Monthly Archives: May 2013

David Caruso One Liners

Horatio Caine’s sunglasses moments.

Leaving the Internet Will Not Make You a Better Person. Neither Will Anything Else.

Rottin' in Denmark It’s a been a year now since I “surfed the web” or “checked my email” or “liked” anything with a figurative rather than literal thumbs up. I’ve managed to stay disconnected, just like I planned. I’m internet free.And now I’m supposed to tell you how it solved all my problems. I’m supposed […]

May 31

Mission Bells

I had a dream you died And I just wanna be with you tonight Mission bells were ringing Somewhere higher I let you get away I let you get away What kind of man misunderstands A woman like you? She’s her in black and white It’s 5 am and the phonebook says That you’re not […]

6 Shows That We Gave Up On

Cultural Indictment: The New Star Trek

Originally posted on Former Aspiring Philosopher:
I’ve been a lifelong science fiction fan, especially so of the Star Trek franchise. As a kid, I was drawn to the stories and to the ability to use reason to guide humanity past difficulties and solve complex problems (though I could not put such words to it as…

Blister In The Sun

When I’m out walkin’, I strut my stuff — yeah, I’m so strung outI’m high as a kite; I just might stop to check you outLet me go on… like I blister in the sunLet me go on… big hands, I know you’re the one Body and beats, I stain my sheets — I don’t […]

What I Wish I Had Known When I Graduated College

via Happy Cog. Last week, Greg Storey and I attended the Senior Exit Review at Texas State University. We were both blown away by the quality of work and were incredibly jealous that these students got to learn so much about the web in college. It made me think back to when I graduated and how confused I […]

Why Disco Won

Originally posted on the next wave:
I was watchng a documentary about the guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, who together with his musical collaborator Bernard Edwards had, with Chic and (as producer) Sister Sledge, a golden run of hits in the late 1970s, at the height of the disco boom. And then – after the…

May 30

The Facts of Life

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life. There’s a time you got to go and show You’re growin’ now you know about The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life. When the world never seems to be livin […]

A Quotation About Laughter From Mark Twain