrapped every one. I don’t think the world needs another diatribe about how we are all getting stuff for free and think we are owed full service. I’ll let others do that. … Continue reading
You really want the US Postal Service to go away?
4 CommentsI received this letter in the mail yesterday. I noticed the return address had two things; a PO Box and the ZIP Code.* That’s it. A few days ago, I read some tweets in my stream where a few people … Continue reading