Month: April 2010

 There’s not a whole lot I lament missing when it comes to The Middle Ages. That whole “the more you enjoy yourself the more you will burn in hell” thing must have been, well, not very enjoyable. Unless you were lucky enough to be born into royalty as a man, life pretty much stunk for… Continue reading #14: You *can* DIY, but should you?

Lately, it seems to be my fate to delve into the minds of villains. Or at least perceived villains. A couple of weeks ago, Rachel Maddow of MSNBC used her time slot to show a documentary about Timothy McVeigh. You can read about it here. The week after that, American Experience on PBS aired one… Continue reading Lucky 13: The horror

How egotistical is it to say that my post yesterday inspired me to write this one? Well, it’s my blog, and I’ll be egotistical if I want to. Anyway, in addition to hearing a lot of grumbling about how Twitter could never be useful for a company, I often hear a lot of questions. To… Continue reading Post #12: Some step-by-step info on how to use Twitter

I’m going to be honest. When I first heard rumblings about Twitter, I had a single and instantaneous, from the gut, instinctive, ancestral, no doubt about it reaction. What a stupid idea. Yep, it’s true. I was a non-Twit-liever. I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to read 120-character updates from millions of different people… Continue reading #11: 10 Reasons Twitter is not just for kids

When I was a kid, nothing made me happier than to sit down with one of the Little House books. I found them entrancing for reasons that I can’t really explain other than to say that learning how people lived a century ago was just endlessly fascinating. “Pioneers,” as we now call that massive amount… Continue reading #10: Little House on a Facebook

Riding on a wave of euphoria after deciding to keep some of my favorite VHS tapes (I wish I could quit them) I decided to watch Being John Malkovich, one of my all-time faves. One of the previews was for Unbreakable, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It got me to thinking. When Sixth… Continue reading #9: Can one good idea kill all other good ideas?